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a peculiar small form of the latter, mostly of the var. lati- 

 fasciana, Haw., flying in June among meadow-sweet. Rhac- 

 odia caudana, Fb. occurs locally. Dictyopteryx lorquiniana, 

 Dup., one of the most purely Fen Tortrices, is common at 

 Wicken and Ely. Penthina fuligana, Hb. used to be found 

 commonly in Wicken Fen, but has become decidedly rare in 

 the last ten years ; P. sellana, Hb. may be found at Wicken, 

 but is scarce, as also is Hedya sermllana, Dup., which the 

 writer has also found at Fulbourn. Antithesia salicella, L. is 

 not uncommon, but local. Sericoris fuligana, Haw., is some- 

 times plentiful in Wicken Fen. OrtJiotaenia antiquana, Hb., 

 is common, but Phtheochroa rugosana, Hb., although widely 

 distributed in the county is scarce. Clepsis rusticana, Tr. 

 occurs, but rarely, at Wicken and Chippenham. Several in- 

 teresting species of Phoxopteryx are to be found in Wicken 

 and other Fens, among which may be mentioned P. siculana, 

 Hb., P. unguicella, L., P. inornatana, H.-S., P. diminutana, 

 Haw., and P. paludana, Bar. ; Paedisca rufimitrana, H.-S. was 

 taken by Mr Jenkinson at Cambridge, and P. solandriana, L., 

 and semifuscana, St., occur at Wicken; P. oppressana, Tr., is 

 not rare but very local in the Fens. The writer has taken 

 Coccyx subsequana, Haw. at Chippenham. 



Opadia funebrana, Tr. is more plentiful in Cambridge- 

 shire than elsewhere, but specimens are difficult to procure, 

 although the larvae are but too plentiful in plums. Stigmo- 

 nata orobana, Tr. is not uncommon at Wicken. Dicrarampha 

 alpinana, Tr. may be found in gardens in Cambridge. 



Catoptria expallidana, Haw., occurs in small numbers in 

 Wicken Fen. Choreutes myllerana, Fb. is common on the 

 banks of the upper Cam, and Symaethis pariana, L. occurs 

 sparingly near Cambridge. An interesting form of Eupoecilia 

 vectisana, Westw., a species otherwise confined to a few sea- 

 coast localities, occurs in Wicken Fen, where E. notulana, Curt., 

 E. griseana, Haw., and E. rupicola, Curt., may also be found, 

 and specimens of E. degreyana, MacLach. have been recorded 

 at the same locality. Of the remaining Tortrices the most 



