INSECTS 



Cidaria pyraliata, Bkh. Norwich, Aldeby, 

 Cawslon, Horning, Lynn 



— populata, Bkh. Cawston, Barton Bendish, 



Lynn ; on heaths, very scarce, but re- 

 liable 



— testata, Linn. Everywhere common, but 



especially so in the fens 



Pelurga comitata, Linn. Norwich, Tar mouth, 

 Aldehy, Thetford, Brandon, Lynn, Caws- 

 ton, Horning ; common in this county 



Scotosia vetulata, Sch. Surlingham, Aldehy, 

 Thetford, Denton, Horning, Ranworth, 

 Lynn ; among buckthorn in wet copses 

 in the fens 



— rhamnata, Sch. Norwich, Merton, Thet- 



ford, Ranworth, Horning ; in similar 

 situations to the last named 



— undulata, Linn. Kings Lynn, Denton, Al- 



dehy, Merton, Fouhham, Foxley, Barton 

 Bendish ; not common 



— dubitata, Linn. Norwich, Aldehy, Mer- 



ton, Cawston, Ranworth, Lynn ; not 

 very common 



— certata, Hb. Norwich, Thetford, Caws- 



ton ; scarce 

 Phibalapterya fluviata, Hb. Horning, Foul- 

 sham ; very rare 



— lignata, Hb. (vittata, St. C). Norwich, 



Brundall, Aldehy, Merton, Thetford, 

 Brandon, Cromer, Ranworth ; especially 

 in fens and the meadows bordering 

 them 



— tersata, Sch. Denton, Ditchingham, Thet- 



ford, Foulsham ; local and scarce 

 Thera firmaria, Hb. Norwich, Horsford, 

 Plumstead, Hevingham, Thetford, Caw- 

 ston, Lynn ; among fir 

 Hysipetes ruberata, Frey (literata, St. C). 

 Kilveston, West Tofts, West Walton, 

 Walsoken and Lynn ; not very common 



— impluviata, Sch. Generally distributed 



among alder 

 Oporabia dilutata, Sch. Norwich, Merton, 



near Beccles, Cawston ; probably in all 



woods 

 Cheimatobia boreata, Hb. N arhorough ; once 



taken 

 Lobophora lobulata, Hb. Lynn, Croxton ; 



scarce 



— hexapterata, Sch. Barton Bendish ; ex- 



tremely local 



— sexalata, Hb. Norwich, Surlingham, Alde- 



hy, Geldestone, Merton, Foulsham, Horn- 

 ing, Ranworth, Lynn ; not scarce in 

 fens and marshes, among sallow ; some- 

 times sitting on the stems in the day- 

 time among the thickest herbage 



— viretata, Hb. Geldeston, Ketteringham, 



Neatishead ; scarce 

 Lithostege nivearia, Sch. (farinata, St. C. ; non 



griseata, Sch.). Brandon, Thetford ; 

 only very locally in the ' Breck ' 

 district ; among Sisymbrium sophia and 

 S. cheiranthoides 

 Chesias spartiata. Fab. Norwich, Denton, 

 Aldehy, Merton, Thetford, common near 

 Lynn ; among Spartium scoparium 

 (broom) 



— obliquaria, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, Lynn ; 



among the same food-plant as the last 

 Anaitis plagiata, Linn. Generally common 

 Mesotype lineolata, Sch. (virgata, St. C). 

 Yarmouth and Cowj/aw sandhills, Cromer; 

 also occasionally to be found still linger- 

 ing on the ' Breck-sand ' around Thet- 

 ford 

 Eubolia palumbaria, Sch. Generally common 

 on heaths 



— bipunctaria, Sch. Brandon, Merton, 



scarce ; said to have been taken at 

 Horsford 



— cervinata, Sch. Norwich, Yarmouth, 



Kirhy Cane, Thetford, Cawston, Lynn ; 

 not scarce 



— mensuraria, Sch. (limitata, St. C). Nor- 



wich, Gillingham, Merton, Thetford, 

 Ranworth ; by no means so plentiful 

 as is usually the case 



Collix sparsata, Hb. Surlingham, Aldehy, 

 Shadwell, Ranworth, Horning, Barton 

 Turf, Stoke Ferry, Lynn ; probably in all 

 the fens 



Eupithecia venosata, Fab. Norwich, Hors- 

 ford, Merton, Denton, Thetford, Cawston, 

 Barton, Lynn ; among Silene inflata 



— consignata, Bkh. (insigniata, St. C). Nor- 



wich, Shadwell ; very rare 



— extensaria, Frr. On the coast, usually at 



the edges of salt marshes, from Lynn to 

 Hunstanton and Wells ; the larva feeding 

 on the blossoms of Artemesia maritima. 

 The first specimen was taken by my 

 eldest son in July, 1887, and Mr. 

 Atmore subsequently took others and 

 also larvas. It is a species which ap- 

 pears to have migrated to this coast 

 from the Baltic, and the only previous 

 British specimens known had been 

 taken on the coast of Yorkshire. It 

 has now so increased in numbers in 

 Norfolk that almost every cabinet is 

 supplied 



— pulchellata, Steph. Lyyin, Croxton ; not 



common 



— linariata, Sch. Norwich, Merton, Thet- 



ford, Brandon, Cawston, Lynn ; common 

 among Linaria vulgaris 



— centaureata, Sch. (oblongata, St. C). 



Widely distributed, especially in gardens 

 and waste ground 



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