A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



Schoenobius forficellus, Thunb. Generally 

 distributed in weedy ditches and the 

 higher portions of the fen and marsh 

 drains 



— mucronellus, Scop. Norivich, Barton 



Turf, Horning ; abundant at Ranworth ; 

 found also at Merton and near Lynn, in 

 fens 



— gigantellus, Sch. Dm, Merton, Barton 



Turf, Horning, Ranworth ; on rivers, 

 and in the deepest fens, among the 

 great reed-beds 

 Anerastia lotella, Hb. Yarmouth, Caistor, 

 Hunstanton, on coast sandhills ; and 

 also at Thetford and Brandon, still 

 common on the ' Breck-sand ' 



— farrella, Curt. The original specimens 



were taken near Yarmouth more than 

 sixty years ago by Mr. Farr. His 

 locality was lost at his death shortly 

 after, and the insect was not redis- 

 covered till 1 88 1, when many speci- 

 mens were secured by Mr. Atmore 

 nearer to Hunstanton 



Cateremna terebrella, Zk. Merton, Lynn, 

 among Pinus abies (spruce), its larva 

 feeding in the young cones. Dis- 

 covered by Lord Walsingham, and, so 

 far as I know, not to be found in any 

 other part of the United Kingdom 



Ilithya carnella, Linn. Once taken near 

 Horning ; not in the fen 



Myelophila cribrella, Hb. Merton, Thetford, 

 Croxton, Brandon, principally upon the 

 'Breck-sand.' Larva in the stems of 

 Onopordon acanthium 



Homoeosoma nimbella, Dup. Caistor, near 

 Yarmouth, on the denes ; abundant 



— senecionis, Vaugh. Norwich, Lynn, Hun- 



stanton ; uncommon 



— nebulella, Hb. Norwich, Merton, Crox- 



ton, Brandon, Horning, Lynn, Denton ; 

 locally common 



— eluviella, Gn. Merton,Brandon;\Qxy\ocz\ 

 Nyctegretes achatinella, Hb. On the sand- 

 hills near Caistor, Yarmouth, in the 

 more settled portions, this insect is 

 sometimes common. It is a rare and 

 excessively local species elsewhere in 

 these islands 



Ephestia kuhniella, Z. This species, which is 

 known to have reached Europe within 

 the last twenty or thirty years, and 

 this country much more recently, has 

 now become common in flour mills and 

 stores in Norwich, Lynn, and Downham 



— ficulella, Bar. Norwich, Lynn ; in seed 



and oilcake warehouses 



— passulella. Bar. Common at Norwich and 



Lynn in similar places 



Ephestia pinguis, Haw. Norwich, Cawston ; 

 on old ash trees 



— artemisiella, Steph. Norwich, Lynn, 



among Artemisia 



Cryptoblabes bistriga, Haw Horning, Should- 

 ham, Lynn ; scarce 



Plodia interpunctella, Hb. Norwich, Lynn ; 

 abundant in grain stores 



Phycis carbonariella, Fisch. Norwich, Crox- 

 ton, Lynn ; on heaths 



— betula, Goetz. Merton ; common among 



birch near Lynn 



— dilutella, Steph. Hunstanton ; very local, 



taken by Mr. G. Balding 



— splendidella, H.S. Merton ; one specimen 



reared from a cone of Abies 



— abietella, Sch. Norwich, Merton, Croxton, 



Brandon, Lynn 



— roborella, Sch. Norwich, Horsford, Mer- 



ton, Croxton, Lynn 



Pempelia palumbella, Sch. Generally distri- 

 buted on heaths 



Rhodophaa formosa. Haw. Norwich, Caw- 

 ston ; scarce 



— consociella, Hb. Generally distributed in 



oak woods 



— advenella, Zinck. Norwich, Croxton, 



Cawston, Lynn ; not common 



— marmorea. Haw. Norwich, Croxton ; 



scarce 



— suavella, Zinck. Norwich, Horsford, 



Cawston ; scarce 



— tumidella, Zinck. Lynn, Denton, among 



oaks 



Oncocera ahenella, Sch. Merton, Brandon, 

 Barton Bendish, Swaffham 



Galleria cereana, Linn. Norwich, Thetford, 

 Croxton, Wootton, Sparham 



Meliphora alveariella, Gn. Thetford, Croxton, 

 Denton, Sparham, Lynn ; this and the 

 last named species are both very de- 

 structive in beehives 



Corcyra cephalonica, H.S. Has been found 

 in a grain warehouse at Lynn by Mr. 

 Atmore 



Tortrix crataegana, Hb. Barton Bendish ; 

 very local 



— decretana, Tr. Lynn ; the only known 



British locality 



— sorbiana, Hb. Common in oak woods 



— lafauryana. Rag. Lynn, on boggy 



heaths ; among Myrica gale ; discovered 

 by Mr. Atmore ; the only known 

 British locality 



— cinnamomeana, Tr. Merton, Easton, 



Cawston ; scarce 



— corylana, Hb. Widely distributed in 



woods 



— costana, Sch. Generally distributed ; very 



common in the fens 



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