100 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
however, had reason to change my opinion, for on the 25th 
of last month, while travelling from Dartmouth to Torquay, 
I observed a small bush in profuse bloom growing by the 
edge of a wood on the banks of the Dart, and no great way 
from Dartmouth. The following afternoon I landed on the 
railway just abreast the ship, and walked up the line to have 
a look at the bush by daylight, and clear away any under- 
growth that might be in the way. On the road I discovered 
another rather stunted bush growing in a small clearing in a 
dense wood of young oaks, and quite easy to get at. It 
looked perfection, as the flowers were very thick, just open, 
and of the brightest yellow, while the surrounding air was 
loaded with. their rich perfume, and bees innumerable were 
feasting to their hearts’ content. I felt certain that if the 
Tzniocampe were well out, this bush would prove very 
attractive, and I should reap a rich harvest in the 
evening. 
I then walked on to the other bush, which was on a steep, 
rough slope, just outside a wood, and I found thick brambles 
beneath it; but these I managed to clear away with a large 
pocket-knife. This bush was not so thickly covered with 
flowers as the other, but still there were plenty on it, and its 
situation was good. 
The afternoon was soft and bright, with a gentle breeze 
from the west, and Tortricodes hyemana was flying merrily 
among the oak scrub, while Cicindela campestris disported 
itself on the dry banks. On palings Xylocampa lithoriza was 
unusually common, and I captured no less than fourteen fine 
specimens, and might have taken more had I wished to do © 
so. They generally repose somewhere where the surrounding 
hue harmonizes so completely with their own markings that 
they are exceedingly difficult to see, and it requires a good 
eye and some practice to detect them, although occasionally 
I have taken them at rest on black-painted palings, where of 
course they were very conspicuous; but I have always 
fancied these must have been individuals whose faculties 
had been overcome by the previous evening’s dissipation. 
After dinner, at half-past seven, I left the ship again for 
the sallows. By this time the weather had changed, a thick 
fog having rolled in from the sea; but as it was still very 
mild, with scarcely a breath of wind blowing, 1 considered it 
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