THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 105 
Entomological Notes, Captures, &c. 
Noles from Witherslack, near Grange.—In January last, 
tired of the monotony of winter, | took my bag and a few 
implements of the craft and started for Witherslack. At the 
worst period of the year, and in miserable weather, little 
could be done in Entomology; yet a fair quantity of the 
larve of Psychoides verhuellella, feeding in A. Ruta-muraria 
on the face of the rock opposite the inn, some Lithocolletes 
spun-up in oak leaves, a few chrysalides from under moss on 
trees, and a sackful of dead leaves of various species, will no 
doubt reward the expedition later on in the year. This plan 
of collecting large quantities of leaves, and keeping them 
until at least midsummer, will be found to repay a trial, 
especially by a Micro-Lepidopterist,—Nepticule, Litho- 
colletes, Incurvariz, and plenty of hybernating larve, being 
secured, which could not otherwise be easily obtained. The 
months of January and July, in Witherslack, present indeed 
a marked contrast; in the latter, everything that could be 
desired by artist, botanist, or entomologist. Rich in insects, 
plants, and scenery, the lover of Nature, having once rambled 
through the woods of Ulpha, basked in the afternoon sun in 
the “ Plantation,” or climbed the steep of Whitbarrow, must 
indeed be fastidious if dissatisfied. But especially is this the 
Paradise of the Micro-Lepidopterist, the various nature of the 
soil and rocks favouring the growth of the most diverse 
species of plants, and the broken character of the district 
affording sheltered places for research in the most unfavour- 
able weather. Small plantations of oak, birch, mountain-ash, 
sallow, buckthorn, and various kinds of fir, break the mono- 
tony of a large expanse of peat, covered with heather and 
Myrica Gale, over which rise at intervals little hills of lime- 
stone, with plants peculiar to themselves, and affording a 
distant prospect of Morecambe Bay. Recollections of the 
happy hours passed here with a friend, and hopes for the 
coming future on the ground so well known, yet so exhaust- 
less, made my trip as pleasant as according to general 
opinion it would be disagreeable. Later on in the season I 
hope to be able to send a few remarks on the Lepidoptera of 
this district, not confining myself to the captures of any 
particular year, but including the total results of many an 
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