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slip at the critical moment. The flowery hollows were avoided by 

 this species, but produced an abundance of Kuholia bipunctata, and 

 many nice Ai<pUates i/ili'aria and Acidalia ornata. Herhida cei^pitalis 

 and Ennijchia ciwinlata were in profusion everywhere, with a few 

 Pyraitsta pnrpuralis among them. Polyominatus hellargm I suppose 

 was not out yet, as I saw none, and a single P. ar/estis was the only 

 " Blue " seen, besides myriads of P. icanis. Norfolk Beoads : 

 Saturday, August 5th, found me established in my old quarters at Mr. 

 Bullman's, Wicken, for a week's fen work. This visit was destined to 

 be cut short, as on the first evening I met Mr. W. J. Kaye, and upon 

 his kind invitation agreed to join him in the "Broads," on a campaign 

 against N(ina;/ria brevilinca. Mr. Kaye has already told how we fared, 

 braving blank and foggy nights, until upon the fifth and last one, we 

 were rewarded by filling all our boxes with N. brerilinea, N. ncurica, 

 Litluma vunicerda, Hypenodes co»taestri(jalis and many other nice things. 

 I would here mention that Mr. Kaye recorded Leioptllm microdactnlus 

 upon the strength of four specimens taken by myself. It was, how- 

 ever, owing to a misunderstanding between us, as my specimens Avere 

 taken at Wicken and not in the Broads. Two of them were unfortu- 

 nately destroyed by a hot poker, which Mrs. Bullman dropped on 

 them — treatment which was too severe for this delicate species. I have 

 also amongst my Cranibi some specimens of Crambus sylvellus and two 

 Calculi otropha paludella, which I believe Mr. Kaye did not record. 

 Wicken : I am afraid I have already trespassed too much upon your 

 space, so will briefly pass over my three days at Wicken, especially as 

 the regular species are so well known, and all occurred much as usual. 

 Light was good, and treacle excellent. Tapinostola hellmanni was far 

 in excess of its usual numbers, and 50 to 100 could have been taken 

 each night. It comes to treacle very late, when other things are 

 going, in this way resembling Leucania lithaiyi/ria. Viminia renosa 

 seems to be getting scarcer, only ten specimens in all occurring. 

 Fyutricha qucrcifolia was not seen, but Papilio viachaon was commoner 

 than ever. Xascia cilialis occurred as late as August 8th, and Pi/yauf<ta 

 purpnralis came sparingly to light, curiously nine out of ten specimens 

 being taken from the back of the sheet, a rare occu^rrence with most 

 species. Cidaria saf/ittata, which for some years past has been 

 exceedingly rare at Wicken, turned up in some numbers. Mr. Kaye 

 first discovered the larvae, and kindly put me on the track. I did not 

 hit off his spot exactly, but found another near by, Avhere they were 

 even commoner. We each collected some of the largest and left many 

 feeding. I found them in three places, and in one of these spots there 

 must have been some hundreds, as upon one head of Thalictntm flariiin 

 I counted ten, and feAV heads were without any at all. Highgate : 

 After this I had no time for collecting, but noticed ^lacroglossa stella- 

 tarum commonly in the gardens round Highgate, during September, 

 and in the same month took a short series of Euf/onia fuscantaria from 

 gas lamps. In conclusion I should like to record the extreme abundance 

 of Pyralis costcdts round here during July and early August. It always 

 occurs, but last summer on favourable nights, six or eight were 

 frequently observed on a single lamp. Mr. Kaye tells me he has 

 observed the same thing, in a less degree, at Worcester Park. — Eupsell 

 E. James, 18, Onslow Gardens, Highgate, N. 



Notes from south-west Scotland during 1899. — The past summer, 



