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From Yarmouth to Acle runs a long straight road with a 

 terrible resemblance to the interminable roads of the low- 

 countries, and along each side of the road is a broad dyke 

 almost choked with weed; for about two miles from Yarmouth 

 the water is brackish, but S. elegans flourishes and S. pittris is 

 found, though in less numbers. In one spot, about three miles 

 from Yarmouth, I took several white banded specimens of B. 

 tentacidata var. zonata. 



At Cringleford in the Wensum, near Norwich, Z. glutinosa 

 is said to be found, but a careful search was unproductive. I 

 have since, however, had several specimens sent me from 

 Colney, a short distance higher up the river. At Cringleford 

 there were swarms of fine S. elegans, some fine P. contecta, and 

 a few B. leacliii, with many common species. Here, too, 

 L. IcBvis and some fine Z. ?iitidus were found in their usual 

 damp habitats. 



Thence to Long Stratton, H. rufescen^, dark coloured, 

 became very common, while H. cantiana decreased in numbers. 

 Near here I took a single dead specimen of H. carthusiana, 

 which is, as far as I know, quite new to this part of the country. 



Near the curious little town of Diss, H. virgata was very 

 common with its variety bifasciata. 



About a mile from Garboldisham, in a lane through a wood 

 leading to the 'common,' there is a very abundant harvest for 

 anyone with time to work it. In a single spot among decaying 

 leaves I took V. pusilla, V. substriata, H. aculeata, and H. 

 pyg/iicea, with others. On the 'common' (a sandy heath) be- 

 tween Garboldisham and Thetford, P. niarginata appeared for 

 the only time. This species, as far as my limited experience 

 goes, is only to be found on sandy soil. 



At Ely H. virgata and H. caperata were to be seen crawl- 

 ing some four feet up the trunks of the old trees near the 

 Minster. 



With regard to Huntingdon and Bedfordshire my records 



