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Collecting in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. — When I went down 

 to Wicken, on June 3rd, the Fen was still looking brown, and the dead 

 reeds and sedge still overtopped the young growth, and gave the place quite 

 a winterly aspect. Some early moths were still already about, and I took 

 a good many the first night. The weather, for the greater part of the next 

 fortnight, was cold, cold enough for fires and winter clothes. At light, in 

 the Fen, I had but two decent nights, the first and the last, June 3rd and 

 17th. On June 3rd the night was darkish and fairly warm, but the wind 

 was in the east. The following moths were taken : — Saturnia carpini, 1, 

 a female, quite fresh ; Spilosoma fuliginosa, commonly ; S. menthastri, 2 

 or 3 ; Meliana flammea, several (this species must be taken when it first 

 comes out, as it gets shabby very quickly) ; Tmiiocampa gracilis, a female, 

 which I saved for eggs (it layed on dwarf willow in a muslin sleeve ; the 

 larvae are now feeding, and seem to me very small, some of them being 

 scarcely f of an inch in length, August 4th); also Coremia ferrugata, 

 C. unidentata, Cidaria associata, Eupithecia vidgata, and Nascia cilialis, 2, 

 June 17th ; S. fuliginosa, 2 or 3 ; S. menthastri and Earias chlorana, 1 ; 

 M. flammea, several (mostly worn specimens) ; Arsilonche venosa, 2 ; 

 Grammesia trilitiea, Eupithecia centaureata, Cahera pusaria, N. cilialis, 

 several. Sugar was moderately successful on more than one occasion, and 

 produced : — Noctua riibi, common and worn ; Gonoptera lihatrix, a few ; 

 Apamea hasilinea, several ; Hadena adusta, several ; H. genistcB, 2 or 3 ; 

 H. oleracea, 2 or 3 ; H. suasa, 1 ; Dianthcecia cucubali, 1 ; Tceniocampa 

 gracilis, 2 ; T. gothica, 2 ; Acronycta psi, 2 or 3 ; A. megacephala, 1 ; 

 Apamea unanimis, common. Of larvae and pupae I got the following: — 

 Lasiocampa quercifolia, a few found on buckthorn bushes (this larva was 

 to be found up till June 16th, and perhaps later for all I know) ; Scotosia 

 vetulata, on buckthorn ; Plusia festuccB, 2 or 3 ; Leucania pudorina, 

 L. impura, and Triphcena interjecta, 2 or 3 by sweeping. Heavy devr or 

 rain made sweeping very unpleasant and unproductive, and many of the 

 larvas were killed in the bag by the weight of the wet calico and the mass 

 of snails that were collected at every sweep. Of Plusia orichalcea larvae I 

 took a few on hemp agrimony, ©n June 5th. Callimorpha dominula 

 larva, 1 : this now scarce moth is said to have been very common here 

 many years ago. Lithosia coynplana larvae, feeding on the lichens on the 

 bark of willow trees ; the imagines, which have been lately coming out, 

 nearly all have the under wings pale lead-coloured, not yellow, but the 

 same colour as the fore wings, only much paler. Geometra papilionaria 

 larva, 1, on alder. Pupae of Trochilium apiformis, 3, and S. populi, 1, by 

 digging at the roots of poplars. Papilio machaon was flying when there 

 was enough sun, which was seldom. Hepiahis hipulinus was common, 

 and I took some very pale-coloured males, almost cream-coloured [see 

 Eutom. 197]. Hydrelia unca and Bankia argentula were also on the wing. 

 From June 18th to 22nd I was at Tuddenham, and the weather was very 

 hot and sunny all the time. Lithostege griseata was on the wing, but most 

 of the specimens were worn. Acidalia rubricata was very scarce, and I did 

 a great deal of walking and beating of rough grass for it and Agrophila 

 sulphuralis. The last-named species was just beginning to come out, and 

 all that I took, some dozen specimens, were in good condition. A. rubricata 

 is an extraordinarily sharp flyer for so small a Geometer ; it seems to dart 

 off, when disturbed, as quickly as a sldpper, and a blazing sun and high 

 wind I found were all against catching them. Sugar was very good. 

 Moths came well on four nights out of five. I took the following : — 



