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thence to He_ysham. It is, of course, the quickest way by rail ; 

 but if you have the day before you it is a treat to enjoy the morn- 

 ing breeze on the top of the spacious trains. The horses — all 

 bays — are a fine set, and they take the hills gallantly at the 

 charge. The summer day at Morecambe is nearly always a 

 trippers' day, and the fun centres inside and outside the People's 

 Palace. 



The best way to the Heysham Moss is to leave the tram at 

 the second lane from the left, past the 'Cumberland View Hotel,' 

 then almost straight on for about a mile to the Fanny House 

 Farm. A few yards on this side of the farm, a mile or so of rough 

 road leads through the fields to the right and to the Moss. I 

 made a couple of visits, and they were, comparatively, dis- 

 appointing. Among the reeds growing in the ditches which 

 border this rough road I netted a dragonfly, one of the little 

 common blue species, Agrion cyathigerum, but the district strikes 

 me as being rather deficient in dragonflies. 



On the wayside nettles (July 25th) larvae of V. atalanta were 

 numerous enough. On the Moss the insect list was nearlj' the 

 same as at Witherslack ; Agrotls strigula (poiyhyrea) in fine 

 condition, Miana arcuosa, and Aphelia osseana {pratana), which 

 I mistook at first for T. rufana, being additional moths. Larv^ 

 of E. pulchellafa were again in the flowers of the foxglove, and I 

 captured a few imagines of E. nanata which rose from the heather. 

 C. tyi^hon and C. imhutata were more numerous, and the former 

 less worn, than at Witherslack. The form of A. myrtilli is here 

 a very beautiful one ; the ground colour of the upper wings is a 

 rich purple. Flying swiftly across tlie Moss, and always in a 

 high bee line, were great bat-like moths, which we put down as 

 Bomhyx quercus. It was a great pleasure to meet on this 

 occasion with Messrs. J. B. Hodgkinson and son. 



Our second visit took place on the 28tli, with splendid weather 

 and similar captures. I am sometimes asked to name a conve- 

 nient centre from which to work this rich entomological district. 

 I should recommend Carnforth, where there is plenty of good 

 accommodation ; and a pleasanter place wherein to eat, rest, or 

 halt for the night could not be than the ' Crown Hotel,' Arnside. 



Chester, September 27, 1892. 



THE BUTTEEFLIES OP ENFIELD. 

 By Henry D. Sykes. 



The list of Middlesex butterflies compiled by Mr. Cockerell 

 (" A Preliminary List of the Insect-Fauna of Middlesex, Entom. 

 xxiv. 30 — 32 and 65) contains altogether forty-four species. I 

 find, on examination, that twenty of these at least are old records, 



