THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



were not half out they were the best we had seen, and we arranged to try our 

 luck at them in the evening, though to get to where they were growing it 

 was necessary to walk through a marsh that took us nearly up to the ankles 

 in water. We, however, did not see the real difficulty till evening arrived, 

 for after we had treacled all the trees down from the lodge gates, had our 

 sticks, lanterns, and beating-sheet ready, and had got over into the plantation, 

 we found or rather could not find a single sallow which was in flower. The 

 darkness, the number of trees, and the water squirting through our boots at 

 every step, made matters anything but pleasant, so we were obliged to leave 

 the sallows to the moths, if there were any, and turn to the treacle. We found 

 on examining the trunks of the trees that there were specimens of D.fagetta, 

 We were very anxious to get a female, which reminds one more of a beetle 

 than a moth. Harker was the first to discover one, he found a tree on which 

 were several males, and while boxing them found a pair in copula, and then 

 Pierce found one. We counted ten males on the tree and the one female which 

 was by itself, but we found no more. We each netted one Larentia multistri- 

 garia,md Harker also a E* progemmaria. The treacle yielded nothing what- 

 ever. The next day we determined to spend at Oakmere, and on our way 

 there Harker took two L. multistrigaria, at rest on some palings, and two 

 Tortrices of which we did not know the name, and Pierce was lucky enough 

 to get two female progemmaria, which were wedged in the bark of trees, 

 also another A. ascularia. We found a large female willow tree well out in 

 bloom, which was attracting a few bees, and as it was attracting bees, we 

 did not see why it should not attract moths at night, so, towards evening we 

 made our way to it, but, although we beat it into a sheet not a trace of a 

 moth was to be seen. On the way home Harker was fortunate in getting 

 another female fagella, and ten more cases of T. pseudo-hombycella, every one 

 of which on further examination proved to be of last year and empty. The 

 next day we paid a visit to the " Devil's Kitchen," which is a part of 

 Delamere Forest. This was by far the prettiest place we had seen ; it was 

 very picturesque, and the ground was covered with whinberry bushes. Here 

 we discovered that by shaking the oak trees Tortricoides hyemana would fly 

 off in the sunshine, and catching them was quite a little excitement. We 

 soon had as many as we could conveniently do with, as we had determined 

 to set all our captures every time we came home ; arriving there we would 

 put them in the killing bottle, have our meal, and proceed to set them out. 

 This plan gave us very little trouble and saved a great deal of time, as the 

 insects were quite fresh and had not had time to stiffen, for, as those who 

 use cyanide know, if moths are left in long they are not fit to set for two 

 days. In the evening we searched a hedge where Pierce had a month before 



