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the day, reaching "Scarlet" at 11 am., I commence sweeping Thymus 

 syrpillus for Gelechia distinctella, the first sweep gave me a pair of Butalis 

 fuscoceniella and soon afterwards the objects of my search G. distinciella and 

 Phycis subornatella were netted, then sweeping some stunted Lotus cornicu- 

 latus, Butalis fuscocruprella was freely got, mixed with other species I did not 

 want. Having secured plenty of the above I next turned my attention to the 

 Lichen geographicus, growing on the large blocks of Trap rock laying about, 

 and found the larva of Eudorea lineolalis in plenty, leaning over these great 

 lumps of Igneous rocks was hot work, the grand old sun blazing fiercely down 

 into the hollow ground I was being baked in, led me to suggest a change, 

 stripping, I plunged into the sea (hissing hot), for a swim round the "South 

 Stack," a great isolated rock which stands at the extreme point of Scarlet 

 rocks. After this refreshing swim I turned my attention to the larvae of 

 Sciophila colquhounana which were very scarce, but in searching for them I 

 found another Sciophila in pupa, this I have found before but never bred it, 

 the larva and pupa are much smaller and lighter coloured than Colquhounana, 

 but the larva feed and live in exactly the sort of, shall 1 call it a silken bag 

 open at both ends. But now I have exhausted every workable plant I can find, 

 so turn to hunting for and gathering the pupa of Sesia musciformis, this 

 species is just being gathered in the island, in all localities which can be 

 easily got at it is already cleared out, of course there are ungetatable places 

 where it can set the pot-hunting collector at defiance, and so continue its 

 time upon the island. The most unfortunate thing for the pot-hunters is 

 they cannot breed many out, because they are not naturalists, so never think 

 how to treat them. Naturally, the whole of the rocks, &c, on the ground I 

 have been working upon for these species being Used up, 1 go further and 

 fare worse. Commencing to sweep Statices armeria flowers on a most charm- 

 ing locality 1 have chosen, I am soon made aware something is wrong with 

 a large lot of cattle in the field, and one " father of cows " is heading my 

 way. The rocks here lay low from the land to high- water mark ; not feeling 

 like taking a bull by the horns, I skipped off to a higher rock, mounting it 

 I climbed the wall which crossed it, dividing the field from the ground I had 

 been working before, and felt more comfortable as I turned to larva hunting 

 where I knew the bull could not come. On the tops of, and in the crannies 

 about the rocks on this ground, small stunted plants of Selene maritima, 

 Plantago maritima, and Satices armeria grow, and to these I paid most 

 attention, leaving the Poa cespilosa and cerulea almost untouched, but every 

 plant of the first three species were examined, and every hole or chink in the 

 rocks near them. No slipping this little plant for yon larger one, clear all 

 before you, and slowly but surely you will secure all there is upon the land 



