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Later at night we devoted ourselves to working for Lithosice at the 
carr, griseola and strainineola being then common, but muscerda 
r scarce. Stray specimens of Celcena HawortJiii and Hydrelia 
also turned up. 
On a second visit on August 14th, many of the same species were 
the Lithosice not quite over ; of muscerda, even three specimens 
•red to Mr. De Grey's superior luck (I did not see one) ; and 
thecia tenuiata had become quite common among the sallows, 
e also Depressuria conterminella, Yeatiana, &c., were not scarce. 
Tlie two species of Hypenodes were occasionally to be disturbed 
ig the long grass, and usually had the wit to fly across the 
r to inaccessible places, and Peronea Shepherdana and aspersana 
3d out from among Spiraea ulmaria. Elachista cerussella and 
lum also occurred rarely among the herbage, and I had the good 
,ne to turn out one specimen of Gelechia muscosella, the novelty 
vered a few weeks before by Mr. De Grey, at Wicken fen. 
A stramineola $ , fished out of a drain on this occasion, obligingly 
1 batch of eggs, which, under the fostering care of Mr. Hellins, 
I hope, help to solve the vexed question of the distinctness of this 
es from griseola, especially as Mr. De Grey had, I believe, the 
fortune to secure eggs of both species (or varieties). 
One curious and rather unexpected morsel of evidence has occurred 
3. Among the specimens of stramineola taken, were several varieties 
ig more or less of the ground colour of griseola in irregular patches, 
forming apparently regular connecting links, but these specimens 
all faded so much that already they hardly differ from normal 
lineola, while the typical griseola by their side are just as when 
n. 
I omitted to mention, that, on our first trip, a rough piece of 
nd by the road side attracted our attention, and, alighting, we 
eeded to investigate it. Among the short heath Mr. De Grey very 
secured Sophronia parenthesella, and we found Pterophorus teucrii 
DQon among Teucrium scorodonia. 
On a second visit a few days after, I found this plume in great 
idance, though woi'n, and secured a few specimens of Ehulea 
ascalis and Sovhronia parenthesella. A thunder storm was im- 
ling ; and the plumes, apparently delighted with the prospect, were 
;ing over the Teucrium like Tipulce. 
Norwich, February, 1870. 
