FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK : ICHNEUMONS. 
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the many hundreds of insects I have named for them, and 1 am 
much indebted to both for many specimens. 
In naming the insects I have had very great advantages, for 
while Professor Thomson was preparing several of his monographs, 
he wrote and asked me to send him my species, especially doubtful 
or unnamed ones, this I was only too glad to do, so that at one 
time or another a great many of my insects have been to Sweden, 
and have been returned named, or the names corrected when 
necessary, and my best thanks are due to him for the very great 
trouble he has taken with them. Also at the request of Dr. 
Holmgren I sent some species to him, and in fact they were with 
him at the time of his death, but were subsequently returned to me. 
In looking through the accompanying list, it will be seen that 
generally speaking the localities given are very few in number, this 
arises in the first place from want of time preventing my going far 
from home, and the almost invariably bad weather on the Bank 
Holidays, when I could got further afield; secondly, I found that 
if a good hunting-ground were discovered it mattered not how 
often it was visited, something fresh was almost sure to be 
taken, my two favourite places were Brundall and the lanes at 
Earlham, sweeping the herbage by the sides of the ditches, and the 
banks beneath the hedges, and I don’t think I ever went to either 
place without meeting with something new. 1 also took many in 
dull weather by beating the hedges into an old umbrella, but this 
will not do when the sun shines, as the insects are far too active to 
be caught thus. I have to thank several entomologists in this and 
other counties for much help in the shape of insects ; my friend, 
Sir. Atmorc, of Lynn, has given me many he has bred or boxed 
when out after Lepidoptera, also to Messrs. Thouless, Norgate, 
Laddiman, and Dr. Wheeler are my thanks due for local specimens, 
and to Mr. J. E. Fletcher, for Ichneumons bred from Sawflies, 
also Messrs. Porritt, Elisha and J. W. Cross ; but, above all, my 
thanks are especially due to Mr. \V. II. 15. Fletcher, of Worthing, 
who has sent hundreds of parasites, with the names of hosts from 
which they were bred ; in those cases where I have had bred 
Ichneumons, whether from this county or not, I have added the 
name of the host and the entomologist from whom I received 
them, after the locality. 
I have, in many instances, taken only a single specimen, or two, 
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