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In the few remarks on the study of entomology which I have 
just made, I have purposely derived all my illustrations from the 
Lepidoptera alone, because it is only with this order that I have 
any practical acquaintance, but I should be sorry on this account 
to have it supposed that I would ignore the work to be done in the 
other Orders of insects. On the contrary, it is just those branches 
of the science which have received the least attention, which 
require the more, and from the little experience I have myself had 
and the results already recorded, I feel sure that Norfolk will 
prove a rich collecting ground both for the Coleopterist and the 
Hymenopterist, and I believe that those who will breed and 
collect the Phryganidte or caddis-flies, will discover many points 
of interest in their life histories, and be able to add several new 
species to the British list. 
Such, Gentlemen, is a very cursory glance at the work which 
lies before the Norfolk entomologists ; and, in conclusion, I would 
sincerely congratulate you on the formation of a Society like that 
to which this paper is addressed, and which I doubt not will afford 
most efficient aid and stimulus in carrying it out. 
VI. 
ON THE MEEES OF WKETHAM HEATH. 
By Henry Stevenson, F.L.S. 
Read August 24-th, 1869. 
On the 8th of August, 1869, in company with Mr. John Ringer, 
of West Harling, I visited the three Meres on Wretham heath, 
wliich, from time immemorial, have been the natural watering 
places of the cattle and sheep depastured in that wild country; 
and which, like oases in the desert, delight the eye with their 
unlooked for and refreshing waters. Crossing a portion of Roudham 
heath, we drove for some distance along the “ Pedder’s Way,” one 
of the oldest roads in the kingdom, and turning to the left, past 
the level crossing of the Great Eastern Railway, we entered upon 
Wretham heatli, near the junction of the Watton extension with 
