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Liparis chrysorriicea. Linn. ISTorwicli, Yarmouth, Aldeby; 
scarce in this county, and differing fi’oni its 
usual habit of being abundant where it occurs. 
„ AURiFLUA. Lab. Abundant every wliere. 
,, SALicis. Linn. Norwich, Horning, Yarmouth, Gilling- 
ham, Thetford ; apparently not very common. 
„ DISPAR. Linn. Formerly at Horning and Cawston, but 
long since extinct. The Eev. T. H. Marsh, 
says, “Not uncommon at Cawston, in 1861, 
but not seen since.” Curtis’s observations in 
his British Entomology are so interesting, that 
I think them worth transcribing : — “ It is not 
easy to conceive the delight I experienced 
when a boy, on finding the locality for the 
Gipsy Moth. After a long walk I arrived at 
the extensive marshes of Horning, in Norfolk, 
having no other guide to the spot than the 
IMyrica gale, and on finding the beds of that 
shrub, which grows freely there, the gaily 
coloured caterpillars first caught my sight. 
They were in every stage of growth, some being 
as large as swan’s quills. I also soon discovered 
the moths which are so totally different in 
colour as to make a tyro doubt their being 
partners. The large loose cocoons were also 
very visible, and on a diligent search I found 
bundles of eggs covered with the fine down 
from the abdomen of the female. With eggs, 
caterpillars, chrysalides, and moths, I speedily 
returned, enjoying unmixed delight in my 
newly gained acquisitions, and looking forward 
with pleasure to the feeding and rearing my 
stock the following year.” 
The Myrica gale still flourishes at Horning, 
but the “ Gipsy” Moths have long disappeared. 
Whether the females and eggs which have boon 
turned out lately by Entomologists will liavo 
any effect in re-establishing the species, remains 
to be. seen. Doubtless Curtis reared Ids larva, 
