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teeth, came down on us, and insisted 
on cur putting out the light, or going 
to the police station for the night. 
“If,” said they, “we allow you 
lights, all the smugglers will turn fly 
catchers,” and, . backed as their 
arguments were, by horse pistols and 
cutlasses, we could not but admit that 
they had the best of it. 
The larva of Caniola doe3 not 
appear to be exclusively a lichen 
feeder. I have a brood apparently 
thriving on clover, and there seems 
to be little lichen in the locality 
where the moth occurs. Edwin 
Birchall, Birkenhead, September 9 
1862. 
A trip to Orange and district in 
June. — Eirst week in June, being on 
the sick list I went to Grange 
to r ecruit strength, and paid ag 
much attention to insects as I dare. 
The weather was bad, there being 
only two moderate days during my 
stay. How changed insect life was 
from what I have been accustomed to 
find it in the same place in other 
years ! There were scarcely any 
Butterflies : an odd Agestis, a few 
Alsus, and a solitary Tages and 
Olypliica, almost sickened me, — for, 
in past years, I have seen them in 
swarms on the same hank. Geometrcc 
and Micros were very scarce. Of 
course there are always some exceptions 
but, generally speaking, . T have seen, 
in other years, scores, where this 
year scarcely a specimen has appeared- 
Still, in eight days, I managed to 
gather together a few species, but 
could not go to work as heartily as my 
inclination would have led me, being 
crippled with rheumatism. I was 
not quite so nimble as usual, and had 
to be more careful about getting up 
to the knees in quagmires. I met 
with the following species, which 
may serve to show what a rich 
locality Grange is, even in a bad 
season. 
L. Sinapis 30, 
P. Argiolus 1, 
P. Statices 6, 
V. Maculata. 6 — one variety 
N. Viridata 30, 
B. Temeraria 2, 
N. Pulveraria 1, 
L. Salicata 4, 
E. Satyrata 3, — flying in the 
sunshine 
“ Indig ata 1, 
“ C'astigata 2, 
“ Sohrinata, Some score larvae. 
I have bred fifty or sixty. 
T. Coniferata, . Probably thirty 
larvae. Have bred a score. 
M. Ilastata 20, Imagines flying 
wildly among birch. 
C. Silaceata 1, 
“ Corylata Several, 
E. Octomaculalis 12, 
B. Sericealis 1, 
B. Pandalis, First time in this 
district 
A. Prcelongana, Several 
E. Fractifasciana 5, 
S. Pemiana Larva, 
P. Siculana, 
“ Uncana, 
“ Immundana, 
C. Vacciniana In profusion, 
I). Saturnana, 
