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sty upon a milking stool with the pig between her knees, the little 
animal squealing loudly as she scrubbed it with soap and water! 
On grassy knolls within the precincts of “ the toon/’ Aphelia 
pratana was as common as it is upon the South Downs. Among 
the frequenters of the patches of wood on the lower ground were 
many insects that are familiar to London collectors :—e.g. beating 
sallows by day drove out a few Hypermecia augustana, Hiibn. (cruciana, 
Zett.), and Eupithecia tenuiata, while Depressaria conterminella flew 
over the same bushes at dusk; strongly marked varieties of Grapho- 
litha penTcleriana were to be found among alders; birches produced 
Tortrix ribeana, Antithesis corticana and praelongana, together with 
Grapholitha payhulliana, Fabr. (r amelia, Linn.), and campoliliana, 
Treit ( subocellana , Don.), these Tortrices were chiefly found on the 
birch trunks, but upon the twigs, Argyresthia goedartella and retinella 
fairly swarmed. 
Stilbia anomala occurred freely on the moors and remained for 
three days in exquisite condition, after which it was almost over. 
It was best taken at dusk just beyond the houses. At the same 
time and place we searched ant-hills for Tinea ochraceella till our 
eyes watered with the emanations of formic acid; the moths crawl 
up the grass stems on the nests, but they were very scarce. 
Erebia blandina (aethiops ) was common enough in the open parts 
of woods, a male was taken with the fulvous patch on one forewing 
devoid of the usual spots; in the same places, especially on the 
slopes of Crois Craig, Plusia interrogationis, very variable and in 
exquisite condition, was to be found on dull days on stones and 
birch stumps. It was in searching for this lovely Noctua that I first 
seriously felt the disadvantages of my short and bad sight; Black¬ 
burn found many more than I did, and also picked up a fine Hadena 
rectilinea at rest upon a stump. 
The Black Wood of Dali was somewhat of a disappointment; its 
mighty pines, over twelve feet in girth, and dense growth of various 
species of Vaccinium and heath suggested all sorts of things. Among 
the pines we took Ellopia fasciaria (prosapiaria) and a few Gedestis 
gysselinella and Gelechia galbanella, while small dark varieties of Tor¬ 
trix foster ana were not uncommon; Fidonia brunneata {pinetaria) was 
common enough but exceedingly local; Sericoris daleana ( alternana ) 
was also to be had. Towards the end of the month Grapholitha 
geminana flew in clouds over the Vaccinium in the sunshine, in fact 
I have rarely, if ever, seen an insect so abundant; sometimes eight 
or ten were in my net at once. We spent some hours walking up 
and down a piece of lush herbage near the road where Blackburn 
