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 INSECTS Cidaria pyraliata, Bkh. Norwich, Aldeby, Cawslon, Horning, Lynn — populata, Bkh. Cawston, Barton Bendish, Lynn ; on heaths, very scarce, but re- liable — testata, Linn. Everywhere common, but especially so in the fens Pelurga comitata, Linn. Norwich, Tar mouth, Aldehy, Thetford, Brandon, Lynn, Caws- ton, Horning ; common in this county Scotosia vetulata, Sch. Surlingham, Aldehy, Thetford, Denton, Horning, Ranworth, Lynn ; among buckthorn in wet copses in the fens — rhamnata, Sch. Norwich, Merton, Thet- ford, Ranworth, Horning ; in similar situations to the last named — undulata, Linn. Kings Lynn, Denton, Al- dehy, Merton, Fouhham, Foxley, Barton Bendish ; not common — dubitata, Linn. Norwich, Aldehy, Mer- ton, Cawston, Ranworth, Lynn ; not very common — certata, Hb. Norwich, Thetford, Caws- ton ; scarce Phibalapterya fluviata, Hb. Horning, Foul- sham ; very rare — lignata, Hb. (vittata, St. C). Norwich, Brundall, Aldehy, Merton, Thetford, Brandon, Cromer, Ranworth ; especially in fens and the meadows bordering them — tersata, Sch. Denton, Ditchingham, Thet- ford, Foulsham ; local and scarce Thera firmaria, Hb. Norwich, Horsford, Plumstead, Hevingham, Thetford, Caw- ston, Lynn ; among fir Hysipetes ruberata, Frey (literata, St. C). Kilveston, West Tofts, West Walton, Walsoken and Lynn ; not very common — impluviata, Sch. Generally distributed among alder Oporabia dilutata, Sch. Norwich, Merton, near Beccles, Cawston ; probably in all woods Cheimatobia boreata, Hb. N arhorough ; once taken Lobophora lobulata, Hb. Lynn, Croxton ; scarce — hexapterata, Sch. Barton Bendish ; ex- tremely local — sexalata, Hb. Norwich, Surlingham, Alde- hy, Geldestone, Merton, Foulsham, Horn- ing, Ranworth, Lynn ; not scarce in fens and marshes, among sallow ; some- times sitting on the stems in the day- time among the thickest herbage — viretata, Hb. Geldeston, Ketteringham, Neatishead ; scarce Lithostege nivearia, Sch. (farinata, St. C. ; non griseata, Sch.). Brandon, Thetford ; only very locally in the ' Breck ' district ; among Sisymbrium sophia and S. cheiranthoides Chesias spartiata. Fab. Norwich, Denton, Aldehy, Merton, Thetford, common near Lynn ; among Spartium scoparium (broom) — obliquaria, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, Lynn ; among the same food-plant as the last Anaitis plagiata, Linn. Generally common Mesotype lineolata, Sch. (virgata, St. C). Yarmouth and Cowj/aw sandhills, Cromer; also occasionally to be found still linger- ing on the ' Breck-sand ' around Thet- ford Eubolia palumbaria, Sch. Generally common on heaths — bipunctaria, Sch. Brandon, Merton, scarce ; said to have been taken at Horsford — cervinata, Sch. Norwich, Yarmouth, Kirhy Cane, Thetford, Cawston, Lynn ; not scarce — mensuraria, Sch. (limitata, St. C). Nor- wich, Gillingham, Merton, Thetford, Ranworth ; by no means so plentiful as is usually the case Collix sparsata, Hb. Surlingham, Aldehy, Shadwell, Ranworth, Horning, Barton Turf, Stoke Ferry, Lynn ; probably in all the fens Eupithecia venosata, Fab. Norwich, Hors- ford, Merton, Denton, Thetford, Cawston, Barton, Lynn ; among Silene inflata — consignata, Bkh. (insigniata, St. C). Nor- wich, Shadwell ; very rare — extensaria, Frr. On the coast, usually at the edges of salt marshes, from Lynn to Hunstanton and Wells ; the larva feeding on the blossoms of Artemesia maritima. The first specimen was taken by my eldest son in July, 1887, and Mr. Atmore subsequently took others and also larvas. It is a species which ap- pears to have migrated to this coast from the Baltic, and the only previous British specimens known had been taken on the coast of Yorkshire. It has now so increased in numbers in Norfolk that almost every cabinet is supplied — pulchellata, Steph. Lyyin, Croxton ; not common — linariata, Sch. Norwich, Merton, Thet- ford, Brandon, Cawston, Lynn ; common among Linaria vulgaris — centaureata, Sch. (oblongata, St. C). Widely distributed, especially in gardens and waste ground 151