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 A HISTORY OF NORFOLK Schoenobius forficellus, Thunb. Generally distributed in weedy ditches and the higher portions of the fen and marsh drains — mucronellus, Scop. Norivich, Barton Turf, Horning ; abundant at Ranworth ; found also at Merton and near Lynn, in fens — gigantellus, Sch. Dm, Merton, Barton Turf, Horning, Ranworth ; on rivers, and in the deepest fens, among the great reed-beds Anerastia lotella, Hb. Yarmouth, Caistor, Hunstanton, on coast sandhills ; and also at Thetford and Brandon, still common on the ' Breck-sand ' — farrella, Curt. The original specimens were taken near Yarmouth more than sixty years ago by Mr. Farr. His locality was lost at his death shortly after, and the insect was not redis- covered till 1 88 1, when many speci- mens were secured by Mr. Atmore nearer to Hunstanton Cateremna terebrella, Zk. Merton, Lynn, among Pinus abies (spruce), its larva feeding in the young cones. Dis- covered by Lord Walsingham, and, so far as I know, not to be found in any other part of the United Kingdom Ilithya carnella, Linn. Once taken near Horning ; not in the fen Myelophila cribrella, Hb. Merton, Thetford, Croxton, Brandon, principally upon the 'Breck-sand.' Larva in the stems of Onopordon acanthium Homoeosoma nimbella, Dup. Caistor, near Yarmouth, on the denes ; abundant — senecionis, Vaugh. Norwich, Lynn, Hun- stanton ; uncommon — nebulella, Hb. Norwich, Merton, Crox- ton, Brandon, Horning, Lynn, Denton ; locally common — eluviella, Gn. Merton,Brandon;Qxyocz Nyctegretes achatinella, Hb. On the sand- hills near Caistor, Yarmouth, in the more settled portions, this insect is sometimes common. It is a rare and excessively local species elsewhere in these islands Ephestia kuhniella, Z. This species, which is known to have reached Europe within the last twenty or thirty years, and this country much more recently, has now become common in flour mills and stores in Norwich, Lynn, and Downham — ficulella, Bar. Norwich, Lynn ; in seed and oilcake warehouses — passulella. Bar. Common at Norwich and Lynn in similar places Ephestia pinguis, Haw. Norwich, Cawston ; on old ash trees — artemisiella, Steph. Norwich, Lynn, among Artemisia Cryptoblabes bistriga, Haw Horning, Should- ham, Lynn ; scarce Plodia interpunctella, Hb. Norwich, Lynn ; abundant in grain stores Phycis carbonariella, Fisch. Norwich, Crox- ton, Lynn ; on heaths — betula, Goetz. Merton ; common among birch near Lynn — dilutella, Steph. Hunstanton ; very local, taken by Mr. G. Balding — splendidella, H.S. Merton ; one specimen reared from a cone of Abies — abietella, Sch. Norwich, Merton, Croxton, Brandon, Lynn — roborella, Sch. Norwich, Horsford, Mer- ton, Croxton, Lynn Pempelia palumbella, Sch. Generally distri- buted on heaths Rhodophaa formosa. Haw. Norwich, Caw- ston ; scarce — consociella, Hb. Generally distributed in oak woods — advenella, Zinck. Norwich, Croxton, Cawston, Lynn ; not common — marmorea. Haw. Norwich, Croxton ; scarce — suavella, Zinck. Norwich, Horsford, Cawston ; scarce — tumidella, Zinck. Lynn, Denton, among oaks Oncocera ahenella, Sch. Merton, Brandon, Barton Bendish, Swaffham Galleria cereana, Linn. Norwich, Thetford, Croxton, Wootton, Sparham Meliphora alveariella, Gn. Thetford, Croxton, Denton, Sparham, Lynn ; this and the last named species are both very de- structive in beehives Corcyra cephalonica, H.S. Has been found in a grain warehouse at Lynn by Mr. Atmore Tortrix crataegana, Hb. Barton Bendish ; very local — decretana, Tr. Lynn ; the only known British locality — sorbiana, Hb. Common in oak woods — lafauryana. Rag. Lynn, on boggy heaths ; among Myrica gale ; discovered by Mr. Atmore ; the only known British locality — cinnamomeana, Tr. Merton, Easton, Cawston ; scarce — corylana, Hb. Widely distributed in woods — costana, Sch. Generally distributed ; very common in the fens 154