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A HISTORY OF NORFOLK trict ; extending in very far smaller numbers and in darker colour on to some of the boggy heaths ; and occur- ring casually elsewhere. Except in this and the adjoining eastern counties, a great rarity Acidalia dilutaria, Hb. (interjectaria, Bdv. ; osseata, Stn.). Generally common — holosericata, Dup. A single specimen of this very local species was taken some years ago by the Rev. H. Williams near Thetford ; the presence here of this one specimen seems inexplicable, except on the supposition that others are sometimes mistaken for the preced- ing species — promutata, Gn. (marginepunctata, St. C). Norwich suburbs ; Merton, Aldeby^ Yar- mouth, Brandon, Leziate ; locally com- mon — ornata, Scop. Merton, Wood Dalling ; local and scarce — subsericeata, Haw. Norwich, St. faiths; common at Stratton Straw/ess ; Merton, Thetford, Barton, Lynn ; usually not very common — immutata, Linn. Abundant in all the fens ; and found in many other marshy spots — remutata, Hb. In woods and on wooded heaths, but less abundant than usual — inornata, Haw. Merton, Denton, Bran- don, Wootton ; rather local Timandra emutaria, Hb. Lynn, Wootton, Croxton ; a scarce species, more ticularly attached to salt marshes — imitaria, Hb. Generally distributed ; most frequent on the coast Bradyepetes amataria, Linn. Widely distri- buted, but not very common Ania emarginata, Linn. Generally distri- buted ; rather common in the fens Melanippe rivata, Hb. Lynn, Denton ; scarce — galiata, Sch. Said to occur rarely at Cawston and Horning Melanthia rubiginata, Sch. In damp woods and fens among alder ; common — ocellata, Linn. Generally distributed — albicillata, Linn. Norwich, Aldeby, Ormesby, Neatishead, Horning, Barton Bendish, Mintlyn ; not common — procellata, Sch. Norwich, Aldeby, Denton, Cawston ; scarce — unangulata, Haw. Norwich, Merton, Aldeby^ Denton, Cawston, Lynn ; not plentiful Anticlea sinuata, Sch. (cucullata, St. C). Brandon, Thetford, Beachamwell ; very scarce — rubidata, Sch. Aldeby, Denton, Merton, par- Thetford, Brandon, Cawston, near Lynn ; not common Anticlea derivata, Sch. (nigrofasciaria, St. C). Norwich, Aldeby, Denton — berberata, Sch. Brandon, formerly at Beachamwell Coremia propugnata, Sch. (designata, St. C). Norwich, Merton, Aldeby, Cawston, Horning, Ranworth ; not common — quadrifasciaria, Linn. Norwich, Aldeby, Denton, Merton, Cromer, Cawston, Bar- ton, Wootton ; not common, but more generally distributed in the woods of West Norfolk — pectinitaria, Fuess. Norwich, Horsford, near Beccles, Merton, Ranworth ; very local here — multistrigaria, Haw. Norwich, Yarmouth, Merton, Thetford, Cawston, Neatishead, Lynn ; on heaths Asthena luteata, Sch. Norwich, Costessey, Denton, Barton, Cawston, Wootton, Mintlyn ; among maple — candidata, Sch. Widely distributed, but not plentiful — sylvata, Sch. (testaceata, St. C). Foxley, Foulsham ; scarce Eupisteria heparata, Sch. (obliterata, St. C). Generally common among alder Emmelesia affinitata, Steph. Merton, Caws- ton, Horning, Wootton ; more common at Castle Rising and Lynn — alchemillata, Linn. Widely distributed, but not very common — albulata, Sch. Generally distributed in meadows among Rhinanthus — decolorata, Hb. Widely distributed among Lychnis vespertina — unifasciata, Haw. Hingham, Lynn, Den- ton ; scarce Cidaria psittacata, Sch. Thetford, Castle Rising ; scarce — miata, Linn. Norwich, Yarmouth, Aldeby, Buxton, Cawston, Lynn ; not uncommon — corylata, Thunb. Generally distributed — picata, Hb. Merton, Aldeby, Cawston, Ketteringham — sagittata. Fab. Norwich, Brundall, Al- deby, Thetford, Stoke Ferry ; among Thalictrum, in fens — immanata, Haw. Generally common — suffumata, Sch. Norwich, Aldeby, Denton, Cawston, Lynn ; not common — silaceata, Sch. Norwich, Costessey, Foxley, Aldeby, Cawston, Foulsham, Lynn ; in moist woods ; not common — prunata, Linn. Generally distributed in gardens, but not common — dotata, Linn. Norwich, Yarmouth, Al- deby, Lynn, Horning ; not common 150