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can only reiterate my special thanks to him and Mr. Houghton for 

 their kindness and help. There is an amusing side to the entry to 

 Wicken. The best collecting grounds (because the most open) are the 

 public rights-of-way. One or two men, however, patrol these to turn 

 an honest (?) penny by suggesting that it is customary to give a trifle, and 

 if this fails they are ready with the fact that you are trespassing on 

 "their" ground. The fact of "owners" becoming a species of 

 " cadger " is very obvious. Another line is to sell tickets at so much 

 per head per day or week. One would think that actual owners would 

 be above this ; most are, and are very courteous to entomologists into 

 the bargain. There is good accommodation to be obtained in Wicken, 

 at the Red Lion, Maid's Head, or if any one prefers it, at Mrs. 

 Phillips' house (The Sycamores). But the lodgings at the pubs, are 

 really private, and although I stayed at the Red Lion I never knew but 

 that I was in a private house, having a private door, key, etc., to 

 myself. 



When I left Wicken with a number of insects on my setting boards 

 and in my store boxes, averaging about 150 per day for the twenty 

 days I felt sorry that I could not stay longer to help the native col- 

 lectors to continue the work of depopulation. However, I hope to go 

 again, and given good weather, the moths will have a bad time of it. — 

 J. W. TuTT, Westcombe Hill, S.E. [Mr. G. T. Porritt will give an 

 account of the Neuroptera, Orthoptera, and Trichoptera captured, in the 

 next number. — Ed.] 



Southend, Epping Forest, and North London. — This season has so 

 far been fairly good. The sallows at Southend produced the usual 

 Tceniocampidc^, also Xylocanipa lithoriza, Calocampa exoleta, etc. ; while 

 Eupithecia pmnilata, Anticlea badiata, Coreinia ferru^ata, a few Akucis 

 pictaria and other geometers, were plentiful in the evenings. Unfortu- 

 nately, the warm nights always brought a strong south-westerly wind, 

 which made the sallows hard to work. Lyccena argiolus was the only 

 notable butterfly I took. Epping Forest has proved very productive, 

 Drepana unguicula, Ephyra trilinearia, and other common things 

 swarm, and many others have fallen to my net for the first time. I 

 have unfortunately missed the best time of the year (June), owing to an 

 attack of influenza, and the weather now precludes any collecting. 

 NocTU^ are common on sugar in our garden here. I am waiting for a 

 decent night to try my luck further afield. No Apauiea ophiogninima 

 have emerged yet, but my pupse have darkened, and show the pattern 

 of this insect through their skin (these are pupse obtained from larvai 

 feeding on the stems of ribbon grass). I hope to get them out in a day 

 or two, if all goes well. — A. U. Battley, Amhurst Park, N. July, 1891. 



Boxhill and Ashdoivn Forest. — Larvae of Cucullia verbasci are very 

 plentiful this year at Boxhill, and yesterday Lycana cegon was flying in 

 profusion at Ashdown Forest, also two Euthemonia russula, female, 

 taken in good condition, and even Argynms selene is still about. 



Insects are very late this year, and, owing to that, I have missed 

 many things. — A. J. Croker, South Norwood. July, 1891, 



Dart77ioor. — I have found Acidalia pronmtata abundant on the nor- 

 thern slopes of Dartmoor, at least fifteen to twenty miles from the sea. 

 They were to be found by day resting on the granite boulders, which they 

 closely resembled, and they also came freely to light. The weather has 



