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think, is a new locality for this insect) ; Liparis monacha, common ; 

 Geometra ijapllionaria (this is found in more than one locality in 

 the neighbourhood); Phorodesma hajularia ; Scotosia undidata; 

 Cidaria silaceata ; Acronycta leporina ; Aplecta herhida ; and 

 many others. The wood has never been worked, except in a very 

 desultory manner, and from what I have seen I believe that it 

 would prove quite equal to many of the woods that are household 

 words to entomologists, such as Darenth or Burnt Woods ; 

 moreover, it is entirely open to the public, and there is no 

 interruption whatever from keejjers. It may therefore seem 

 strange that I have not mentioned the name and direction of the 

 wood, but I have not done so on purpose. Mr. Baxter, above 

 referred to, whose kindness in pointing out his particular localities 

 is very rare, and hardly to be expected in a professional natura- 

 list, showed the locality to some people, who did their best to 

 exterminate H. Paniscus some time ago, and we do not wish for 

 a like experience. Besides this, the wood is noted for its lilies 

 of the valley, and when the wife of the holder was telling me the 

 other day about the ravages of the public, who not only took the 

 flowers, which they did not mind, but the bulbs as well, I could 

 hardly help urging her to get the wood shut against all manner of 

 collectors whatever. This damage and extermination of every- 

 thing worth collecting and carrying away is a matter for the very 

 serious consideration of entomologists, as through it nearly all 

 the best collecting grounds are being gradually closed. Sherwood 

 Forest, the paradise of midland entomologists, has nearly gone 

 the way of the rest : a man who walked the forest a 3'ear or two 

 ago with a net, and took pheasants' eggs instead of butterflies, 

 has nearly put the finishing touch to the exasperation of the 

 keepers. I think that all of us who are interested in the study of 

 Entomology should once and for all continue to stop ravages and 

 damage of all kinds whenever we may come across them — for 

 although, as in the case mentioned above, it may be a pseudo- 

 entomologist who causes the odium, yet in many cases collectors 

 themselves are to blame for their utter disregard of everything 

 except their own pursuit. With regard to extermination, it seems 

 almost a pity that we cannot have some law to protect our more 

 conspicuous indigenous insects, as well as our indigenous birds. 

 One or two species either have disappeared, or are disappearing, 

 owing to drainage and other causes, over which we have no 



