MAY. 71 



Having obtained our tickets at the Waterloo station 

 of the South Western Railway for the Wimbledon 

 station, we shall, after about half an hour's riding, 

 arrive there, when, in order to reach the common, we 

 must cross the railway bridge and keep straight along 

 the road and through the town ; this will bring us on 

 to the common near Wimbledon Park. But if, instead 

 of keeping by the park side, we bear to the left, we 

 shall soon arrive at the "windmill" upon the com- 

 mon, and be at once in good collecting-ground. The 

 ground is covered with a great quantity of scrubby 

 sallow and oak, small birch trees, furze, broom, willow, 

 heather, fern, and a great variety of herbaceous plants. 

 On the edge of the common, towards the lane leading 

 to the " Stag," area number of good aspens (Populus 

 tremula), while at the southern side of the common is 

 situated " Coomb Wood." This is a fine wood, con- 

 taining a great number of trees of good growth, besides 

 underwood and a fine broomfield. 



And now let us search for our pets : and in the first 

 place the sallows invite our notice. In their shoots 

 we shall find the larvae of Depressaria conterminella, 

 while in their rolled leaves and in those of the neierh- 

 bouring birches, as well as in poplars, the larvae of 

 Gelechia populefla will be found. If we search the 

 shoots of the broom (Spartium scoparium), we shall 

 find between united twigs a brown larva with dark 

 tubercles ; this is the larva of Depressaria Atomella : 

 while in the broom flowers, as well as in those of 

 the furze {XJlex Europceus), the larvae of Gelechia 

 mulinella occur, and in the heads of the St. John's 

 wort, in the dry spots, the larvae of Depressaria Hy- 



