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LOCALITIES FOR BEGINNERS. 
By Joun T. Carrinaton, F.L.S. 
No. IX.—WESTERHAM. 
THE utility of the former articles of this series having been 
demonstrated by thanks received from both beginners and older 
entomologists, I am induced to add to their number.* Being 
requested some time since to take charge of one of the summer 
field excursions of the South London Entomological and Natural 
History Society, I selected Westerham, which was duly visited by 
some two dozen or more members on the 17th of July last. These 
for the most part visited the locality for the first time, and 
several expressed a desire that I should write something on 
the locality, so that others might benefit by knowing so fine a 
collecting-ground ; hence the following description of Westerham. 
Westerham is in Kent, some seven miles west from Seven- 
oaks, on a branch line of railway from Dunton Green Junction, 
of the South Eastern Railway, and is about twenty-five miles 
from Charing Cross, whence there are frequent trains, the last 
returning from Westerham at 9.40 p.m. The geological formation 
of the district is very varied, as, in consequence, is also the flora. 
To the north of the village there is chalk for miles running east 
and west; whilst southwards is part of the long range of hills 
covered with heather, bilberry, Scotch fir, with large sections of 
woodland containing the usual masses of oak, beech, birch, &c. 
On arrival at the railway station we pass up to the village, 
bearing to the left where the road divides past the stable entrance 
to the ‘George and Dragon’ hotel, at which house every accommo- 
dation for refreshment and lodgings may be obtained. There 
is also a second hotel, the ‘King’s Arms.’ The village is of 
some size, and doubtless lodgings may be obtained in private 
houses when preferred. 
To work the chalk districts, return past the station and follow 
the road for about a mile, when a large chalk-pit will be reached ; 
on either side of this are pieces of rough collecting-ground, such 
* For former articles in this series, see vol. xii., p. 162, Wanstead Flats; vol. xii., 
p. 188, Riddlesdown; vol. xii., p. 209, Darenth; vol. xii., p. 233, Loughton; vol. 
xii., p. 259, Wickham; vol. xili., p. 74, Sevenoaks; vol. xiii., p. 121, Pinner; vol. 
xili., p. 169, Wicken; also, though not numbered, vol. xvii., p. 145, Rannoch. 
ENTOM.—AUGUST, 1886. 2D 
