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LOCALITIES FOR BEGINNERS. 
By Joun T. Cararnoton, F.L.S. 
No. X.—ST. GEORGE’S HILLS. 
Tur excursion I now propose to take my readers—in print— 
commences from Waterloo Station of the London and South 
Western Railway, whence we take our tickets for Weybridge, 
which is nineteen miles from London. There are frequent trains 
some of which run through in about half an hour without 
stopping, with return trains up to nearly ten o’clock at night. 
On leaving the arrival platform we ascend a number of steps, 
for the station is in a deep cutting, which at once tells us that 
the subsoil of the neighbourhood is deep sand. Arrived at the 
top of the stairs, we see before us a delightful bit of common- 
land, covered with thick and long heather (Calluna), small Scotch 
firs, and occasional birches, a most encouraging reception for 
the entomologist. This common extends also north of the 
station, where there is some broom, much frequented in their 
season by the larve of the commoner of the two Depressarie 
which affect that shrub. Near this will be seen the only house 
in the neighbourhood where substantial refreshment can be 
obtained, the ‘‘ Hand and Spear” hotel, which is close to the 
railway-station. Among the rough grass on this northern or 
Weybridge side of the common, one of the more local species of 
the genus Crambus is said to occur. Excepting this bit of 
eround, there is no other place on that side of the railway which 
is worth spending time upon, while so much, and better, may be 
found in the direction we will now take. 
Imagining ourselves again on the south side of the railway- 
bridge, we take the right hand of the two roads opposite to us, 
and leading across the common. Following this we come to a 
low wall bounding a fine fir wood on our right, while on our left 
are a series of villa residences so characteristic of the wealthy 
class of people inhabiting the neighbourhood. Continuing 
forward we come to some large oak-trees, where in early autumn 
the acorns may be picked up and saved for rearing the imagines 
of Carpocapsa splendana, the larvee of which are feeding on the 
earliest-fallen acorns. 
As soon as we have passed the last of the villas on the left, 
