LOCALITIES FOR- BEGINNERS. Q27 
we shall see a gate on the same side, with gate-keeper’s lodge. 
This we enter, and find we are within the beautiful domain of 
St. George’s Hills, as will be discovered by seeing a notice-board 
on which are painted the rules for regulating the conduct of the 
public when using the woods. These at first appear stringent, 
but are by no means unreasonable, and, so far as I have ex- 
perienced in many visits to the locality, do not in any way 
interfere with the entomologist who respects the property of his 
host, for such, for the time being, is the owner who allows him to 
roam through his woods. 
There are several paths diverging from this entrance, all of 
which are pleasant enough, but we will follow the one opposite 
to us through the big fir-trees which constitute this portion of 
the wood. We will not loiter here, but pass forward, all the 
time keeping a sharp look-out for those insects which delight to 
rest on the boles of the fir-trees. Among the heather so luxu- 
riantly growing beneath the firs we shall shortly see many of 
the great ant-hills made by Mormica rufa, and so dear to the 
coleopterist who is proof against the irritating stings of the tenants 
he is sure to evict in his search for the special beetles which inhabit 
these ant-hills. We have now passed a ride on the right a few 
hundred yards from the gate, and go on until we come to a 
valley where our path meets one crossing it at almost right 
angles. Taking our right-hand path, we ascend the hill opposite, 
and work our way upwards, all the time making for the “ Swiss 
Cottage,” a picturesque little house near the middle of the wood, 
where tea and cakes are to be had. ‘This may be considered our 
rendezvous, for much of the best collecting should be found to 
the north-east of this, where lies a considerable space of high 
ground with a very mixed herbage and rich undergrowth, and 
where the woodland partakes of open ground, with sallow, 
hawthorn, and other shrubs and trees covered with festoons of 
honeysuckle. Many a long day may be profitably and happily 
spent around here, by those especially who delight in the smaller 
moths, as well as the Macro-Lepidoptera. 
St. George’s Hills are largely dedicated to the growth of 
conifers in the region of the ‘‘ Swiss Cottage,” and many rare 
and really handsome trees of that group may be seen, including 
some giant monkey-puzzles (Awrucaria). Of course Scotch fir 
abounds all round, but we shall find some immense spruce firs 
