98 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
take the first ride to the left and follow it to its outlet, you will 
see, across the rough ground, the rails of a large inclosure of 
young fir trees, surrounded with furze and birch bushes, &e. 
This is Park Hill Inclosure, and one of the most extensive in 
the forest. Keep to the right, enter the first gate and follow 
the ride to the first cross path, where turn to the left, and you 
are on the collecting ground for many of the New Forest 
specialities. This is a very broad grassy ride through the 
inclosure, planted on either side with small oaks and firs 
alternately, with occasional larches, and here and there an 
ancient forest tree left standing in situ, interspersed with large 
clumps of bramble, &c.; the various grasses common to the 
forest occurring, together with plants of heather, Centaurea, 
Lotus, Hippocrepis, Scabiosa, Campanula, Orchidacee, &c. Here, 
in May and June, by walking through the long grass, you cannot 
fail to disturb the local but unattractive Acosmetia caliginosa— 
a weak flyer, very easy to capture, and having very much the 
appearance of a Crambus when on the wing. Hyria auroraria 
occurs, but is very scarce, chiefly, I was told, frequenting the 
banks of the deep ditches which drain the inclosure in all direc- 
tions, and where the herbage is most luxuriant. It is a very 
swift flyer, glittering like a little gold-encircled gem as it flashes 
past one in the sunlight. I only saw one alive, and that eluded 
all my endeavours to effect its capture. The best way is to follow 
this path along the edge of the inclosure (passing seven cross 
paths on the left and eight on the right) for about two miles, 
to its termination in a path through the centre of the wood. 
Here turn to the left, and keep straight on to the gate of the 
inclosure, opening out into another bit of rough ground; when 
you will see, facing you, the entrance-gate into the last inclosure 
to which I shall ask you to accompany me in this direction, viz. 
Stubby Copse. This is a wood not quite as old as Park 
Ground and Hurst Hill, but containing trees of very much 
larger growth than those in Park Hill. The undergrowth is 
exuberant and very varied, and small flowering plants (such as 
those already mentioned in describing the inclosure we have just 
left) are very abundant—I mention this because they are absent 
from many of the older inclosures. It is a large wood, and 
extends almost to the South Western Railway. The species 
taken here and in Park Hill are (with the exceptions already 
