100 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
The extensive tract of forest commencing at the north-west 
corner of Park Hill Inclosure, and extending thence southward 
over an undulating tract of country, for about a mile and a 
quarter along the Brockenhurst Road, is known as Holland’s 
Wood. On the opposite side of the way is another tract, extend- 
ing from Foxleaze Park, opposite Park Ground Inclosure, to 
New Park (lately the well-known seat of Mr. W. Dickinson), and 
which les opposite Ramnor. Both woods are of much the same 
character; but the undergrowth is, perhaps, more abundant and 
more varied in Holland’s Wood, and it is of larger extent; 
indeed it is so comparatively trackless and dense that, without 
a companion, it is no joke to work it at night. 
To return to Holland’s Wood. Besides the ‘“ Crimsons,”’ 
Dicycla oo occurred here in 1871; but the larve, having 
apparently been destroyed by the early frosts which in the two 
succeeding springs left the oaks quite blackened in May, it has 
only been seen singly since—at least up to 1875. The (at any 
rate till lately) extensive clumps of birch in this wood, and down 
the valley in Whitley Wood opposite, produce most of the usual 
birch-feeders, including Notodonta dicteoides, N. dromedarwus, 
Acronycta leporina, and Ennomos tiliaria. I have seen more than 
one larva of Stawropus fagi and Acronycta alni taken in these 
woods; and, amongst oak feeders, Hnnomos erosaria and Cidaria 
psittacata may be mentioned. In Holland’s Wood there are some 
fine clumps of sallow, the most conspicuous being near a pool at 
the southern end of the wood. Somewhere near here Dasycampa 
rubiginea has been captured in the spring; and I am told that 
Acidalia inornata is to be taken. At the top of the slope, opposite 
the southern end of Park Ground Inclosure, there is a thick 
copse of sloe and hawthorn, which was the frequent resort of 
Corycia taminata and Ligdia adustata in May, 1875; and it was 
among the scattered trees just about here that I captured my 
first Triphena subsequa at sugar, in August, 1871. 
Cerigo cytherea, Noctua neglecta, Catocala sponsa, and C. pro- 
missa occur here, more or less abundantly, every season, and 
common species are a perfect pest. After 1871 I always found 
the Crimsons and Cerigo cytherea commoner outside than inside 
the inclosures. The sugared trees must be approached with 
ereat caution when the Catocalas are out. C. promissa requires 
an especially deft hand to effect its capture, as it sits on the sugar 
