‘THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
OCTOBER, 1879. 
[No. 197. 
Vou. XII.] 
LOCALITIES FO RE GIN NERS. 
No. [V.—LOUGHTON. 
By Joun T. Carrineron. 
Hap it not been for the agitation commenced in this magazine . 
by the East London Entomologists, which gradually spread to 
others interested in Hpping Forest, the Corporation of London 
would not have now been owners and trustees, for the publi, of 
Epping Forest. The manor of Loughton forms a considerable. 
portion of what now remains of the Forest. This district has 
always been a favourite one for the London entomologists ; 
and no wonder, for within easy reach of the Londoner are many 
hundred acres of woods, forming a fine collecting ground for 
insects, with a large variety of species, especially of Lepidoptera. 
The majority of Epping Forest is on the London Clay, which 
near High Beech reaches its greatest. altitude. But here and 
there are large patches of the lower Bagshot sands. High Beech 
stands on one of these patches, which there extends from a little 
north of the King’s Oak Inn to south of the new church. 
There are two convenient ways of reaching the Loughton 
portion of Epping Forest. The first is by rail from Liverpool 
Street or Fenchurch Street Station to Loughton Station, a 
return day-ticket costing only a shilling. The second route is by 
railway also from Liverpool Street Station to Chingford. In 
each case the journey occupies about forty-five minutes. 
Loughton Station is close to the Forest. Strolling past. the 
Crown Hotel, nearly opposite we see Snakes Lane, leading into 
the Forest. Arrived there, those who visit this part of Essex, for 
the first time, cannot fail to be struck with the curious appearance 
of the trees. Years upon years of “lopping and topping,” one 
of the hardly contested rights of certaim commoners, have caused 
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