262 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
sure one of the nicest to work. Atit I have taken many really 
good species. Sometimes, if we can select a sheltered patch in 
full bloom, especially if under the shade of some fir trees, we may 
almost surely make a good bag just after dusk. It is then and 
there we may expect to find fine large females of Agrotis agathina, 
such as one of my correspondents used to write for to many of 
my friends, as well as to me, year after year. With these may 
also be taken Noctua neglecta in all the rosiness of fresh birth; 
while hid away amongst the flowers are one or two suspicious- 
looking members of the genus Agrotis, perhaps A. nigricans, 
A. tritici, A. aquilina, or an odd A. obelisca. ‘These will provide 
an interesting study for the beginner to separate into species. 
Retracing our steps from this strictly-forbidden ground 
towards the keeper’s house we must remember how a lucky 
collector, while walking here, once beat a larva of Acronycta alni 
and one of Stauropus fagi mto his net with one stroke of his 
beating-stick, and, more remarkable still, he bred both on one day 
the next season. They are now preserved in the club collection 
of the Haggerston Entomological Society. 
Having passed the keeper’s we enter a broad path leading to 
West Wickham village. On each side are pine woods,—again 
Pinus sylvestris. In early spring many pleasant hours have been 
spent here, when no insects could be seen, in watching the 
gambols of the squirrels amongst the boughs of these firs. 
Passing on we come to a low copse of mixed trees, such as birch, 
hazel, oak, wild cherry, sallow, and black poplar. It was here 
on a certain 29th of May, some years ago, Messrs. A. Harper and 
J. Smith captured at sugar during a heavy storm an example of 
the rare Ophiodes lunaris. Another rarity has occurred here, and 
has turned up more than once in the same place, viz. Madopa 
salicalis. 
In this copse a very pleasant evening may be spent on a fine 
night in April, or even March, at the sallow bloom. We may get 
Hoporina eroceago, Trachea piniperda, and most of the T’enio- 
campide, with Scopelosoma satellitia, Cerastis vaccinii, C. spadicea, 
and an odd Xylina rhizolitha. On the same evening by searching 
the twigs of the birches and other low trees, by the aid of lamp- 
light, we find the larvee of Aplecta tincta, Triphena jimbria, 
T’. interjecta, T’. janthina, Noctua baja, N. brunnea, N. triangulum, 
N. festiva, and many others. When we arrive in the afternoon, 
