76 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Platypteryx hamula and P. unguicula have both been taken flying 
just here. At the end of this lane we cross the high road from the 
London, Chatham and Dover Station, leading to Seal. This is 
the Maidstone and Godstone high road; here there used to be 
a toll-gate, and the house still stands. Opposite we see a gate 
and a path leading up the hill. Following this we come to a 
hedgerow of old maples, ash, and oak. Many nice plants are 
here, the most common being dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis), 
that harbinger of coming spring, and one of our earliest flowering 
plants, always welcome with its strings of little green flowers. 
Ephyra omicronaria may be beaten out, and Cleora lichenaria 
occurs on the lichen-covered tree trunks. On each side of us 
we now see that characteristic of Kent scenery,—the hop-pole 
plantation,—too thick to collect in comfortably, but good round 
the edges. Through the gate at the end of the path we come 
into a lane and turn to the left. 
So far we have not passed any very important collecting place, 
but now we enter a really happy hunting ground. In this lane 
a man might spend a whole season, so rich is its fauna and flora. 
It would be almost less trouble to enumerate what does not, 
than what does, occur in this lane. Vanessa Antiopa has occurred ; 
V. polychlovos is common, as are all butterflies which are taken 
in such places. Of Geometers one is puzzled what to name; 
Ephyra omicronaria, Scotosia undulata, Pericallia syringaria, 
Selidosema prunaria, Coremia quadrifasciaria, Cidaria silaceata, 
Lobophora polycommata, Selenia lunaria, S. illustraria, and many 
others. Amongst the Pyrales, Pionea stramentalis is usually 
common. ‘Tortrices are in abundance, and it is quite the home 
of Tineina. ‘The sides of this lane are high hedge-banks with 
a great variety of shrubs and plants growing upon them. Amongst 
these are dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) in plenty, blackthorn 
(Prunus communis), maple (Acer campestre), hazel (Corylus 
avellana), various roses, beech, ash, sallows, brambles, privet, 
wild strawberry, willow-herb (Zpilobiwm), on which we should 
find larvee of Cidaria silaceata, woodrush (Luzula), veitches with 
the larvie of Stigmonota perlepidana, violets, primroses, wound- 
wort (Stachys sylvatica), ladies’ smock (Cardamine pratensis), 
bedstraws (Galiwm), and many of the Umbellifere. On the 
stitchwort (Stellaria) are the cases of Coleophora solitariella. 
Here we may work and collect for hours without interruption. 
