122 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
We come, at the end of the hedge, to some isolated oaks, good 
for pupe digging. At the roots we are pretty well sure to 
find pupe of Agriopis aprilina about the end of July. In the 
fields to the left, which are upon a subsoil of chalk, we 
may get the two blues which frequent such places, Lycena 
Adonis and L. Corydon. We now cross a field and join a broader 
path. On the left here are more isolated oaks. Opposite these 
oaks we must be careful not to miss the little white gate to 
the right, which leads us through Pinner Hall farmyard. We 
take our. way through a gate between some buildings, and so 
follow the path until we come to a little coppice on our right. 
Here may often be heard the sweet warble of the nightingale 
as we pass; but we must not delay here, for we can better spend 
our time farther on. Passing two or three fields surrounded 
with fine tall old hedges, which are quite a characteristic of 
the neighbourhood, we come to Oxhey Lane. The path we have 
been following is one leading from Pinner to Watford; it here 
crosses the lane, but we will now leave it and turn to our left up 
the lane towards the woods, which we see now within a few 
minutes’ direct walk. It will, however, take us longer to get up 
to them, for we are now in one of the most entomological-looking 
lanes in the district. Numbers of oak trees, three or four 
deep, growing in a coppice on each side of the road, make 
this a most hkely and convenient place for sugaring. Amongst 
the plants and shrubs are Stachys, Angelica, Galiwm, Lychnis 
diurna, stitchwort (Stellaria holostea), wild roses, honeysuckle, 
dogwood, maple, and many others. When we get to the top 
of the lane we find a gate leading into the wood. Before entering 
we see on each side rough fields, in which may be taken 
Argynnis Paphia, A. Aglaia, A. Adippe, A. Huphrosyne, and 
A. Selene. Besides these are the common day-flying moths, with 
plenty of Tortrices and Tineina. 
The wood we are now entering is Oxhey Wood ; Pinner Woods 
are to the left. I will give a short description of these woods, 
which will serve for the whole, which are of very considerable 
extent, and are all adjoining. ‘The trees are chiefly oaks, which 
are some fifty or sixty years old; but the undergrowth is very 
varied, both in species of shrubs and plants and in age, according 
to the part of the wood where we may be. This undergrowth 
seems to be periodically cleared in patches, leaving only the large 
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