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good species can be enumerated. Sugaring in July is often 
doubtful, in which case the collector must trust to his net to fill 
his boxes, but when it is good a numerous assemblage may be 
expected to the feast. Among others which I have taken I may 
enumerate Cymatophora duplaris, Dicylea oo, Noctua augur, 
Hadena dentina, Leucania comma, N. e-nigrum, Aplecta nebulosa, 
Grammesia trilinea. Both C. duplaris and D. 00 I have found 
but sparingly of late years, but if sugar is tried frequently there is 
little doubt of success. Dipterygia pinastri comes to it in large 
numbers, and the same may be said of T'hyatira batis and T’. de- 
rasa, N. brunnea, N. triangulum, N. plecta, N. rubi, Axylia putris, 
N. xanthographa, Tryphena orbona, Apamea oculea, Rusina tene- 
brosa, Euplexia lucipara; Cosmia afinis and C. difinis may be taken 
wherever the elm grows, and the best place in my experience is 
near Chingford Hatch. Around those parts of the Forest where 
there is much cultivation, Agrotis segetum, A. exclamationis, Xylo- 
phasia lithoxylea, A. corticea, Mania typica, Caradrina morpheus, 
Hadena oleracea, L. pallens, L. impura, and Mamestra persicarie@ 
may be found in anynumbers. Among the Miana family may be 
found in great variety M. strigilis, M. fasciuncula, M. furuncula, 
and on the grassy fields between Chingford and “ The Owi” may 
be found WM. arcuosa in plenty. In damp marshy places, almost 
everywhere in the Forest, may be found Nonagria despecta, 
Amphipyra pyramidea, X. hepatica, Tryphena fimbria, and Amphi- 
pyra tragopogonis may be obtained almost anywhere, and Acro- 
nycta megacephala wherever there is a growth of poplar. 
A trip to Wanstead Flats about the middle of the month 
would ensure Hadena pisi; Hepialus sylvinus, and its congener H. 
hectus can be taken, hovering over the ferns, in any quantity in 
all open parts. The larvee of Huchlidia mi may also be found in 
plenty in that direction. 
It will thus be seen that during July a great deal may be done, 
and with the increased facility for reaching the Forest afforded 
by the Great Eastern Railway, even those who live in London can 
manage to spend a summer’s evening there after their day’s work. 
I should be greatly pleased and repaid if this article should 
induce the younger entomologists to try this my favourite hunting- 
ground, and would wish to close with this remark—Do not 
catch an extravagant number of a good species, just because you 
have the opportunity, although exchange in moderation is a 
