Yr ihe Hills above Henley. 
ees neighbourhood of Henley-on-Thames, with its noble river, 
and the long range of wooded hills ascending from the rich 
valley, offers much interest to the lover of nature. In the valley 
and on the stream may be found the Saow Flake, the Procumbent 
Marshwort, and Adder’s Tongue, the Water Villarsia, Great 
Bladderwert, Water Violet, Frogbit, and Flowering Rush, and 
on its food plant the Willow Herb, profusely lining the banks, 
may be found the grotesque larva of the Elephant Hawk Moth. 
The Sphynges are fairly represented in this valley. In my 
cabinet,—the capture of many years ago, and marred by unskil- 
ful hand,—the rarest of my collection is C. Celerio, taken at rest 
on a window sill; with D. Galii, which I bred from larvee found 
on Bedstraw; S. Convolvuli, of which, some eight years ago, I 
obtained several fine specimens, and have never since heard; S. 
Tilia, frequently found in the larva state on the noble lime trees 
of Fawley Court; S. Ocellatus, S. Populi and A. Atropos, and pro- 
fusely C. Porcellus, C. Elpenor, and S. Ligustri. Nupta, from the 
prevalence of willow, is plentiful, as many as a dozen having 
been taken at ‘‘sugar’’ in the course of an evening.  Colras 
Edusa abounded in the lucerne fields some years ago, but of late 
has not occurred; and in one instance the scarce yale has fallen 
to my net. On the chalk hills which on the Berkshire shore 
commence the Chiltern range, P. Corydon and P. Agestis are 
found, and S. Tages and C. Jacobee swarm, the showy larve of 
the latter denuding the golden Ragwort ofthe bottoms. Ascend- 
ing the hill on the west, and plunging into the backwoods of 
Lambridge, the entomologist will soon find ample use for his net. 
The Deprana are well represented here, three out of the four 
oceurring,—D. Falcataria, D. Hamula, and D. Unguicula, the 
Jatter profusely in the limited sphere of their locality ; the second 
rare,—one only having come into my possession. The Fritillaries 
count half, A. Selene, A. Euphrosyne, and A, Paphia (tradition 
