38 MARCH. 



Having procured our tickets at the station of the 

 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway for 

 Croydon, we shall, after a short ride, find ourselves 

 located in that town ; if we turn to the left (on leaving 

 the railway station) and continue our route straight 

 through the town and along the main road for about a 

 mile or a mile and a half, we shall see on our left a steep 

 ascent rising from the road to a considerable height and 

 thickly wooded. Although the trees are mostly of a 

 young growth, there is a considerable quantity of under- 

 wood, and in the farther corner a good sized heath 

 field ; on the right of the main road, opposite the 

 wooded acclivity, there is a gate at the end of a path 

 leading to a farm-house : by pursuing this path you 

 will arrive at Sanderstead Downs ', the wooded accli- 

 vity is " Coomb Hurst. " The other locality in this 

 neighbourhood is the " Old Tram-road" leading to 

 Sanderstead. 



Having arrived at our destination, let us commence 

 operations; and, first, we will examine the trunks of 

 those elms. Ah ! what is this large-sized pale-brown 

 insect, with fine wavy fascia-formed lines across the 

 wings ? that is the male of Phigalia pilosaria, and if 

 w^e search the trunks carefully, we shall probably find, 

 near the place we found the male, the apterous female 

 of the same insect ; the female of this insect is con- 

 spicuous from its large size. If we continue our search 

 we shall find in like situations Hibernia leucophearia, 

 and H. rupicapraria, and Nyssia hispidaria, together 

 with the not uncommon Cero pacha flavicornis. 



But let us have a look at the pines : hold your net 

 under the branches and beat them carefully. Stay, 



