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While explaining to the woodman the cause of attraction, 

 two males came up, and, at intervals, seven others. Of these 

 latter I caught six, making in all nine out of the eleven I 

 saw. I found, on inquiry, that there was no heather within 

 a mile, but that sallows and willows were in the neighbour- 

 hood. One male not simply flew at, but got into a leather 

 bag containing the females, which were in a muslin-covered 

 box. The woodcutter was very much astonished, and 

 expressed it in such words as these : *' I have been man and 

 boy about the woods and fields all my life and never heard 

 tell of such a thing before ; if any one had told me I wouldn't 

 have believed it, but now I have seen it I will. Can't you tell 

 me of summat as 'ull draw the fish same way ? " Nothing 

 came up after four o'clock, though I walked about the lanes 

 till nearly seven o'clock. The same day that I was so suc- 

 cessful, my friend went to Balcombe with a female, and 

 walked Tilgate Forest through and through, from ten till four 

 o'clock, without seeing a single male. This, as will be seen, 

 was very remarkable. Tuesday, 26th. — Left Brighton by the 

 11*30 train for Balcombe, taking the two females with me, 

 not knowing at the time of my friend's want of success. 

 We got into the Forest about one, and walked about for 

 nearly two hours without seeing a specimen of S. Carpini. 

 My youngster, boy -like, began to get impatient, when, a little 

 before three, one male came up against the wind, which was 

 blowing strongly from the S.W. After this, for about an hour 

 and a quarter, we were busily engaged in taking the males, 

 which came up singly, in twos and threes. We captured 

 thirty-four specimens, nearly the whole of which were in 

 good condition. Some few, in trying to reach the box 

 containing the females, damaged or slit their wings among 

 the heather, and five, which settled about the box, we failed 

 to take, simply from the inability of securing more than two 

 or three at a time. At one time we covered two with our 

 nets, while we bottled a third. Not counting those which 

 flew around and beyond without settling, we counted thirty- 

 nine. These, with the eleven of the day before, made up 

 the astonishing number of fifty in the two days. I know 

 that even larger numbers of some species have been drawn 

 up ; but we had been told, on the authority of several 

 entomologists, that fourteen was a very good day's work ; 



