Insects. 3283 



Entomological Localities. By J. W. Douglas, Esq. 

 (Continued from page 3248). 



Dartford Heath. 



" The heath with all its varied bloom 



And the close lanes." 



Cr abbes Tales. 



" Sublime Tobacco ! which from East to West 

 Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest ; 

 ***** 



Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand 



Though not less loved, in Wapping or the Strand ; 



Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe 



When tipped with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe : 



Like other charmers, wooing the caress 



More dazzlingly when daring in full dress ; 



Yet thy true lovers more admire by far 



Thy naked beauties — Give me a Cigar ! '' 



Byron. — The Island, Canto ii. 



The uncertain appearance of moths is notorious ; one day swarming 

 and the next scarcely any to be seen. This variableness is doubtless 

 attributable to atmospheric influences, of which our less fine organs of 

 sense are not susceptible ; but it is also certain that moths shrink from 

 some things as much as we do, and experience has taught that it is of 

 very little use to go out for Micro-Lepidoptera by day, or for Nocture 

 by night, if the wind blow coldly from the east. Tliat is the wind, 

 par excellence, that blows nobody good, concerning which it may em- 

 phatically be said, " de gustibus non est disputandum : " truly the col- 

 lector may sing with Burns, 



" Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, 

 I dearly love the west." 



But all strong winds are unfavourable for taking Lepidoptera, whether 

 on the wing or when beaten out of their retreats. At such times we 

 cannot do better than search closely the sheltered side of palings, es- 

 pecially such as have trees to the windward, for out of these the moths 

 will be driven to take shelter on the fence, and they will sit so still 

 that they may easily be taken. Very many Tortrices and Tineas may 

 be found in this way, as well as Nocture and Geometrre. 



I confess an east wind is my horror — either cutting one up altoge- 

 ther, or shrivelling one side while the other perhaps is roasting under 



