THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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or Paleseolithic type of implements have been picked up, they have undoubt- 

 edly fallen from the gravel beds which caps the cliffs. 



Of the later or Neolithic Stone Period many finds of celts (axe heads), 

 flint flakes, arrow heads, &c, are recorded from Canterbury, Folkstone, Isle 

 of Thanet, Ramsgate, Maidstone, &c. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL RAMBLES. 

 No. 3. 



By ERNEST ANDERSON. 



WEST WICKHAM WOODS. 



Wickham ! I love to wander thro' thy rides, 



Thy winding footways thick with wild flowers strewn, 

 Amid the lofty oaks that grow on every side, 



And tangled ragwort rich with golden bloom ; 

 Or where the ranks of stately pine, 



A glowing grandeur 'neath their branches keep, 

 With here and there a gap, through which the sunbeams shine, 



As tho' they wished to break that silent sleep. — E.A. 



Thinking that a short account of a few days collecting in the above beau- 

 tiful and favourite locality, might prove of interest to readers of this magazine, 

 I am induced to extract from my diary the following particulars of captures 

 during the last few days of March, 1880. 



I started on the 26th, by a train leaving London Bridge at 8.30 a.m, and 

 by the time the woods were reached, the sun was shining brightly, there was 

 hardly any wind, and everything seemed to promise a beautiful day. 



Arrived on the ground, a brother entomologist was met and we agreed to 

 work together, being soon fully ready for business. 



Yery soon a specimen of Brephos parthenias was observed dashing along, 

 and upon getting on a large space of heath surrrounded with birch trees, this 

 species was found fairly abundant, but, owing to my only having a short net, 

 it was very difficult to capture them and it took me several hours to obtain 

 three. My companion being better equipped was however much more 

 fortunate. 



When I had raised my total to six we decided to go round to the Shirley 

 Hills, which are a short distance from the woods. On the way I took a nice 

 Hyhernia progemmaria, and also a specimen of Cymatophora flavicomis, which 

 was circling round in the hot sunshine in a dazed sort of manner, finally 

 pitching down head first among the dead leaves. Upon reaching the hills 

 nothing was observed but a pair of Farthenias which, after an exciting chase 



