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Eromria, ' Lic'henaria, Repandata^ Cinctaria, Roboraria, Co7isortnria, 

 Consonaria, Crepuscidaria^ Extersaria^ Punctulata, Obacuraia^ Cytisaria^ 

 Viridata, Porata^ Punctaria^ Trilinearia, Omicronaria, lleparata, Subse- 

 riceata, Pusa7'ia, Temerafa, Tam.inata, Bdgiat'ia^ Liturata, Eaphorbiata, 

 Strigillaria, Marginata^ Rectajigulata , Albicillata, Derivaia, ChfBrophyl- 

 lata, Falcula^ Ilamula^ Barbalis^ Cuccullatella, Crididalis, Strigula, 

 Pudibunda, Derasa, Balls, Lepo7'im., Orio//, Turca, Hepatica, PersicaricB, 

 Blanda^ Alsines, Fimbria, Bella,, Nebulosa, jEnea, and hosts of common 

 NoctucB. Although Of'ion has since been taken plentifully, it was then 

 considered a great rarity. 



One of our first excursions was to Lyndhurst, a distance of some 

 four or five miles, the coach road being right through the Forest, and 

 consequently we had grand collecting ground all the way. We often 

 repeated this walk, taking one side of the road on our way thither, and 

 the other on our return. On our first visit to Lyndhurst we called 

 upon a dealer and made some purchases. Amongst other insects, I 

 thought myself fortunate in securing a poor specimen of Orio)/ for four 

 shillings. That same evening, whilst sugaring, a young man (about 

 20), came and introduced himself to us, stating that a year or two 

 before, he had as.sisted a collector of lepidoptera, and had obtained a 

 considerable knowledge as to localities, &c., and kindly offered to give 

 us all the information in his power. This young man — Walter Oliver 

 — proved a great acquisition, and attended us in most of our excursions, 

 and on a subsequent visit to the Forest the following summer, I 

 engaged his services for the whole of the time I spent there. We told 

 him of our visit to Lyndhurst, and of our purchase of Or Ion. He said 

 the collector he had been with offered to give him one shilling for all 

 the Orion he would send him, and he sent him a hundred. He said 

 he would take us to the locality, which was some five or six miles 

 away. We visited it the following evening, but were only successful 

 in securing one specimen ; indeed I have never been fortunate in 

 taking this lovely insect in quantities. 



Oliver stated that very few collectors had visited Brockenhurst, but 

 that one old fellow, a dealer, had frequently spent the summer there. 

 He told us many amusing anecdotes about him. " Old T " (as he was 

 called) and his wife appear to have been extraordinary characters. 

 They were most secretive as to the localities, &c. It is said they dis- 

 covered some beetle there — a great rarity — and from one tree alone 

 they obtained sufficient specimens to produce them £60. 



From our little inn to the Forest we had to cross over a common on 

 which the village lads assembled for cricket and other games. Almost 



