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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
acteristic paraphernalia , formed a 
most extraordinary looking trio, en- 
thusiastically to work. Up and down 
Headley Lane we travelled, till the 
hedges, had they possessed bones, 
would have shrieked for mercy, in 
heart-stirring accents ; another Flexula 
was gladly boxed. A. Sinuata, far re- 
moved from its native Cambridgeshire, 
rushed wildly_from a yew tree in the 
“ Hilly Field,” and tried to escape ; 
but, rendered cautious by Cardui’s 
former success, I nipped his aspira- 
tions in the bud. On Mickleham 
k. 
Downs, S. Vetulata became an easy 
prey, and E. Coronata swelled the 
triumph of our day’s campaign. 
Evening fell but slowly. Ho soon- 
er, however, had dusk drawn on 
than S. llhamnafa was gladly wel- 
comed. — This species appears special- 
ly attached to one yew tree, in Headley 
Lane. In the neighbourhood of 
that tree, I captured eight in about 
an hour. 
Many species followed which both 
surprised and pleased me, in fact, I 
believe that Headley Lane is a new 
locality for some of them. Of these 
L. Uelveola, A." Flexula, and G. Col- 
onella were the best. 
In the neighbourhood of lteigatc, 
captures came thick and fast, I\ Syr- 
ingaria and C. Lichcnaria turning up 
by beating, and C. Ligniperda at 
sugar. A. Prunaria made its ap- 
pearance during our stay — a lovely 
female, evidently fresh from the pupa. 
II. Thymiaria occurred in tolerable 
profusion. I). Pinastri became al- 
most a nuisance at Bugnr, while such 
insects as M. Persicarice, T. Derasa, 
etc. were comparatively difficult to 
obtain. E. Dolobraria answered to 
the summons of the beating-stick. 
The total number of A. Flexula cap- 
tured amounted to five. 
This was all achieved in ten days ! 
What a fertile, glorious range of 
country Reigatc must be, the Natu- 
ralist can easily perceive. True, 
from the hour that we arrived to the 
hour when w 4 departed, we hardly 
relinquished our nets, for one mo- 
ment, except to eat, sleep and “ set,’ r 
we over- walked ourselves, and our 
blistered feet, and dust be-sprinkled 
boots told a weary tale ; we trespassed 
over — (but enough of that !) we wan- 
dered — over hill and dale with one con- 
stant object — to search for insects — 
and yet I may unhesitatingly affirm 
that we left the place with a feeling 
of unmingled regret, and with a firm 
resolve to test its productive powers, 
often, in years to come. — J. B. Black- 
EUKN. 
A. Alni. — I bred a fine specimen 
of A. Alni in June, from a larva 
taken on Elm, in August last. — W. 
A.' Hammond, St. Alban's Court, near 
Wingham, Kent. August, 7. 1862. 
A. Alni. — On the 2nd. of June 1 
took a very fine specimen of this insect 
at rest on an oak. This capture occur- 
red at a very short distance from tho 
spot where Mr. Stanley Leigh, took 
one in 1859. — A. Nicholson, Sandy 
Lane, Bowdon. August 9- 1862. 
