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bred a fine series of this species and 
shall be glad to send it to any gen- 
tleman who may want it, as far as 
my stock will hold out, on receipt of 
a box and return postage. As the 
species is small, a very small box 
will do. — W. Pkest. 6, Castlegate, 
York, August 7. 186 2. 
C. Forficellus. — I have just turned 
this insect up on a small piece of 
marshy ground in this neighbourhood. 
— T. Blackbubn, Awydst 8. 1862. 
Rambles near Reigate, in pursuit of 
Lepidoptera . — Those who have never 
visited the thoroughly rural neigh- 
bourhood of Reigate, can hardly form 
an idea of the beauty of its summer 
soenery. 
The beginning of July found me, 
accompanied by Mr. Geldart, — a 
steady supporter of the net, — issuing 
from the pretty Reigate Town 
Station to commence my pleasant 
labours. Laden with the usual mis- 
cellaneous implements of the insect- 
hunter, I arrived at my lodgings, 
bent on an early prosecution of my 
favourite study. 
As soon as I had gratified the crav- 
ings of an appetite, greatly invigora- 
ted by the breezy Surrey air. I turned 
out, thirsting for spoil. On the trees 
where my last year’s sugaring ex- 
ploits had been performed, I was sur- 
prised to find the traces of former 
sport distinctly visible. My first 
night’s expedition resulted in the 
capture of Thyatira Berasa and Ratis 
with an agreable intermingling of 
Bipterygia Pinastri. The moon un- 
fortunately, prevented much “ mottl- 
ing ” so, at about eleven, I turned 
in with high hopes for the morrow. 
The next day dawned gloriously, 
evidently, (from the early appearance 
of what Tennyson calls “ far-folded 
mists,”) with the intention of giving 
me some hot runs. By ten o’clock 
we were on the chalk- hills, bagging 
M. Procellata and IT. Thymiaria. 
soon a V. Cardui, the first I had ever 
seen alive, in all my collecting years, 
sprang from the hedge, disturbed by 
the vigorous assaults of my beating- 
stick. Down a long clover field it 
sped, with the manifest intention of 
escaping, — an object which it event- 
ually achieved. Taking the disap- 
pointment as well as possible, I 
trudged on and soon met with a beau- 
tiful I J . Tersata, beaten from one of 
the grand old yews, which skirt the 
base of the hill range, stretching from 
the “ Beechums ” to Betch worth. 
This was the last capture of the day 
worth recording. The evening how- 
ever, produced several lovely B. Pin- 
astri, T. Berasa, and Ratis. 
The next week I determined to '■ 
devote a day or two to Box Hill and 
Headley Lane. A splendid hot, sun- 
shiny morning proved excellently 
adapted to the purpose. The first 
capture was A. Flcxula — an excellent 
omen of future successes. This set 
Geldart, Leigh and myself, who, 
weighed down with a mass of char- 
