THE 
WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
“ ENTOMA QUIDQDII5 AGENT NOSTfil EST FARRAGO LIBELLI.” 
No. 29.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1863. [Price 2d 
LIGHT. 
rpHE Autumn opens up a new 
branch of collecting to the 
Lepidopterist. We have very little 
doubt that some of our correspon- 
dents are busy at the lamps already 
• — from such we should be glad to 
hear. Undoubtedly there are dis- 
tricts above, and districts below the 
average of productiveness in this 
method of work. 
Perhaps, the London neighbour- 
hood is better than most others for 
lamp collecting. The lights at the 
Twickenham Railway Station are 
'Sure, in particular, to yield a rich 
harvest. But, it is difficult to say 
what especial spot is the most 
^certain to prove good. This de- 
j pends, no doubt, to a certain extent, 
uupon the season. One season may 
I be very bad for light insects, and 
tbhe next proportionately good. We 
i rave ourselves taken Ennomos Fus- 
i xmtaria , flying madly round a 
station lamp at Red Hill, while we 
(were waiting the arrival of a night 
i rain — in like manner, and under 
- imilar circumstances, C. Fluviata 
u, t Lewisham. Nobody ever heard 
of these localities as especially 
famous in this way, and it is thus 
that we often light by chance on 
single examples of our scarcer 
Insects. 
Many species are not to be looked 
for until a late hour, Ennomos 
Tiliaria generally prefers to show 
himself after eleven o’clock, and we 
have to humour his loose habits. 
II. Popnlaris is more accommodating 
in his disposition. We have the 
receipt from a valued friend and 
subscriber — when tea is over, and 
darkness coming on, open the win- 
dows of a strongly lighted room, 
and prepare yourself to receive the 
visitor at your leisure. If you are 
in a district where Popnlaris is com- 
mon, you will not have long to wait. 
Our friend has sometimes had a 
levee of seven or eight during a 
single evening. Such light-loving 
insects as these are sure to put in 
an appearance, where they occur 
at all. 
Almost every evening we see 
stray specimens of Crmibus Tris - 
tellus, which have taken advantage 
of the open window, to come in and 
commit suicide; and there are few 
