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gracilis, C. a (finis, P. flaricincta, P. moneta and A. ophioyramma, by 
taking the larvae in my own and the surrounding gardens, and have 
obtained some interesting forms—though perhaps nothing that calls 
for any special mention. 
To be able to sugar within a few paces of one’s own house, is 
undoubtedly, a piece of good fortune and makes work easy, and by this 
means I have been able to take a great number of species, including 
the following, X. derasa, T. batis, L. comma, L. impura, L. pattens, H. 
nictitans, X. lithoxylea, C. matura, A. oculea, M. fasciuncula, M. 
strip ills, M. furuncula (a very varied series), C.blanda, C. quadripunctata, 
A. puta, suff'nsa, exclamationis, N. plecta, c-nigrum, rubi, xantkographa 
(including many fine dark forms), T. fimbria, comes, pronuba, A. 
pryamidea, M. typica, mania, A. pistacina, lunosa, X. fulvago. One 
specimen of C. xerampelina, C. trapezina, pyralina, di (finis, a (finis, H. 
protea, G. libatrix and C. nupta. This latter, as we all know, is a 
difficult one to capture and keep in good condition, and requires killing 
at once. This I am able to in the comfort of my own room, by merely 
crossing the road, leaving the sugar for a short space to attract a fresh 
crop. 
As I said in the opening lines of my notes, my principal hunting 
ground is the splendid and extensive (Oxhey) woods about two-and-a- 
half miles away. I have explored them from end to end and have 
turned up many interesting things, but I still feel there is a lot to be 
done there which would have been done during the last seven years 
but for lack of time, and I have in my mind several things to do there, 
which I hope to be able to accomplish this year. 
The list that I can so far compile is, I am sure you will agree, a 
most attractive one. It contains, of course, many of the species that 
I have already given mention to as occurring round about my bouse, 
but it contains also some interesting species of its own as apart from 
the surrounding country. These woods are situated about two-and-a- 
half miles from my house, and whereas nearly all the trees on and 
around Pinner are elms, they are principally composed of oaks, with 
some fairly large patches of birch. Throughout the woods the under¬ 
growth is most luxuriant, and in large tracts bracken abounds. The 
ash and the beech claim only a very small representation, and fair¬ 
sized patches of pines are met with. The surrounding country is all 
grass land, and, in fact, all this portion of Middlesex is the same, and 
is justly celebrated for producing the best hay in the world. My list 
for these woods, without being exhaustive and giving mention to species 
that occur everywhere, is as follows :— C. elpenor, this is the only 
sphingid that I have encountered, though it is quite probable that 
others are there to be found. H. prasinana, bicolorana, this latter in 
considerable quantities, and at the end of May I am always able to 
beat plenty of the larvae from the oaks. At the time of its emergence, 
however, 1 have frequently sugared for it but have never taken it in 
this way. I have never quite understood this, as I hear from other 
entomologists that it comes freely to sugar. Possibly somebody may be 
able to give me information on the point to-night. 
L. lurideola, A. caja, villica, H. hectus, D. pudibunda (rather a pale 
form), 0 . potatoria, D. hamula, which again I take in the larval stage. 
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