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that surround portions of the wood, and have raised a nice series; 
oxyacanthae comes in quantities to sugar with plenty of its var. 
capucina, A. apiilina, also to sugar but so far not plentifully ; A. 
nebulosa, a regular visitor to sugar in June and the early part of July, 
the form is considerably darker than I have seen in the New Forest; 
U. protect is another species that abounds, and one can take plenty of 
larvte in May, and this is better than waiting to take the imago in the 
autumn, as they do extremely well in confinement, that is to say if 
beaten when approaching full-fed condition. I cannot give any 
opionion as to their behaviour when dealt with ah ovo as I have never 
tried them. H. chenopodii , oleracea, thalassina, C. vetusta, G. libatrix, 
P. iota, pulchrina these two latter flying at dusk, and C. nupta at 
sugar. Amongst the Geometers I have not done much work, but the 
following is the list so far met with, and I have no doubt that it could 
be considerably added to. 
I', macnlaria, plentifully in the woods, P. syringaria, S. Manana, 
U. penuarta, B. repandata, yeinniaria, roboraria. I don’t know whether 
this latter species has been recorded before for this district or other 
district so near London, the distance being approximately' 15 miles 
from the Marble Arch— T. consortaria, G. papilionaria, vernaria, and 
P. bajnlaria. The specimen I exhibit to-night of this latter was taken 
at sugar by Captain Bolton when out with me for oo. This strikes 
me as most unusual. I have never heard of it happening before, 
though perhaps others have. 
Z. pendnlaria, A. candidate, P. petraria is to be walked up in 
quantities out of the dead bracken. 
B. piniaria, N. aurantiaria, defoliaria , A. dilutata, L. didymata, 
pectinitaria, li. sordidata, M. ocellata, albicillata, M. montanata, yaliata, 
fluctnata, A. rubuiata, badiata, C. ferrugata, unidentaria, C. biiineata, 
C. corylata and A. plagiata. 
Amongst the Butterflies in this district I have scarcely done any¬ 
thing at all. I have, however, seen specimens of P. brassicae, rapae, 
napi, P. egerta, E.janira, C. pamphilus and T. rubi, and have beaten 
the larvie of T. quercus, and in the surrounding fields have met with 
P. phloeas, L. tear us, S. malvae, N. tages, and IP sylvanus. I am sure 
there must be others, and some day I hope to be able to work them 
and compile a more respectable list. 
Though only rather roughly put together I think these lists 
represent fairly well my doings in the district for the last seven years. 
It will probably not go unnoticed that in these notes I make no 
mention at all of any member of the “ Clearwing ” group. This is 
accounted for by the fact that I have not met any of them. Honestly', 
I know very little about them, and I daresay they may often have 
been under my very nose. 
I am happy to say that these woods are very closely preserved, 
which is a matter of great gratification to me, as I am thus enabled to 
conduct my operations free from the curious glances, and often rude 
remarks, of the uninitiated—the advantage of which is, I am sure you 
will all agree, inestimable. 
I sincerely hope that I have been able to make my notes interesting 
and that they will at least serve the purpose of opening up an inter¬ 
esting discussion, more, perhaps, from the fact that the district treated 
is so near to London than anvthing else. 
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