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THE NATUBALIST. 



Vanessa Atalanta. 



V. lo, Bridge of Allan, Perth ? 



[F. Antiopa, Bridge of Allan ?] 



Y. urtic(B. 



Argynnis Aglaia, not uncommon. 



A. Selene. 



A, Euphrosyne, rare. I have only 

 seen three specimens. 



Melitcea Artemis, local. 



Thecla quercus, spins up under- 

 ground. 



2\ rubi, local. 



Chrysophanus Phlaas, chrysalis 

 on the under surface of a stone. 



PolyommatusAlsus,\ocsL\, but often 

 abundant. 



P. Alexis. •» 



P. Mgon, near Pitlochry. Mr. D. 

 P. L. Morison. 



P. Artaxerxes, on all the hills near 

 Perth. Some varieties nearly ap- 

 proach Agestis. 



Birmingham Naturalists* Union. — 

 The summer exhibition of objects of 

 natural history by the Birmingham 

 Naturalists' Union was opened at 

 125, Suffolk-street, on Wednesday 

 evening, June 1st, and remained 

 open during the three following days 

 free to the public. The Union was 

 formed about two years ago, and it 

 now consists of between thirty and 

 forty members, chiefly young men, 

 who assist each other in the various 

 branches of natural history by means 

 of papers read at the weekly meetings, 

 exhibitions of specimens, field-days, 

 of which they have eight every 

 year — the formation of a library for 

 circulation and reference, and the 

 establishment of collections of orni- 

 thological, entomological, botanical, 

 geological, and other specimens. 

 The objects exhibited were numer- 

 ous and valuable, occupying four 



rooms and consisting of illustrations 

 of the sciences of Zoology, Botany, 

 and Geology, arranged in collections 

 lent by individual members of the 

 Union and others. Among the 

 Mammalia were a lion belonging 

 to Mr. Wadhams, who, it is said, 

 intends to present it to the Cor- 

 poration to be placed in Aston 

 Hall ; a tiger ; the skull of an 

 elephant shot by Sir Stamford Raffles 

 when he was Govenor of Sumatra ; 

 the head of a Spanish bull ; speci- 

 mens of the horns and skulls of the 

 koodoo and buffalo ; and two enor- 

 mous bats from Australia. The 

 Reptilia were represented by a Boa 

 constrictor, with two young, which 

 were produced in a travelling show- 

 man's van in Birmingham. The 

 class Aves was largely illustrated 

 both by rare and beautiful Foreign 

 species, and by good collections of 

 British Birds. Among the former 

 were a couple of specimens of the 



