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THE NATURALIST. 



Bournemouth as a place teeming 

 with many rarities, his captures 

 alone in the month of August num- 

 bering no less than 89 species. 



There are three articles on the 

 Lepidoptera. Dr. Knaggs furnishes 

 notes on new and rare species, ex- 

 cept the Tineina, with some inter- 

 esting introductory remarks on 

 remarkable varieties captured dur- 

 ing the year and other matters. The 

 list of novelties is very meagre, 

 being confined to three, Viz. Nona gria 

 brevilinea, found by Mr. C. Fenn, at 

 Eanworth, in August ; Eupithecla 

 lariciata, Freyer; and E. carnpanu- 

 lata, hypothetically found in the larva 

 state by the Rev. H. Harper Crewe. 

 This latter gentleman furnishes 

 descriptions of the larvse of five 

 species of Eupithecia, a genus of 

 which he is working out the life 

 history in a most energetic and 

 laudable manner. The Tineina 

 are, of course, left in the hands of 

 Mr. Stainton, who describes two 

 species new to Britain, Depressaria 

 olerella, Zeller, captured by Mr. 

 Barratt, at Woolmer Forest, near 

 Hazlemere, and GelechiaPinguinella, 

 Treitschke, taken on the trunks of 

 poplars in the neighbourhood of 

 London. Besides this, the disco- 

 very of the larva of G. Lathyri hav- 

 ing shewn, that that species has 

 been known to us as G. nigricostclla, 

 it is here placed in its proper place. 



Mr. Stainton also furnishes a 



second interesting article on this 

 same group of insects, and the vol- 

 ume is closed with a review of Mens. 

 Lacordaire's great work, the " Gen- 

 era des Coleopteres." 



Although, on the whole, the num- 

 ber of new species for the past year 

 is very small, we think there is room 

 for congratulation in the importance 

 of some of the observations made 

 upon already known species, and we 

 are of those who think that the 

 elucidation of an unknown portion 

 of the life history of a known insect 

 is as important as the discovery of 

 a nev/ species. We trust that even 

 if the number of discoveries should 

 year by year grow less, as it may 

 be expected to do, Mr. Stainton 

 will still favour us with his Annual 

 of Entomological news ; it may now 

 fairly be reckoned a serial publica- 

 tion, to the advent of which Ento- 

 mologists look forward as a source 

 of pleasure and profit. 



The West-Riding Consolidated Natur- 

 alists' Society. — The annual meeting 

 of this union of Yorkshire Natural- 

 ists was held at the Royal Hotel, 

 Wakefield, on the 7th of January, 

 Henry Oxley, Esq., President of 

 the Wakefield Society, in the chair. 

 The proceedings were commenced 

 by the chairman adverting to the 

 honor done the Wakefield Society, 



