THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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has the power of assimilating its food very rapidly, for it has, compared with 

 other fish, a very small stomach. 



I would like to imitate Mr. Soutter by finishing this paper with a selection 

 of poetical quotations, beginning with FalstafFs allusion to "a Shotten 

 Herring/'' but I forbear, as it is already long enough. 



LEPIDOPTERA OBSERVED IN THE NEIGH- 

 BOURHOOD OF OLDHAM, IN 1884. 



By J. T. RODGERS. 



n numerous, s scarce, v very, c common, su sugar. 



P. brassiese, vn 

 P. rapse, c 



H. lupulinus, a few 

 H. velleda, vn 



E. cratsegata, a few 

 H. progemmaria, a 



few 



DIURNI. 



P. napi, c 

 Y. lo, a few 



NOCTURNI. 



H. humuli, vn 

 A. lubricepeda, c 



GEOMETzE. 



C. brumata, at lamps 

 L. didymata,c, at ragwort 



NOCTURE. 

 M. fasciuncula, few su 

 M. literosa, few, su 

 M. furuncula, few su 

 M arcuosa, vn, at Air a 



ccBspitosa 

 C. cubicularis, c, su. 



Y. atalanta, a few 

 Y. cardui, a few 



A. menthastri, c 



M. fluctuata, c 



T. pronuba, vn su 

 N. plecta, 2 at su 

 N. augur, 3 at su 

 H. pisi, few, su 

 P. iota, 1 at rest 

 M. typica, n, su 



A. psi, a few, su. 

 H. rurea, n, su 

 H. polyodon, n, su 

 M. brassicse, n, su 

 A. basilinea, n, su 

 O. oculea, 3 at su 

 M. strigilis, few su 



I sugared at intervals throughout the season, but on many nights Lepi- 

 doptera were very scarce, and I had to return home with empty boxes. I 

 was very much surprised to see that Coleoptera were common on those nights 

 when Lepidoptera were absent, especially Carahus nemoralis and Nebria 

 Gyllenlialli. 



PEZOMACHUS ZONATUS. 



By G. C. BIGNELL. 



"In beating for larvae last August, 1 knocked the enclosed insect into my 

 beating tray, but as 1 do not remember seeing any ants with black bands on 



