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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



A. megacephala, 1, aspen X. ferruginea, 2, elm 



N. augur, 2, sallow blossom C. trapezina, s., oak 



X. silago, 1 



The spring was very cold, and before we left home at the end of April we 

 had taken but few moths, except at the sallow blossom. We returned on 

 May 26th, but even then insects were not very plentiful. July was hot, and 

 butterflies were numerous during that month, but later in the summer they 

 became scarce, the weather in August and September being very dull and 

 cold. We "sugared" a few times, but without taking any moths. Larvse 

 were very scarce all the year, and though we spent much time, during June, 

 searching and beating for them, we did not take so many as usual. In the 

 autumn we were fairly successful in pupa digging, obtaining nearly 100 

 pupse. Most of these were found at the roots of oak trees, but some were 

 taken also from the roots of birch, beech, and aspen. We do not know if 

 there are any good species amongst them, only two or three having emerged 

 as yet. 



SIX MONTHS' WORK AMONG THE 

 TORTRICES AND TINEITES. 



By ALBERT H. WATERS, B.A., F.S.Sc, F.P.N. S., &c. 



JULY. 



The number of Micro -lepidoptera 1 have noticed in July is very large, and» 

 in fact, I may say the season is now at its height for these small moths, and 

 those who desire to become acquainted with the imagines of the tortricina and 

 tineina have every opportunity of doing so. In addition to many of the 

 species which occurred last month, and which may still be met with, several 

 others make their appearance in July. Among these are the pale ochreous 

 Tortrix icterana ; the brownish northern moor-haunting Tortrix viburnana ; 

 the local Tortrix dumetana, which must be sought for in Monk's Wood, in 

 Huntingdonshire; the brown-grey Tortrix cratcegana (Lozotcenia roborana 

 of Stainton), with dark brown markings on the fore wings, occurring at West 

 Wickham, and the honeysuckle-loving Tortrix xylo&teana. The ground colour 

 of the fore wings of this last named moth is pale brown. The central fascia 

 is narrow at the point where it commences on the costa, but afterwards gets 

 gradually broader ; it is reddish-brown in colour, edged with yellowish. 

 There are two reddish-brown blotches just beyond the costal spot ; one at 

 the anal angle of the wing and the other at the apex. The basal patch is in 



