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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



popularis. Bred from Eucltelia jacobace, 20th July. 

 fraternus. Bred from Aspilates citraria (ochrearia), 20th September. 

 pallidipes. Bred from. Plusia gamma, 16th October. 



bicolor. Bred from Gnophos obscuraria, 5th June. 

 formosus. Bred from Uropleryx sambttaaria, 4th May. 



callidus. Bred from Isemeophila plantaginis, 8th June ; Abraxas gross- 

 ulariata, 7th June ; and Triphana orbona. 



lateralis. Bred from Symcethis oxyacanthella, 15th September. 



vitripennis. Bred from Boarmia repandata larva not half-grown, 14th 

 April. 



fulvipes. Very common on numerous larvae found in the spring. 

 Microplitis ocellata. Bred from Smerint/ms populi, 8th May. 

 vidua. Bred from Taniocampa instabilis (incerta), 30 July. 

 tristis. Bred from Dianthcecia cucubali, 22nd May. 

 mediator. Bred from Cerastis spadicea, 30th June. 

 mediana. Bred from Tceniocampa stabilis, 4th September. 

 tuberculifera. Bred from half-grown larvae of Tceniocampa miniosa, 

 19th June. 



Microgaster alvearius. Bred from Boarmia rhomboidaria (gemmaria), I 

 bred the extraordinary number of 133, on the 21st August last, 

 from one caterpillar, found on jessamine at Laira. 



posticus. Bred from Port/iesia auriflua (similis), 25th July. 



flavipes. Bred from Boarmia repandata, 26th June. 



minutus. Bred from Cleora glabraria. 



marginatus. Bred from Larentia pectinitaria (viridaria), 28th May. 

 calceatus. Bred from Thera variata, 24th June. 

 connexus. Bred from Porthesia auriflua (similis), 18th August. 

 subcompletus. Bred from Vanessa Atalanta, 11th August; Hypena 



proboscidalis, 7th June 

 tibialis. Bred from Emmelesia decolorata, 4th September. 

 spretus. Bred from Ekodopkcea consociella, 14th July. 

 Stonehouse, 30^ March, 1886. 



ON THE ARRAN HILLS. 



By JOHN MACKAY. 



I daresay it would be needless for me to explain the reasons why I delight 

 so much in collecting in Arran. No doubt, the fact that so many rare and 

 curious forms of lepidoptera are to be found there has something to do with 



