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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



tember. This is the earliest date with us 

 for the past four years {vide Y.N., vol. iv., 

 page 12). — F. Kerry, Harwich. 



INSECTS. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



A. ATROPOS AND S. CONVOLVULI AT HAR- 

 WICH. — A fine specimen of A atropos was 

 caught at the electric lights at Parkeston 

 on 26th September, and brought to me 

 alive on the 30th September. A specimen 

 of 5. convolvuli was taken at rest on a door 

 and brought to me much damaged.— F. 

 Kerry, Harwich. 



P. populi at Light, &c. — I took a female 

 of P. populi at light at Sutton Coldfield, 

 near Birmingham, on 30th November, and 

 a female of H. pennaria in Sutton Park on 

 December 2nd. — W. H. Bath, Sutton Cold- 

 field. 



EXCHANGE. 



Birds' Eggs. Duplicates :-Song Thrush*, 

 Missel Thrush*, Blackbird*, Ring Ouzle*, 

 Hedge Sparrow*, Robin*, Redstart*, Stone- 

 chat, Whinchat*, Wheatear*, Sedge War- 

 bler*, Whitethroat* Garden Warbler, 

 Wood Wren*, Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Tree 

 Pipit, Meadow Pipit*, Skylark*, Yellow- 

 hammer*, Cirl Bunting, Chaffinch, House- 

 Sparrow* — good varieties, Greenfinch*, 

 Lesser Redpole*. Twite, Starling*, Rook, 

 Jackdaw*, Magpie*' Jay, Cuckoo*, Martin, 

 Ring Dove*, Rock Dove*, Pheasant*, Part- 

 ridge*, Lapwing*, Ringed Plover, Oyster- 

 catcher, Landrail*, Moorhen, Coot, Wild 

 Duck*, Teal, Little Grebe*, Puffin*, Razor- 

 bill, Guillemot*, Cormorant*, Shag*, Com- 

 mon Tern, Arctic Tern, Sandwich Tern*, 

 Kittiwake, Herring Gull, Lesser Blackback 

 Gull. Marked thus * I have clutches. 



Wanted :— All the rarer Hawks and Owls, 

 Woodchat, Golden Oriole, Rock Thrush, 

 Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Dartford War- 



bler, Nuthatch, Bearded and Crested Tits, 

 Shore Lark, Hawfinch, Crossbill, all Sand- 

 pipers except common, all Geese except 

 Canada and Bean, all Terns except Com- 

 mon, Arctic, and Sandwich, and a great 

 many others, especially eggs curiously 

 marked or coloured of any species, and also 

 nests.— S. L. Mosley, Beaumont Park, 

 Huddersfield. 



Duplicates. — Correctly-named type spe- 

 cimens of well-dried British flowering plants 

 and mosses, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. 

 Desiderata.— Nos. 97, 98, 134, 136, 163, 

 222, 228, 229, and 234 of the Entomologists' 

 Weekly Intelligencer, and February and July 

 Nos. (1877) of the Naturalist, edited by C. P. 

 Hobkirk, F.L.S., and G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. ; 

 also, Helix pomatia, H. cantiana, and H. 

 pisana — J. W. Carter, 14, Valley Street, 

 Valley Road, Bradford. 



Correctly-named British mosses offered 

 for land, fresh-water, and marine shells, or 

 for Coleoptera or sea-weeds.— W. West, 

 15, Horton Lane, Bradford. 



Helix lapicida and H arlustorum for 

 other L. and F. W. Shells.— J. W. Carter, 

 14, Valley Street, Valley Road, Bradford. 



Preserved Larvae. — Several species, well 

 preserved, for others or perfect insects. — 

 J. T. Rodgers, Chadderton Road, Oldham. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



All communications to be sent to J. E. Eobson, 15 

 Northgate, Hartlepool; or to S. L. Mosley Beau- 

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 



W. H. B., Birmingham. — The yellow co- 

 coons from the larvae of P. brassicce are 

 those of Apanteles glomemtus ; those from 

 B. rubi we do not know. Are you sure 

 you took a female of firogemmaria in 

 November ? Surely you must be wrong 

 in the species ; it is the last of the genus 

 to appear. 



