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THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



Hepialus hectus. 

 ,, lupnlinus 

 sylvinus. 



„ velleda. 



„ humuli. 

 Procris Hatices 

 Zygcena lonicerce 



Nola cucullatella. 

 Nudaria mundana 

 LitTwsia complamil 



quadra. 

 Euc \ elia jacobcea . 

 Chelonia caja. 

 Arctia fuliginosa 

 „ mendica 



Sesia apiform/s. In poplars ; not un- 



common. 



Zeuzera cesculi. 



Cossus ligniperda. The larvag of frequent 

 occurrence. 

 Common. 

 Common. 



Not so common as the 

 preceeding species. 

 Very abundant. 

 The same. 

 Near Milton. 



Common, but very 



local. 

 Common. 



Taken occasionally. 

 Scarce. 



Has been taken once. 

 Common. 

 Common. 

 Taken once. 

 Scarce. 



,. lubr/cipeda. Common. 

 „ mentlirastri Common. 

 Liparis clirysorrhcea. 



„ auriflua Common. 

 „ saliris Common, near the 



Trent. 



Orgypia pudibunda Not common. 



,, antiqua. Common. 

 Trichiura cratwgi. 



Pcecilocanvpa populi. See " Young Natura- 

 list," Vol. iii. p. 67 



Er log aster lanestris. 

 Bombyx quercus. Common. 

 Odonestris potatoria. Very abundant. 

 Saturni carpini. Little Eaton, but not 



recently. 



GEOMETRY. 



Urapteryx sambucata, I have myself bred 

 this insect from the 

 egg without the 

 larvae hybernating 



Epione apioiaria Not uncommon. 



Rumia cratcegata. Common. 



Venilia maeulata Occurs at Dovedale. 

 Angerona prunaria. Rare. 

 Metroeampa margwitata. Common. 

 Ellopia faseiaria 



Eurymene dolabraria. Occasionally. 

 Perieallia syringaria Scarce. 

 Selenia illunaria Common. 



,, lunaria Rare. 

 Odontopera bidentata. Common. 

 Crocallis elinguaria. Not uncommon. 

 Eunomos tiliaria Occasionally taken 

 on lamps. 



„ fmcantaria. Rare. 

 Himera pennaria 

 Phigalia pilosaria. Common. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 

 INSECTS. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



The season is very mild here this year. 

 The following moths were abundant during 

 January : — Hibernia defoliaria, Rupicap- 

 raria, Leucoptliearia, and Cheimatobia bru- 

 mata. H Leucophcaria, this insect first 

 emerged about 23rd inst. On that date I 

 searched some pailings round Trent Park, 

 near here ; it was about 7.30 a.m., wind 

 S.W. After taking a whole host of Defoliaria 

 I came to a part bordering a small fir 

 coppice; here, perched at the very top of the 

 palings, drying itself with its wings over its 

 back, I found Leucophearia, I could not 

 make out what insect it was until I moved 

 it and found it was freshly emerged and fine 

 and large. Searching further I found several 

 more instances like the above, and at the 

 end of an hour I had taken about a dozen of 

 this species, including the type form, and 

 the dark variety, both were equally common. 

 In the December No. of Y.N. it is stated 

 that Mr. Carter believes this moth to emerge 

 from the pupa about mid-day. I do not 

 wish to contradict this statement, but I 



