THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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the same evening, flying round the tops of 

 the low-growing trees. Ocellata fly freely 

 in similar circumstances, with lactearia 

 quite as common as candidates The little 

 Emeralds are, however, generally white by 

 exposure, the green tint fades completely. 

 Rarer things are, no doubt, to be had. 

 Pictarw are frequent at the sloe blossom, 

 but must be specially looked for with a 

 lamp. For a general bag, especially in our 

 favourite Geometrse, there are few places to 

 to beat the neighbourhood of Epping 

 Forest. 



REVIEW. 



LIST of YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA 

 BY GEO. T. PORRITT, F.L.S. 



This list, which forms the second volume 

 of the Entomological Transactions of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalist Union is now before 

 the public, and reflects the greatest credit 

 both on its author and the publishers. 

 Yorkshire is a large county, and it is 

 reasonable to expect collectors would find a 

 large proportion of British species within its 

 somewhat extended boundaries. Besides 

 being a large county it has .always had a 

 great number of enthusiastic workers in all 

 branches of Natural History. The life we 

 gave recently of a Yorkshire Naturalist was 

 but a sample of numberless others, equally 

 hard working, and consequently equally 

 successful as the late James Varley. Mr. 

 Porritt himself is a hard working entomolo- 

 gist, specially noted for his success in 

 rearing and describing little or unknown 

 larvae of lepidoptera. He now presents us 

 in a concise form, with one of the most 

 valuable contributions to entomological 

 literature that has issued from the press for 

 a long time. The title of the book is a 

 modest one, but the book itself is not by any 

 means a mere list of names. It supplies the 

 fullest information as to the abundance or 



rarity of the different species, giving 

 localities where the species is not of universal 

 distribution, and particularising the indi- 

 vidual captures in all cases of exceptional 

 rarity. A very valuable feature of the list 

 is the notes on local variation, and the 

 careful record of all named varieties. It is 

 the first list we have seen where this 

 important matter has been attended to, but 

 we hope Mr. Porritt's example will be 

 followed by all who come after him. Out 

 of 2032 British species, this list contains 

 1 341 as having been found in Yorkshire. 

 Mr. Porritt himself is a Macro Lepidopter- 

 ist, and in the preface ventures to assert 

 that among the macros " he has no hope 

 that many more additions will be made to 

 the number of species." Here we venture 

 to differ with him, and have little doubt 

 that this list being in the hands of every 

 Yorkshire collector, will be the means of 

 adding considerably to the number of 

 species. Even while passing through the 

 press additional species have occurred, and 

 an appendix rendered necessary for their 

 inclusion. 



The book is exceedingly well printed, the 

 type clear and distinct, and the revision has 

 been very carefully made. To a Yorkshire 

 Entomologist the work is indispensible, and 

 to those who are interested in the geograph- 

 ical range of species, and especially in their 

 local variation, it is equally valuable, while 

 every collector will find useful hints as to 

 character of the places where various species 

 are likely to be met with. No Entomological 

 library should be without it. 



Badger in Cambridgeshire. — A badger 

 was killed in Cambridgeshire about three 

 weeks ago by a labouring man who saw it 

 in a field and pursued for half-a-mile before 

 he could get near enough to despatch it. — 

 Albert H. Waters, B.A., Mill Road, Cam- 

 bridge. 



