THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



HETEROCERA. 

 Noeturni. 



Smerinthus 

 Ocellatus 

 hibr. SyJrwfow. Westw. The hybrid 

 between this species and Populi, 

 and partaking in various degrees 

 of the characters of both species. 



Populi 

 Tilias 



ACHERONTIA 



Atropos 

 Sphinx 



Convolvuli 

 Ligustri 



v. Spircece, smaller and paler ? if 

 British. 

 Pinastri (?) 

 Deilephila 

 Euphorbise 

 Galii 



Livornica ) 

 Lineata J 



Celerio 



Elpenor 



Porcellus 



Nerii 

 Macroglossa 



Stellatarum 



Bombyliformis 



Fuciformis 

 Sesia 



Myopseformis 



Culiciformis 

 v. Thynniformis, Z, yellow ringed. 



Formicaeformis 



Chrysidiformis 



Ichneumoniformis 7 

 Vespiformis J 



v. LugubriSi Stdr., without yellow 

 rings. 



Cynipiformis ) 

 Asiliformis / 



Musciformis \ 



Philanthiformis j 

 Tipuliformis 



Andreniformis \ 



AHantiformis J 



Scoliseformis 

 Spheciformis \ 

 Sphegiformis J 

 Asiliformis } 

 Tabaniformis j 

 Bembeciformis 

 Apiforrris 

 Macrogaster 

 Aurundinis 



Zenzera 

 iEsculi 



Cossus 



Ligniperda 

 Hepialus 



Hectus 



Lupulinus 



Sylvinus 



Velleda 



v. Gallicus, Ld., Unicolourous brown, 

 with pale spot at disc. Some- 

 times called Camus or Carna, a 

 rare Alpine species not found in 

 Britain. 



Humuli 



v. Hethlandica, Knaggs. The Shet- 

 land form of the male, marked 

 more or less like the female. 



DIFFICULTIES FOR 

 BEGINNERS. 



By John E. Robson. 



CUCULLIA Verbasci, and Scrophulari^e, 

 Lychnitis, and Asteris. 



The species of the genus Cucullia, 

 occurring in Britain, present considerable 

 difficulties to the . beginner, who may find 

 it impossible to say which of the seven he 

 has got if he has only one. Two of the 

 genus ( Chamomilla and Zfiribratica) have 

 already been commented upon in these 

 pages (Y.N. vol. II., p. 71) ; other two, Gna* 

 phalli and Absinthii, though somewhat re- 

 sembling each other, do not present any great 

 difficulties in discriminating between them. 

 Besides Gnaphalii is an exceedingly rare 

 insect not likely to be met with by beginners 

 or indeed by older hands. 



The four species whose flames stand at 



