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THE "YOUNG NATURALIST" 

 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 

 OF BRITISH INSECTS. 



LEPIDOPTERA, Plate 8. 



The Coleophora are a very interesting 

 genus of small moths which pass the larvae 

 state, first in the leaf itself, and afterwards 

 they cut pieces from the cuticle of the 

 leaves, and construct them into cases in 

 which they pass the remainder of their life. 

 Some make these cases of seed husks and 

 other available substances. 



Four species are given upon the plate this 

 month, as follows: — 



C. gryphvpennella. — This seems to be a 

 common species. The mines or blotches 

 made by the larva upon rose leaves are 

 whitish, and very easy to be seen. The 

 larvae feed in May and October, and the 

 moths are on the wing in July. 



C. caricella, — This species has been found 

 as far North as York. The larvae feed on 

 larch in November and March, and their 

 presence may be indicated by the withered 

 state of the leaves. The moth appears on 

 the wing in July. 



C. anatvpunella. — This black case should 

 be looked for upon the leaves of the sloe or 

 oak in May. The moth is on the wing in 

 July. 



C. fuscedinella. — This a common species 

 about Huddersfield and probably other 

 localities. The larva feeds on alder in 

 May, and the moths are on the wing in July. 



LIST OF BUTTERFLIES OF 

 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 



By Albert H. Waters. 

 Pajpilio Machaon. Common in Wicken 

 fen, also at Horningsea fen, Waterhead fen, 

 Ditton, and have taken it in the suburbs of 

 Cambridge, but is not so plentiful as for- 

 merly. 



Pieris brassicce^i Abundant everywhere, 

 „ rapes /especially so this year, '84. 

 „ napi. Common, but shews a pre- 

 ference for localities where the subsoil is 

 clay. 



P. daplidice. Taken by Mr. E. C. Burton 

 in 1852. Have never had such good fortune 

 myself. He took it in the part of Cam- 

 bridgeshire nearest to Whittlesea mere— or 

 rather, where the mere was. 



Anthooharis cardamines. In all parts of 

 the country, but is not abundant. 



Gonepteryx rliamni. Ibid 



Colias edusa. Variable in appearance. In 

 some years plentiful in clover-fields. Cam- 

 bridge, and has occurred generally through- 

 out the county. 



C. hydle. Met with occasionally in all 

 parts of the county. 



Argynnis aglaia. In some seasons is com- 

 mon in fens near Cambridge ; also Ely, S.E. 

 Cambridgeshire, on the hills. 



A. latlwnia Has been taken many years 

 ago, but know of no recent capture. Have 

 never taken it myself. 



A. euplirosyjie. In the Cambridgeshire 

 woodlands it is common. 



A. selene. Cambridge woodlands* 



Melitcea artemis. Fen districts of Cam- 

 bridge, also near Sawston. 



Vanessa O- album. Very rare in the county, 

 but believe has been taken. Have one 

 specimen, but do not know exact locality. 



V. iLrticce. Common everywhere. 



V.jpolycliloros. Generally distributed. 



V. antiopa. Five specimens of the Cam- 

 ber well Beauty are reported (L. C. " Ento- 

 mologists' Monthly Magazine," iv., 282; 

 "Entomologist," iv., 92) as having been 

 taken in 1868 in a garden near Cambridge + 



* I have also specimens of Argynnis paphia and 

 adippe from the Cambridgeshire woodlands, but they 

 do not, as far as I am aware, occur constantly, and I 

 know of no other locality in the county. 



f Vanessa antiopa— I have lately heard of the capture 

 of a specimen of the Camber-well Beauty four years ago 

 at Chesterton, the transpontine suburb of Cambridge. 



