THE YOUNG NATUEALIST. 



other matter that seems worthy of notice. 

 Some have asked why the number should be 

 limited to ten members, but it is ob- 

 vious that if it were not restricted the 

 box would be so long in passing round 

 that the interest in the club would be lost. 

 Besides, it has been found that the limit of 

 the 3 lbs. parcel confines us to ten boxes, 

 when the necessary note-books, lists, exchange 

 lists, &c, are included. A further reason is 

 that were the membership much extended, 

 many of the boxes would be emptied before 

 they got half round ; and with say twenty 

 members, it would be a long time before No. 

 20 saw any of the insects of No. 1, While 

 the rules do not confine the members to any 

 order of insect, the present club has not 

 gone very much into the " neglected orders." 

 About 700 specimens have changed hands in 

 the first two rounds of the box : of these, 

 lepidoptera have come in for the largest share, 

 more than half of the specimens belonging to 

 that order; Coleoptera comes next, Diptera 

 and Hymenoptera contributing their share. 

 All the members appear to be Lepidopterists, 

 and nearly all of them take Coleoptera. Dip- 

 tera is the leading order of one member, and 

 if we may judge by the notes made by others, 

 several of the members will give some atten- 

 tion to this order during another season. 

 One member contributes a number of pre- 

 served larvae, and they all appear to be ex- 

 ceedingly well pleased with the result of the 

 working so far. As it developes, the mutual 

 assistance it can render will be considerably 

 increased. At the start each was in ignorance 

 of the other's wants, and only had his existing 

 duplicates to work upon ; as they become 

 better acquainted with each other's require- 

 ments they will collect accordingly. 



Besides the facilities the club affords for 

 exchange, other advantages are obtained. 

 Any member may include in his box speci- 

 mens of any order to be named. So far the 

 only species so enclosed have been Coleoptera 

 and Lepidoptera, the numbers of the former 



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largely predominating. Perhaps one hundred 

 species have been named in these two rounds, 

 and it is an advantage of considerable impor- 

 tance to be able to have your unknown species 

 named so quickly and with so little trouble. 

 It is suggested also that rarities or good vari- 

 eties may be sent round for the inspection of 

 members. Ab yet this has not been done, 

 but as the club developes this and other 

 things will receive their due share of attention. 



To commence a second club we want a few 

 more members. Mr. Mosley gives the first 

 outfit of boxes, and there is no additional 

 expense beyond the sixpence carriage, except 

 that the secre ary may levy threepence per 

 member once or twice in the year if the 

 money is needed for any purpose connected 

 with the club. Mr. J. W. Carter, of Bradford, 

 is secretary of the existing club, but names 

 of any one disposed to join in the second 

 must be sent to Mr. Mosley, Beaumont Park, 

 Huddersfield. 



A CATALOGUE OF BRITISH 

 LEPIDOPTERA AND THEIR 

 NAMED VARIETIES. 



By John E Robson. 



(Continued from page 214.) 



I have to thank several correspondents for 

 communications under this head. One gen- 

 tleman thinks the ashy banded var. of Medea 

 should have a distinctive name. Perhaps so 

 but scarcely any varieties are named solely 

 for a difference on the underside, the only 

 exception that occurs to me being the var. 

 Leucomelas of Galathea, which is not a British 

 form. Few insects are set to show the 

 underside, and descriptions are always of 

 the upperside. What do others think ? 



It is also pointed out that I have reversed 

 the case of JEgeria, our insect being the 



