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THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



Panagra 

 Petraria 



NUMERIA 



Pulveraria 



Selidosima 

 Plumaria 



FlDONIA 



Carbonaria 

 Atomaria 



v. Unicoloraria, Stdr. Wings fuscous, 



fringes interrupted with yellow, 

 v. Orientaria, Stdr. Larger, paler. 



Piniaria 



There are two distinct forms of this 

 insect, southern specimens hav- 

 ing a yellow ground, northern a 

 white ground in the males. The 

 southern females are darker and 

 dingier than those from the north. 

 Not knowing which is the type 

 of Linne, I am unable to suggest 

 a name for the variety, but it 

 ought to be so distinguished. 



HAGGERSTON ENTOMOLOG- 

 ICAL SOCIETY. 



At the ordinary meeting held on August 

 14th, Mr. Huckett (President) in the chair, 

 there was a fair attendance. The exhibits 

 made by various members were very 

 interesting, and included a very fine lot of 

 varieties of Abraxas grossulariata bred this 

 season by Mr. A. Southey. Amongst the 

 most remarkable of these may be mentioned 

 one having the posterior wings of a smoke 

 colour ; two specimens with the space 

 between the base and yellow second line 

 quite black; and one very fine light specimen 

 measuring i\ inches across, also several 

 dwarf specimens. Mr. Southey stated that 

 he had about four hundred larvae from 

 various parts of London, and that he fed 

 half of them on Blackthorn only, and the 

 remainder on Black Currant. The lot on 

 the Blackthorn were very uniform, but the 

 others varied considerably so that he was 

 able to select the fine series he exhibited. 



Mr. Russell exhibited a fine row of /. 

 cavnclla and other species captured at Box 



Hill, and Mr. Anderson had in his box a 

 fine specimen of the yellow variety of Z 

 Filipendulcs captured at Folkestone. 



Some interesting entomological gossip 

 ensued, in the course of which the President 

 stated that he had larvae of A. Prunaria 

 nearly full fed, and that he expected to 

 rear the imagines this autumn, thus obtaining 

 a second brood. The meeting closed in the 

 usual way. — E. Anderson, Secretary. 

 (A successful breeder of varieties of Grossu- 

 lariata advised me to feed my larvae 

 alternately with willow and black currant. 

 I did so one year and got some very fine 

 forms.— J.E.R.) 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates. --Larvae of tyjpica axidpronuba. 



Desiderata. — Larvae of other species ; 

 very numerous. — J. T. Rodgers, 312, 

 Chadderton Road, Oldham. 



Duplicates. — Antigua, Rurea, Combusta, 

 Xantlwgraj>ha, Fulva, Graminis, M. brassicce 

 Basili)iea,Fasciucula, Arouosa, Grossulariata, 

 Dilutata, Alchemillata, Vulgata, JSlutata, 

 So data, Fluctuata, Testata, Topulata, 

 Pahimbaria ) Ny?)ipho3alit } Forficalis, Lutealis, 

 Cembrce. Margaretellus, Picana. 



Desiderata. — Very numerous. — John 

 McKay, 78, Gloucester Street, Tradeston, 

 Glasgow. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All communications to be sent to J. E. Eobson, 15, 

 Northgate, Hartlepool; or to S. L. Mosley Beau- 

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 



J. H., Heme Hill. — Your lizard is the 

 Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara). See 

 Y.N., vol. ii. p. 212. It is tolerably common 

 on dry sunny banks and sand hills. It 

 was dead when it reached us. They are 

 easily kept in confinement, and do very 

 well in a large fern case, soon becoming 

 tame enough to take a fly from your fingers. 



