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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Sciapliila subjectana. Of frequent occurence 

 virgaureana Common. 

 ,, communana. Occasionally. 

 „ hyridana. .The same. 

 Sphaleroptera ictericana. Common. 

 Capua favillaceana Not common. 

 Clepsis rusticana. The same. 

 Bactra lanceolana. Common. 

 Phoxopteryx biarcuana. Scarce. 

 „ myrtillana. Common. 

 „ lundana. Only of occasional 



occurrence. 

 „ diminutana. Bare. 

 „ mitterbacheriana. Rare. 

 Grapholitha ramana. Common. 



„ nigromaculana. Not frequent. 



campoliliana. Do. 

 „ trimaculana. Do. 

 „ penkleriana. Do. 

 „ obtusana. Scarce. 

 „ ncevana. Rather uncommon. 



„ gemmana, 

 Phloeodes immundana 

 Batodes avgustiorana. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Scarce, larvro feeds on 

 the Yew through the 

 Winter. 

 Not frequent. 

 Common. 



Padisca bilunana. 

 corticana. 

 optthalmicana One 

 solandriana. Abundant 

 semifuscana Not common. 

 sordidana. Do. 

 BphippipJiora bimaoulana Do. 



„ nigricostana. Vary variable in 

 appearance, occas- 

 ionally abundant. 



„ scutulana. 



., brimnichiana. Of only occasion- 

 al occurrence. 

 „ obscurana. The same. 

 Three. 



Olindia ulmana. 

 Coccyx argyrana. 



„ hyrciniana. 

 Betinia buoliana. 



,, pinivorana. 

 Endojpisa nigricana. 



Occuring in profusion. 

 Not common. 

 Do. 



Stigmonota perlepidana. 

 Decrorampha sequana. 



„ petiverella. One. 

 plumbana. 

 senectana. 

 Pyrodes rhediella. 

 Catoptria ulicitana. Abundant. 

 „ hypericana. Not common. 

 hohenwarthiana, Rare. 

 Trycheris mediana. One. 

 Ghoreutes scintillulana. Rare ; Bretby Park. 

 Xylopoda fabricianot, Abundant. 

 Eupcecilia maculosana. Do. 



„ augustana,. Fairly common. 

 „ roseana. Occasionally on oak. 

 XantJwsetia zoegana. Two. 



„ hamana. Rather rare. 

 Cochylis stramineana. Two. 

 ApTielia osseana. Two. 

 Tortricodes hyemana. Common. 



In concluding this, I fear, very imperfect 

 list of the Lepidoptera of Derby and the 

 neighbourhood, I must not omit to acknow- 

 ledge my great indebtedness to Mr. John 

 Hill, of Little Eaton, whose liberality with 

 specimens, and whose willingness to impart 

 information likely to benefit any tyro in this 

 most charming of pursuits, is worthy of the 

 highest commendation. 



REVIEW. 



"THE ENTOMOLOGIST SYNONYMIC 

 LIST OF 

 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA." 



In order to make what we have to say in 

 reference to this list, fully intelligible to 

 our younger readers, it will be necessary to 

 begin with a word or two about the 

 " Synonymic List" compiled many years 

 ago by the late Henry Doubleday. Before 

 his time the names used by British Ento- 



