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THE YOUNG NATUEALIST 



MlNOA 



Euporbiata 

 Scoria 



Dealbata 

 Sterra 



Sacraria 

 Ltthria 



Purpuraria 

 Aplasta 



Ononaria 

 Aspilates 



Strigillaria 



Citraria 



Gilvaria 

 Abraxas 



Grossulariata 

 v. Varleyata, Porritt. Wings all black. 



Ulmata 

 Ligdia 



Adustata 

 Lomaspilis 



Marginata 

 v. Pollutaria, Hb. Wings nearly im- 

 maculate. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



A. Ateopos at Sea. — I have just received 

 a specimen of A. atropos from a friend at 

 Sharpness, near Bristol. It was taken on 

 board the screw-steamer " Horace,'' of Hart- 

 lepool, when about twenty-five miles off the 

 coast of Algiers, on the evening of Tuesday, 

 26th August. It is a very large specimen 

 and in very fine condition. — J. Bates, Wil- 

 Lmgborough. 



The Death's Head (Acherontia atropos) 

 at Bradford. — A very fine specimen of this 

 species was captured in an out-house at 

 Girlington, near Bradford, on the 8th inst, 

 which is now in the possession of my friend, 

 Mr. John Firth. During its transference into 

 a tumbler, its captors were much alarmed 

 with the squeaking noise which it made." — 

 J. W. Cartes, Bradford, September, 1884. 



The Death's Head Hawk Moth {Acher- 

 ontia. atropos) at Derby. — A specimen of 

 this moth was brought to me a few days 

 since. A friend of mine (Mr. W. Hall) was 

 taking up potatoes from a flat near the 

 Midland Railway embankment, he found he 

 had trodden upon something, and on look- 

 ing down he saw what he took to be a young 

 bird, but on closer examination he found it 

 to be a large moth. Knowing that I took 

 great interest in such things he kindly 

 made me a present of it. It proved to be 

 a fine large female A. atropos^ measuring 

 over five inches in expanse. 



Yesterday I was presented with another by 

 a gentlemen (Mr. Wilkinson) who had picked 

 it up on the railway. He says the moth was 

 flying early in the morning, making a curious 

 noise, and flew against an engine. It fell 

 to the ground but was not much injured. 

 This proved to be a male, and was much 

 darker and finer in colour than the female. 

 They were both found not above a hundred 

 yards from each other, and would no doubt 

 have soon found each other and paired, if 

 they had not done so already. 



The last time I heard of Atropos being 

 taken in this district was about three years 

 ago, at Little Eaton, near Derby. A cottager 

 found a full-fed larva in his garden, he was 

 dreadfully frightened when he first saw it ; 

 but knowing that Mr. Hill, a neighbour of 

 his, took great interest in moths and cater- 

 pillars, he got a long stick and managed to 

 get the larva to crawl upon it. In this way 

 he took to Mr. Hill, who, on seeing what it 

 was put out his hand to take it off the stick, 

 when the man exclaimed "Do be careful, or 

 it will sting you ! " But Mr. H. was as glad to 

 get hold of it (for it was the first one he had 

 seen alive) as the man was to get rid of it. In 

 a few days it pupated, and in due course 

 emerged, and is still in Mr. Hills fine col- 

 lection. 



A most interesting account is given by a 

 gentlemen (Mr. E. Knapp) as regards the 



