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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



shire, Nottinghamshire, and about twenty years since it turned up on a felled 

 oak near London, thus showing how well this insect can conceal itself from 

 observation. 



LictllS canaliculatllS makes burrows in the solid wood of recently 

 felled oaks ; it also attacks fresh oak palings, and oaks which have been 

 damaged by lightning, or where the branches are rent off with wind. 



Phl<BOtrya Stephensi« The larva feeds beneath the bark of old oaks 

 in Dunham Park, and Stretford in a timber yard. 



HylobillS abietis is very injurious to pine trees, especially the young 

 trees. In Dunham Park some very large trees have been destroyed by the 

 larva. It also feeds in larch, the larvae are very common under the bark of 

 diseased trees, probably they are the cause of the disease by cutting off the 

 supply of sap. "Recently felled trees or stumps, which are left standing, are 

 soon infested with this insect. They may be found abundantly in heaps of 

 pine twigs, or under chips, left by the wood-cutter. This species has often 

 fallen on my neck when collecting in pine woods. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA. 



By B. LOCKYER. 



( Concluded from page 79. J 



A. Nebulosa. — At sugar, and on trunks and palings. June and July. 

 Hampstead, Highgate, and West Wickham Woods, and New Forest. 

 Eather common ; the larva commoner than the moth (end of April and be- 

 ginning of May.) 



Hadena Protea. — At sugar and on lamps. Woods and open heaths. 

 Hamp3tead Heath, Bishop's Wood, Highgate Woods and New Forest. No 

 rarity. 



H. Dentina. — Once at rest on " Bishop's Palings," between Shirley and 

 Addington ; end of May. 



H. Chenopodii. — At sugar, light, on palings, by mothing, and on flowers 

 of thistle. May to July. Waste places, rank pastures, and gardens all about 

 London, and at Southend, Essex. Common. The larva especially abundant 

 about Tufnel Park, London, when the brickfields were overgrown with Atrip- 

 lea and Ckenopodium. Prom July to beginning of October. 



H. Atriplicis. — Once at sugar. Bishop's Wood, Hampstead. June. 



