THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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EXCHANGE. 



The Huddersfield Club have the following 

 insects in duplicate, and would be glad to 

 exchange with other clubs: — Machaon, Rham- 

 ni, Adippe, lo, Atalanta, Cardui, B. quercus, 

 Cirpini, Rurea, Tencbrosa, Plecta, Herbida, and 

 many others. — F; Ellis, Sec., pro tent, 23, 

 Swallow Street, Huddersfield. 



Wanted, to buy or exchange, all kinds of 

 nests of Hymenoptera, galls, mined leaves 

 of micros, Ornithoptera, Trichoptera and 

 cases, and anything interesting for fitting up 

 a large typical collection of insects of all 

 orders, British and foreign. — S. L. Mosley, 

 Huddersfield. 



NOTES, CA.PTURES, &c. 



Huddersfield "Young Naturalist" 

 Field Club. — We had a short excursion 

 on Saturday afternoon to Crossland Moor, 

 but owing to the daylight being very short 

 darkness soon put a stop to our operations. 

 We found a good many of some species of 

 Coleophora, on the bent rush [Juncus squaro- 

 sus). We also found the larva of Agtotis 

 porphyrea. Lots of small diptera were 

 hybernating under the frozen lumps of cow's 

 dung, We had intended trying pupae digg" 

 ing, but the frost rendered the ground too 

 hard. We hope soon to be able to report 

 better success. F. Ellis, Sec, pro tern. 



Capture of a Seal near Harwich.— A 

 fine specimen of the common grey seal was 

 shot in the Handford Waters. It weighed 

 140 lbs.— F. Kerry, Harwich. 



Note on Lizards.— During the spring 

 of the present year I purchased two 

 Common Lizards and two Sand Lizards 

 for the purpose of rearing in a terrarium. 

 The former of these died at the end 

 of a fortnight. I suppose on account 

 of the weather being so cold, they could 

 scarcely move a limb when alive. The 

 Sand Lizards thrived splendidly, and no- 

 thing was so amusing as to see them feed, 



I on account of their activity, for it was very 

 seldom with a single dart, they missed 

 their prey. Butterflies and moths they 

 seemed to like best, as for worms, they 

 would not touch them. If I gave them a 

 butterfly too much injured for setting they 

 would dart at it with astonishing celerity ; 

 first one would manage to get hold of it, 

 then the other, and in this way the poor 

 insect lingered a long time ; but as soon as 

 one of them got hold of its head (which they 

 were continually trying to do, knowing this 

 the most vital part), it was killed almost 

 immediately, and in a few mouthfuls the 

 butterfly was lost to sight. Sometimes the 

 insect lingered about half-an-hour, the 

 lizards not being able to get at its head. I 

 once gave them a buff'-tip moth, but on 

 account of the thick feathery-like body they 

 were only able to eat a small portion of it. 

 They never went into the water provided 

 for them, and when thrown in they seemed 

 , to be paralyzed for the moment but soon 

 I managed to get out. They would often go 

 to the side of the vessel and drink the 

 water, but never with more than one foot 

 in. Each animal burrowed a hole in the 

 soil, into which they went at night to wait 

 till the rising of the sun the following day, 

 when their activity was again renewed. 



NOTES ON TINEINA. 



Gelechia affinis, (Haw.) 



Examine some old wall that is covered 

 with moss for the very small larva of G. 

 affinis. According to Stainton it is " pinkish, 

 paler on each side of the dorsal line ; head 

 black ; second segment with two black 

 blotches; spots minute, blackish." Having 

 found a sufficient quantity, take them home, 

 procure a moderate sized flower pot, half 

 fill it with earth, upon which place some 

 cakes of the moss, then press it down and 

 place your larvae upon it ; cover the whole 

 with a piece of glass, having previously 

 ground the edges of the pot so that no 



