84. 



THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



and tke correspondence we have read is 

 quite conclusive on the point. In con- 

 elusion we would say, that having had 

 the fullest opportunities of judging on 

 the matter by hearing and seeing all 

 sides, we have not the slightest doubt 

 that Mr. Tugwell's insects are the oflf- 

 spring of a female taken at large in 

 1879 by Mr. Harbour, and also that Mr. 

 Harbour's subsequent captures are gen- 

 uine also. May we point out a typo- 

 graphical error on page 229 of the 

 Entomologist that might mislead : the 

 date in the second line, " October, 1879," 

 should read October, 1880." 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

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

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 



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EXCHANGE. 



The Huddersfield Y.N. Field Club have 

 the following species for exchange :-basilinea, 

 rubricosa, trapezina, Dahlii, ruviicis, magaritata, 

 S. populi, trig07iodactylus, lo, uvticce, Atalanta. 

 — F. Ellis, Hon. Sec, 32, Swallow Street, 

 Huddersfield. 



"AT HOME." 



Liverpool.— C. S. Gregson will be at home 

 every Sunday until March next. Micro- 

 lepidopterists, coleopterists, and artists 

 should come early to secure good light ; 

 general naturalists any time from nine 

 a.m. to nine p.m. — Rose Bank, Fletcher 

 Grove Edge Lane, Liverpool. 



Huddersfield.— S. L. Mosley every Sat- 

 urday afternoon. 



ASSISTANT NATURALISTS. 



J. P. SouTTER, Clyde Terrace, Bishop 

 Auckland. All branches of Botany ex- 

 cept microscopic. 



John A. Tate, 61, Merlin Street, Liverpool. 

 Inhabitants of the Aquarium, Terrarium, 

 and Vivarium. 



(We shall be glad of additions to these lists.) 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Larva of P. Rap/e in December.—I had 

 a larva of P. rapa brought to me yesterday 

 which was found on a cabbage. It is 

 evidently not yet full grown, as it has eaten 

 since being brought into the house. — T. T. 

 Doubleday, Team Villas, Gateshead-on- 

 Tyne, 29th December, 1881. 



Great Northern Diver (Columbus graci- 

 alis).—A Great Northern Diver in winter 

 plumage was shot on the River Orwell on 

 the 2nd January. It weighed 15 lbs. 14 oz. 

 F. Kerry, Harwich. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



By W. H. Bath. 

 3rd December. — Treacled at night, but 

 did not take any moths ; the sky cleared at 

 night and the moon shone out brightly. 

 Saw several common white slugs (L. agrestis) 

 crawling up the trees where I had treacled. 

 They are very fond of treacle, and one will 

 consume as much as twenty moths. There 

 were great numbers of spiders on the hedges. 



