THE YOUNG 



notes as to their abundance or scarcity, 

 and an intimation as to which are 

 likely to fall in the beginner's way in 

 their first or second season. Perhaps 

 the collectors of twenty -five years ago 

 were a harder working race than they 

 are now, for we fear the hopes held 

 out in these parts of the work are 

 rather too bright. We know many 

 specie^* that we were told there ought 

 to fall to our net our first season have 

 never yet gladdened our eyes alive; 

 but these passages, if too hopeful, are 

 pleasant reading, and contain much 

 useful instruction. 



Taking it altogether, it is the most 

 valuable entomological work we have 

 < ever seen, and we do not know where 

 it could be improved. We would 

 1 rather part with any other book in our 

 1 library than these unpretending look- 

 iing volumes. The contain about 300 

 woodcuts of various species, but the 

 special value of the book is the enor- 

 mous amount of information it contains 

 in the most acceptable manner, while 

 there is nothing unnecessary, and you 

 do not need to wade through many 

 pages to find what you want, but can 

 turn to it at once. Very complete 

 indices accompany each volume. 



There is a great need of a supple- 

 ment to this book. A large number 

 of species have been discovered since 

 it was written, and it would be a great 

 boon if they were described in the 

 >ame style in the form of a supplement. 



NATURALIST. 251 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All commtmications to bo Bent to J. E. Robbon, 16, 

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

 mont Park, Haddersfleld. 



Subscriptions for Vol. III. are now due. 

 Weekly numbers or monthly parts, 6s.; 

 with plain plates ; or 8s. with coloured 

 plates. The latter cannot be obtained 

 through the booksellers, but any one can 

 have their plates coloured on application 

 to the Editors. 



EXCHANGE. 



I have a quantity of Agrotis larvae I would 

 like to exchange for butterflies. I do not 

 know them well, but have reared Valligcra, 

 tritici, and cursovia in past years. — T. Trits- 

 CHLER, Alliance Street, Hartlepool. 



ASSISTANT NATURALISTS. 



J. P. SouTTER, Clyde Terrace, Bishop 

 Auckland. All branches of Botany ex- 

 cept microscopic. 



John A. Tate, 6i, Merlin Street, Liverpool. 

 Inhabitants of the Aquarium, Terrarium 



Dr. Ellis, ioi, Everton Road, Liverpool. 

 Coleoptera. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



I have just had a living Mygale brought 

 in, caught in the town among logwood. It 

 is black, with red hairs upon the body, and 

 measures five inches across its outstretched 

 legs.— S. L. MosLEY, Huddersfield, June 3. 



Birmingham Notes. — May 13th. Found 

 the following shells at Hamstead : — Plan- 

 orbis comjjlanatus, abundant ; a friend found 

 one F. corncus ; Limncea jpereger abundant ; 

 L stagnalis, only one, all in River Tame. 

 Helix ry^jz/i^Za^ti abundant ; Zonites cdlariug 

 and iiitidu4 not uncommon ; CochUcopa. 

 luhr'wa and trxdcns a few, and one dead 

 Vitruui j)eUucida, under moss and stones 

 in Park. 



