THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



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the future. Our second object was 

 once more to ask our readers for a life 

 history. Last year we offered a prize 

 for the best account of a British mam- 

 which was awarded to Mr. J. Osborne. 

 We now beg to offer a bound copy of 

 either Volume 1. or II. of this maga- 

 zine, for the best life history of a 

 British Butterfly. In making the 

 award, special attention will be given 

 to all facts stated as the result of per- 

 sonal observation; to notes on the 

 habits, both of the larva and the per- 

 fect insect; and more particularly to 

 any fact that has not been recorded 

 before. Papers for competition should 

 reach us by the last day of August. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All oommanicationB to be Bent to J. E. Robson, 15, 

 Northgste, Hartlepool; or to S. L. Mohlicy Beau- 

 mont Pork, Huddersfleld. 



Subscriptions for Vol. III. are now past 

 due, and we will be glad to have remit- 

 tance from those who have not yet sent 

 them. Weekly numbers or monthly parts, 

 post free, /- per annum, or i/6 per quar- 

 ter, in advance. Coloured plates, 2d. each 

 extra. These can only be had direct from 

 the conductors as above, but any one 

 procuring them through the booksellers 

 can have them coloured on applica- 

 tion. 



Mr. H. Andrews, Aldborough. — Thanks 

 for the parasites. We have not known a 

 dipterous insect parasitic on C. caja before, 

 — of course, it is impossible to tell what 

 species they are until they emerge 



A.F.L. — Many thanks for the valued iir- 

 f trmation respecting acts. The larva is 

 said to feed on Kidney Vetch. 



W.H.B. — Pheasants eggs will be protected 

 under the Game Laws, not under the 

 more recent laws protecting certain 

 species during the breeding season ; but 

 in any ca e. the police could do nothing 

 on a mere verbal statement, unless their 

 informant was prepared to substantiate it 

 be fore a magistrate. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates — i Stellatarum, i Z. tri/oliu 

 I T. rubi (unset 4 T. crepscularia (2 very 

 dark varieties), i Pinaria, 1 P. gamma, 2 Zo- 

 nan a (i male and i female), i H. dtfoliaria 

 (female), and many others ; 12 good-sized 

 larva ai A. Fuliginosa, <S-c. Desiderata— 

 very numerous, especially Geometra, and 

 four of a species preferred. Write quickly, 

 giving a list of duplicates and number, to 

 W. Harcourt Bath, Manor Grove, Sutton 

 C)ldfiield. 



Duplicates— i?Myfa and var. Combusta, 

 Fasciuncula, Albicolon, Carpophaga, Albulata, 

 &c. Desider.\ta — very numerous. — John 

 E. Robson, 15, Northgate, Hartlepool. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



Varieties of P. Icarus and Caja. — 

 Mr. J. J. Dixon has brought for my exami- 

 nation a variety of P. icarus he has taken 

 here. The wings are entirely dark lilac 

 blue, except a dark marginal band along the 

 costa of all wings. The fore wing on the 

 right side has the lunules, which are usually 

 orange, very pale yellow. On the underside 

 the lowest eyed spot on the fore wing is 

 elongated into a streak. He has also bre<i 

 a specimen of A. Caja, which has the hind 

 wing on the left side, shading from pale 

 yellow at the hind margin to pale red at the 



