THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



355 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



AU coraraunicationH to bo sent to J, E. Robson, 15, 

 Northgate, Ilnrtlepool; or to S. L. Moslky Bcftu- 

 raont Park, Huddersfield. 



Subscriptions for Vol. III. arc 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, 6/- 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 application. 



F. N. P., Liverpool. — Injury to Carnations. — 

 Are you sure the ants make the holes ? 

 Are they not made by the earwigs, and 

 the ants then avail themselves of the holes 

 to get at the nectar. If this be so, you 

 have only the earwigs to cope with. Make 

 traps by inserting a short stick in the 

 ground, and an inverted flower-pot with 

 a little dry grass in it on the top : examine 

 these traps every morning and kill all the 

 prisoners. Also try dusting your carna- 

 tion beds with powdered sulphur. Make 

 further observations as to the ants, and 

 we shall be glad of any further informa- 

 tion or of specimens found doing injury. 



G. H., Liverpool. — Thanks for beetles sent. 

 The weevils are Clconus snicirostris ; the 

 others are Gastrophysa polyi^oni. We should 

 be glad of any further information as to 

 the nature or extent of the injury caused 

 to beet by these latter. 



G. McG., Glasgow.— Gfl// Flics.— The gall 

 you send down from willow is one we 

 have not noticed before. The flies are 

 one of the gall midges or CcciJomyia, but 

 we cannot at present determine the spe- 

 cies : the specimens were very much bro- 

 ken. We are always glad to hear of per- 

 sons taking an interest in •neglected 

 orders." The article y^u ask for shall 

 appear shortly. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



DoiJBLE-m,o(j.MiNG o} Till-: I'r.iJM a;.d 

 Apple Trees. — I wish to record the double- 

 blooming of the plum and apple trees, as it 

 may not have been observed by some of the 

 readers of the Young Naturalist, which has 

 occurred rather frequently this summer ; 

 and as both blooms are producing fruit, we 

 are having in the first instance blossom and 

 fruit, and afterwards ripe and unripe fruit. 

 — H. Andrews, Aldborough. 



BUTTERFLIES. 



i8. MELIT/EA CINXIA. 

 The Granville Fritillarv.— The mem- 

 bers of this genus are without the silvery 

 markings on the underside that is so striking 

 a characteristic of the last genus. This 

 butterfly is confined to a few localities in 

 England, mostly on the south coast. It 

 appears on the wing during May and June. 

 The larvae are easily found and easily reared. 

 They feed on the common plantain {Planta^qo 

 lanccolata), and are most active in the warm 

 sun. They are spiny, black, and have red 

 heads. 



19. MELITyEA ARTEMIS. 



The Greasy Fritillarv is a very local 

 butterfly, but generally abundant where it 

 occurs. It is very widely distributed, and 

 should be looked for in May or June, in 

 damp meadows or on hill sides where the 

 devil's bit scabious (S. succisa) abounds, 

 on which the larva feeds. It varies greatly 

 in appearance according to locality, North 

 of England and Scotch specimens being 

 smaller and darker than tho.se from the 

 south of England. Irish specimens are very 

 beautifully varied. 



20. MELIT/EA ATIIALIA. 



The Heath Fritillarv.— This butterfly 

 is found in heathy places and open parts of 

 woods in June and July. It is more frequent 

 in the south of England than in the North, 

 and does not occur in Scotland. The larva 



