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THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST, 



POLYBLASTUS rivalis. Bickleigh, 6th Sep- 

 tember 



Cteniscus sexcinctus. Bickleigh, 2nd Sep- 

 tember 



;pictiis. Bickleigh, 5th August 



CoLPOTROCHiA eUgantula. Bickleigh, i6th 

 September 



Exocnv s gravipes. Bickleigh, 6th Sept.- 

 flavomargi7iatus. Bickleigh, 6th Sept. 



Bassus loetato7'ius. Maker, 27th August 

 nemoralis. Plymbridge, 24th September 

 multicolor, Liskeard, 28th August 

 lateralis. Bickleigh, 20th August 

 hig^ittatus, Laira, loth July 

 fissoriiis. Maker, 27th August 

 areolatus. Bickleigh, 20th August 

 dorsalis. Maker, 27th August 

 olscurijyes. Bickleigh, 20th August 



PiMPLA instigator. Stoke, 15th August 

 rufata. Bickleigh, i6th September 



PoLYSPHiNCTA multicolor. Bickleigh, 20th 

 August 



tnlerosa. Bickleigh, 6th September 

 Clistopyga incitator. Maker, 27th August 

 Gi.YPTA Ufoveolata. Bickleigh, 20th August 



fiavolineata. Bickleigh, 20th August 

 Lycorina triangnlifera (Holmgr.). Bick- 

 leigh, 5th August. A new British spe- 

 cies, and the first of the genus taken in 

 England. 



LissoNOTA variaUUs. Bovisand, 13 August 

 snlplmrifera. Weston Mills, 31st August; 

 Marsh Mills, 13th September. 

 Meniscus impressor. Marsh Mills, 13th 

 September 



Phytodi^tus scgmentator. Bred from Tor- 

 trix viHdana, 20th May 

 scdbnculus. Bickleigh, 6th September 

 {To he contijined.) 



BUTTERFLIES. 



55. THECLA W-ALBUM. 

 The Black Hair-Streak. — Rather a 

 local butterfly in England, not occurring in 

 the northern counties, nor in Scotland or 



Ireland. It frequents woods and well 

 wooded lanes. The butterfly may be taken 

 in July, and the egg remains over the win- 

 ter, attached to elm twigs ; the larva, which 

 feeds on Elm, may be found in June. 



56. THECLA PRUNI. 

 The Dark Hair-Streak. — This is a very 

 local butterfly in England being restricted 

 to the counties of Derbyshire, Huntingdon- 

 shire, Monmouthshire, Northamptonshire, 

 and Suffolk. If any one meets with it else- 

 where we shall be pleased to hear from 

 them. The larva feeds on Blackthorn, so 

 that there is no difficulty in it finding food 

 anywhere. The butterfly frequents woods 

 and lanes in June or July. The eggs remain 

 over the winter, and the larva should be 

 searched for in May. 



57. THECLA BETUL^. 

 The Brown Hairstreak. — Considerably 

 the largest of the Hair-streaks. It is widely 

 distributed in England, but scarcely reaches 

 the more Northern counties. Scotland is 

 without the species, but it is found in many 

 parts of Ireland. It should be looked for 

 in Birch woods in July and August or Sep- 

 tember. Like the three preceeding species 

 the eggs remain over the winter. The 

 larva feeds on Birch or Blackthorn, and 

 may be found in May or June. 



58. SYRICTHUS MALV^= ALVEOLUS 

 The Grizzled Skipper. — Abundant in 

 England and Scotland, but not known in 

 Ireland. It may be looked for in waste 

 places when Bramble and wild Raspberry 

 grow freely. It has a peculiar jerking 

 flight as have those following, whence the 

 name " Skipper." The flies in May and 

 June ; the larva may be found in August 

 and September, and the pupa remains over 

 the writer. We say, " The larva may be 

 found," but the larvae of all the skippers 

 are difficult to discover, as they conceal 

 themselves in rolled up leaves, in which 

 they change to pupa. 



