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to fulfil the intentions of the promoters exceedingly well. The second part 

 of the work, The Natural History Eecord is to be conducted by " several 

 prominent naturalists of the district, Mr; J. A. Martindale, of Staveley (one 

 of the highest authorities in the North of England on lichens and general 

 botany), beiug editor in chief." A Flora of the county is promised as being 

 in an advanced stage of preparation, and lists of other of the Natural pro- 

 ductions of the county are also in hand. The current number in fact contains 

 a " Contribution towards a list of the larger Fungi/' and the commencement 

 of a list of the Sedges of the county. The work is well printed, on good 

 paper, and is worth the attention of any one interested in the important 

 question of locality. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Cymatophoea Ocularis,— Have any readers of the " Young Naturalist" 

 a specimen of Cpnatophora ocularis, L. 3 =octogesima, Hb., in their collections 

 with only one of the stigmata present, i.e. with the reniform or with the 

 orbicular, but not with both? The Linnsean description of ocularis (Systema 

 Naturse) is, 1 feel certain our species, but Linnseas mentions only " one small 

 whitish ocellus with a darker centre." If such a specimen exists I should 

 be pleased to have information regarding it. I believe from the Linnsean 

 description that the orbicular was absent in his type specimen, and that it is 

 the reniform that is referred to in his description. — J. W. Ttjtt, Westcombe 

 Park, S.E. 



Stigmonota Peexepidana, &c. — I have been down to Chattenden to-day. 

 Stig. perlepidana was in full force, but nothing else was abundant. Carda- 

 mines, Euphrosyne, and Alveolus were well out, but everything else was 

 backward. The hot weather has apparently brought out the exposed pupse, 

 but the insects that have to feed up in the spring had such a dreadful start 

 that they are all behind. I found Galeodactylus larvse half grown, and some 

 P. betulella also, but I gave up at 6 p.m., it was too slow altogether. — J.. 

 "W. Tutt, Westcombe Park. 



ERRATA. 



"Young Naturalist," April, 1888. 



Page 72, line 4, " var. Neapoliata, Milliere," should follow " Melanippe fluctuate*. " ' 

 » 84, ,, 5, read " Alchymista." 

 ,, 84, ,, 7, ,, " Conspicillaris," 

 May, 1888. 



Page 103, line 12, read " Diphthera ovion." 

 ,, 103, ,, 19, ,, " Luperina Gneneei." 

 „ 104, „ 3 & 10, read " Eupithecia tenuiata." 



