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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Mr. Barren, a collection taken at Weymouth. Mr. Percy Buss, long series 

 of varieties of Agrptis tritici, A. cursoria, Aporophyla lutulenta, and Thera 

 simulata. Mr. Tutt, the Agrotidce, a long series of the Lita group, and a 

 drawer showing the different forms of Mimceseoptilus hipunctidactyla and 

 serotinus. Mr. A. Marshall, comparative specimens from Eannoch, Isle of 

 Lewis, and South of England localties. Mr. S. Stevens, four drawers, in- 

 cluding British specimens of Pieris daplidice, hermaphrodite Colias edusa, 

 Thecla quercus, &c, and the specimen of Vanessa antiopa taken by him this 

 year. Mr. Machin, a fine display of the genus Litkocolletis, &c. Some very 

 beautiful drawings of lepidoptera were shewn by Messrs. C. S. Gregson and 

 S. Mosley. 



Birds, Birds' Eggs and Nests, Fish, Reptiles, &c, were shown by Messrs. 

 B. W. Adkin, A. E. Cook, E. Cooke, W. E. Dawes, Dr. Sequeira, W. Tur- 

 pi n, J. A. Cooper, J. and W. Davis, C. A. Briggs, H. J. Burton and Son, 

 T. W. Hall, H. T. Dobson, P. J. Sowerey, F. D. Power, and D. J. Rice. 



Mollusca were exhibited by Mr. Fenn. Corals and Sponges by Mr. 

 Manger. A collection of Fish-hooks, &c, made by the natives of Alaska, 

 Greenland, Eiji, &c, by Mr. E. Lovett. Polished Pebbles and Choanites 

 by Mr. G. Day. Madrepores by Mr. Oldham. Mr. T. Leighton, Rocks and 

 Eossils illustrating the geology of the South-Eastern counties. 



The botanical exhibits were those of Mr. Cooper and Miss M. E. Adkin, 

 British plants ; Mr. Pearce, plants collected en route San Diego to Sonora 

 Pass, California ; Miss F. Billups, British Ferns. One of the features of the 

 exhibition was a large table of Fungi, the species being named, and the whole 

 having been collected by Messrs. Step, Carrington, and Billups, at Esher. 



On each evening there were over fifty microscopists present. During the 

 evening of the 17th, Mr. W. R. May delivered two short lectures, "The 

 Wonders of Minute Vegetable, and Animal Life," and " Curious Houses and 

 Queer Tenants," both being illustrated with the Oxy-hydrogen light. On 

 the 18th, Mr. G. Day, F.R.M.S., and the Sciopticon Company gave exhibi- 

 tions of photo-micrographic slides, with descriptive notes. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Tortrix Piceana Re -discovered. — Your readers will I am sure be 

 pleased to hear that the very beautiful Tortrix piceana has been re-discovered 

 in the New Forest by Mr. Charles Gulliver, Rannor Enclosure, Brocken- 

 hurst. When visiting him a month or so ago, I noticed amongst his odds 

 and ends this tortrix, and pointed it out to him as remarkable, and he kindly 

 gave me three specimens. On arriving home I could not make them any- 

 thing but the above species, and on sending them to Mr. C. G. Barrett, he 

 at once pronounced them so. — S. J. Capper, Huyton Park, Liverpool. 



D. Galii Bred. — I have much pleasure in recording a fine specimen of 

 D. galii emerged this morning in my breeding cage, from a larva taken a few 

 weeks ago at Wallasey, Cheshire. I kept the pupa in a warm kitchen. — S. 

 J. Capper, Liverpool, October 29th, 1888. 



