ii. 



THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Dianthaecia cassia 



213 

 108 



Epunda lichenea 



Eubolia cervinata .. 15-44 



First captures . . . . 108 



Hadena proteus. Variety of 233 



Lepidoptera. Erratic ap- 

 pearance of . . 233 



Liparis dispar . . . . 14 



Lithosia caniola . . 154 



Lycsena argiades at Black- 

 pool . . . . 43 



Micro-lepidoptera bred in 



1888 .. ..78 



Noctuae at sugar . . 233 



Nomenclature and Huff- 



nagles descriptions . . 107 



Nonagria neurica v. hessii 156 



Notable lepidoptera in 1888 1 



Nyssia hispidaria . . 133 



Nyssia hispidaria near 



Coventry . . . . 108 



Oxyptilus distans . . 43 



Pachycnemia hippocasta- 



naria . . . . 181 



Penthina prostremana .. 15 



Periodic abundance of cer- 

 tain Lepidoptera . . 96, 142 



Plusia ni at Liverpool . . 44 



Polia nigrocincta . . 213 



Pterophorina of Britain. 



The . . . . 146, 162, 177 



197, 220 



Pterophori. Our .. 59,77,78, 



in 



Scarcity of Lepidoptera .. 213 

 Sphinx convoluli . . 180, 233 



Sphinx convolvuli at 



Liverpool . . 233 



Sphinx convolvuli in 



Somerset . . 233 



Trephrosia crepuscularia . . 133, 156 

 Tortrix piceana recaptured 181 

 Triphaena subsequa . . 181 

 Zygacna lonicerae. Var. of 180 

 Zygaena meliloti. . .. 108 



COLEOPTERA. 



i Abnormal Coleoptera . . 61 



I Beetle fauna of Llangollen 37 

 ! British Coleoptera. Gos- 



sipping Notes on .. 104, 121,167 

 215 



Bryoporus Hardyii . . 181 

 Classification of Coleoptera 



historically considered 16, 62 

 Dianous coerulescens . . 133 

 Nebria gyllenhalii . . 181 

 Phytobius leucogaster .. 155 

 Rynculus gracilis at Man- 

 chester . . . . 182 

 Sphodrus leucophthalmus 154 

 Tachinus subterraneus . . 15 

 Tychius polineatus . . 155 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Chrysis ignita 

 Lophyrus pini. 

 tory of 



Life his- 



••33-47 



HEMIPTERA. 

 Lopus sulcatus . . . . 155 



REPTILES. 

 Snake. The common . . 4 



BIRDS. 



A Bird tragedy . . 49 



Early nesting. . . . 107, 133 



Great Northern Diver at 



Hartlepool . . . . 84 



Guillemot. The foolish .. 154 



Nest of Nut-hatch or Nut- 

 cracker . . . . 133, 180 



Polygamy among Starlings 153 



Quail at Hartlepool. The 180 



MAMMALS. 

 Squirrel. The . . 119 



BRITISH SPIDERS. 

 British Spiders. . . Supplement, 1 



