THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



a well-sheltered bank side, made from ballast, 

 and produces many strange flowers and grasses, 

 but there are not very many lepidoptera on it 

 that have not been named already. In one place 

 two of the larger spurges grow freely, E. aniyg- 

 daloides and esulu, and among them, though of 

 course not feeding on them, S. clathrata is 

 very plentiful, and it occurs more sparingly 

 further on and at Black Halls. Just at this 

 place I take freely one of the more recent 

 additions to our fauna, Coleophova melilotdla. 

 I only name it because it is such a very 

 beautiful and new species, as I have ignored j 

 the smaller moths, except in the case of H. 

 grandcevana, for a like reason. The first I took 

 was by accident. I found it in a box in 

 which I had S. clathrata, but the next year I 

 went back and found it abundantly. 



At Hart Station begins a very deep cutting 

 for the railway, and along the sides are 



willow bushes. On these may be found the 

 larvae of S. populi, C. furcula and vinula, P. 

 bucephala, G. Ubatvix, C. p usaria, and exanthe- 

 ma via, and many others. Semele is abundant. E. 

 albulata plentiful on the top of the bank, and 

 many other species already named, Half 

 way up the cut Crimdon dene crosses it, and 

 we must go in here, notwithstanding that it is 

 forbidden ground. This dene is like the more 

 famous Castle Eden Dene in many respects, 

 a ravine or break in the limestone rocks 

 running irregularly for some miles. Unlike 

 | Castle Eden Dene, there are no roads through 

 it, and it would be easy to lose yourself, and 

 get many miles out of your course. Some 

 parts of it are wooded with trees of con- 

 siderable growth ; in other parts they have 

 been cut down, and new ones are springing 

 up. 



{To be continued.) 



E . G. MEEK, 



NATURALIST, 

 56, BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON, S.W. 



Supplies Entomologists with every requisite : — Steel Knuckle-jointed Net, 4/6. Self-acting 

 Umbrella Net, 7/6. Ladies' Umbrella Net, 5 - Wire Iking Net, with Brass Screw, 2/- Pocket 

 Folding Net, four Brass Joints, 4/6. Balloon Net, 20 by 18, for beating, 6/- Telescope Nets, 

 6/-, 8/6, 10/6. Self-acting Sweeping Net, 8/- The New Beating Tray for Collecting Larvae, 

 &c, 15/- Pocket Larva Boxes. -/6, 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, and 3/- Sugaring Tin, with Brush affixed, 

 2/6 and 3/6. Relaxing Box, 2/6. Killing Box, -/.9 and 1,'- Bottle of Killing Fluid, -/9. 

 Corked Setting Boards,' - 6, -/7, -/8, -9, -/10, -/ll, 1/-, 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, and 2/- Breed- 

 ing Cages, 2/6, ditto, with two compartments, 5/- Tin Y, -16, Brass Y, 1/- Corked Store 

 Boxes, best make, 2/6, 3/6, 4/-, 5/-, 6/-, ditto, covered in Green Cloth, book pattern, 16 by 11, 

 8/- Mahogany Pocket Box, with Glass and Slide, in groove, 4/6. Exchange Lists, 1/- Ento- 

 mological Pins, any size, gilt or plain, 1/- per box Silvered Pins, four sizes mixed, 1/- per 

 oz , postage l£d. Bottle of ilite Destroyer, 1/- Willow Chip Boxes, four sizes, nested, 2/6 per, 

 gross. Setting and Drying House, complete, 10/6, 12/6, 15/- and 20/- Pocket Book, -/6, 1/- 

 and 1/6. Postal Box, -/6. Pocket Lanthorns, 4/-. 5/, ;uid 10-6. Zinc Oval Pocket lBox, 1/6, 

 2/-, and 2/6. Pupa Diggers, 2/- and 3/ Brass Chloroform Bottles, 4/- The New Glass Kill- 

 ing Bottle, charged ready for use, 1/-, 1/3, and 1/6. A large assortment of British Insects kept 

 in stock. Cabinets of every description made to order ; estimates given. New Price Lists sent 

 on receipt ot stamp. All orders, when accompanied by Post Office Orders, will receive imme- 

 diate attention. Post Office Orders to be made payable at Brompton Bead, S.W. 



Entomological Cabinets, from Twelve Shilling's to Forty Guineas, kept 

 in Stock. Show Rooms for Cabinets. , 



FOR SALE, 

 BRITISH MACRO- AND MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Including many that are Local and Rare. 

 Also, during each Month of the Season, Ova, Larvae, and Pupre can be supplied. 



FOR PRICE LISTS APPLY TO 



E. R. SHEPPAKD 13, Limes Villas, Lewisham, Kent, S.E. 



Printed by Preston Brothers, High Street. Huddersfield. 



