THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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Jwas its shape and colour when first 

 {deposited, and what changes take place 

 ■before it hatches? Is hatching retarded 

 ■by cold, or hastened by warmth 1 Do the 

 whole of the eggs deposited at the same 

 time hatch together ? If not, what 

 causes the difference 1 Male imagines 

 often emerge first ; is there any sexual 

 difference in the time of hatching ? 



We have without consideration jotted 

 down over a score of questions, all of 

 which are of importance, and the num- 

 ber might be greatly enlarged. How 

 many of these can be answered ? If 

 the larvae was taken instead of the egg 

 the number of questions would be 

 infinitely more numerous, and so of the 

 imago. But our space is exhausted. 

 We would direct our readers' attention 

 in conclusion to the two classes of facts 

 about which information is wanted. 

 Never suppose anything is too trivial, 

 [t is the number of trivial observations 

 Jiat make up the great and important 

 .vhole. In sending us " captures " give 

 is much detail of circumstances as you 

 3an, whatever the stage of life in which 

 your prize was found. You had better 

 bell us something every one knows as 

 .eave out the smallest fact that was 

 Snknown. 



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Mrs. Battersby of Cromlyn, Ireland, send us 

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NOTES, CAPTURES, &C. 



Hybernia defoliaria. — On December ri, 

 : ulto., I captured a male specimen of II. 

 | defoliaria, and on January 2, I caught another 

 male at the gas-lamps, whieh I think is the 

 i dark variety : it is reddish brown, sprinkled 

 I all over with minute dots. — F. Kerry, Har- 

 wich. 



EXCHANGE. 



I have the undermentioned eggs blown with 

 one hole in the side to give away : — 3 Kestrels, 

 1 Long-eared Owl, 2 Red-backed Shrike, 2 

 Green Woodpickers, 2 Goatsuckers, 2 Night- 

 inglale, 2 Bulfinch, 2 Skylarks, 1 Cuckoo, 2 

 Whitethroat Great, 2 Swallow, 2 Golden- 

 crested Wrens, 2 Great Tits, 2 Reed Wrens, 



