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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



i Blackcap Warbler, 2 Redshanks. Boxes 

 to be sent and return postage paid. — F. 

 Kerry, Harwich. 



I should be glad to hear from anyone who 

 has duplicates of L. adustata and A. badiata, 

 or can procure them in season. I can offer 

 in exchange P. ioto, V-aurewn, chrysitis, and 

 other specimens in season. — Geo. T. Miller, 

 23, Cromwell Terrace, Bensham, Gateshead. 



LOCAL LISTS. 



The Geometrina of Plymouth and vicinity. 

 (Continued from p. 68.) 

 By G. C. Bignell, M.E.S. 



A.immutata. — Common. June, July, and some- 

 times September. Cann Wood, Bickleigh. 

 A . remutata. — Common. May and J une. Cann 



Wood, Plymbridge, Shaugh. 

 A.imitaria. — Not common. August. Plym- 

 bridge, Ford, Pennycross, Stoke. 

 A. aversata. — Common. June and July. Bick- 

 leigh Vale. Var. remutata, with broad 

 brown band crossing the middle of the 

 wings, taken frequently in the same locality. 

 A. emarginata. — June and July. Plymouth, 

 " Stain. Man." I have taken it at Exeter 

 and Shaldon, but not in this locality. 

 Bradyepetes amatavia. — June and July. Ply- 

 mouth, " Stain. Man." 

 Cabera pusaria. — Common. May and June. 



Bickleigh Vale, Shaugh, Cann Wood. 

 C. exanihemavia. — Common. May and June. 



Same as the preceding. 

 Corycia punctata. — Not common. May and 

 June. Near Shaugh, Saltraw, Ivy bridge. 

 C. taminata, — Rare. May and June. Eastern 



end of Chelson Meadow. 

 Macaria altemata. — Not rare. June and July. 

 Road to Shaugh from Plympton, and from 

 Egg Buckland to Plymbridge. 

 M.notata. — Not rare. May and June. Comp- 



ton, Bickleigh. 

 M. Uturata. — Common, but local. May, June, 

 July. Cann Wood, among the fir-trees. 



Lozogamma petraria. Common. May and 

 June. Bickleigh Down, Buxton Brake. 



Nnmeria pulveraria. — Not common. April, 

 May and June. Bickleigh Bridge, Withy- 

 hedge. 



Fidonia atornaria. — Not common. May and 

 June. Ivy bridge, and on the downs among 

 heath. 



Sterrha sacraria. — Rare. May, July, August, 

 September, and October. The first recorded 

 capture in England of this beautiful little 

 moth is in the " Weekly Intelligencer " Vol. 

 Ill, p. 36, taken by Mr. H. Roger, " at a 

 gas lamp," near Sea View Terrace, Ply- 

 mouth on the 27th of September, 1857. I 

 have had the pleasure of taking two ; the 

 first on the 6th of September. 1865, at 

 Mount Batten, the second, October, 1867, , 

 out of a gas lamp in Richmond Walk, 

 Devonport. 



Aspilates citraria. — Common. May and Au- 

 gust. On the Cliffs, Whitsand bay; Yealm 

 point. 



Abraxas grossulariata. — Abundant. July and : 



August. Everywhere. 

 Ligdia adustata. — Common. June and July. 



Compton, Bickleigh, Radford. 

 Hybemia mpicapraria. — Common. January 



and February. Lanes and woods. 

 H. Icueophcaria. — Common. January, Feb- 

 ruary and March. Shaugh, Bickleigh, 



Cann Wood. 

 H. aurantiaria. — Common. October and 



November. Same as preceding. 

 H. progemmaria. — Common. February and 



March. Same as leucophearia. 

 H. defoliaria. — Common. October and No.; 



vember. Cann Wood, Bickleigh, Ivy 



bridge, Radford. 

 Anisopteryx cescularia. — Common. March and 



April. Everywhere. 

 Cheimatobia brumata. — Abundant. October, 



November, and December. Everywhere.! 



This is one of our most destructive insects, 



the ubiquitous larvae feeding on all trees. | 

 Opembia dilutata. — Common, September and' 



October, Plymbridge, Bickleigh, Shaugh. | 



