THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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Larentia didymata. — Common. June and July. 



Hedges near Stonehouse Resevoir. 

 L. multistrigaria. — Common. March and 



April. Bladderley Lane. 

 L. miaria. — Common. May, June, and July. 



Every hedgerow. 

 Emmelesia affinitata. — Not common. June and 



July. Bickleigh, Radford, and Plymbridge. 

 E. alchemillata. — Rare. May and June. (22 



June). Near Maker Church, Plymbridge. 

 E. albulata. — Common. June. Ivy bridge, 



first field after passing through the woods 



in the vale. 



E. decolorata, — Common. June and July. 

 Compton path-fields from Lipson, Ivy 

 bridge, Egg Buckland, near Cawsand, 

 Stoke. 



Eupithecia venosata. — Not common. May and 

 June. Railway cuttings and embankments, 

 and on the coast. I have never captured 

 the imago at large, but have bred many 

 from larvae obtained in seed capsules of 

 Silene inflata. The larvae of this genus are 

 found more frequently than the imago, the 

 majority of them feeding on flowers and 

 seeds. 



E. Unariata. — Not rare. June and July. 

 Laira. Larvae in seed capsules of Lviaria 

 vulgaris (Yellow Snapdragon). 



E. pulchellata. — Common. May, June, and 

 September. Where Digihtalis purpurea 

 (Foxglove) is abundant, larvae feeding in 

 the flower, on the pistil and stamens. 



E. centaureata. — Common. June and July. 

 Quarry; Richmond Walk; Stoke; Caw- 

 sand Bovisand. Larvae on flowers of various 

 umbelliferae. 



E. castigata. — Common. May and June. 

 Bickleigh, Shaugh, Wemburg. 



E.irriguata. — Rare. April. Boringdon Wood. 



E. trisignata. — Not common. June and July. 

 Bickleigh vale. Larvae feeding on the 

 flowers and seed of Angelica sylvestris. 



E. albipunctata. — Common (in larva state on 

 blossoms of Angelica sylvestris.) May and 

 June. Bickleigh Vale, Plymbridge, Antony, 

 Billacombe 



BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



By J. E. Robsox ; with figures from life by 

 S. L. Mosley. 



Assisted by Contributors to the Y. N.) 

 24. ANTIOPA, Linn. PI. 11, fig. 4. 

 The Camberwell Beauty. 



Antiopa, L., Antiopa, the mother of Am- 

 phion. Pers. I, 77." — A.L. 



Imago.— PL ii> fig- 4- All the wings are 

 deep chocolate brown, bordered with rather 

 dirty white. Just within this border it is a black 

 band, on which are a number of blue spots. On 

 the costa of the forewing there are two spots 

 near the tip, of the same dirty white as the 

 border. 



Larva. — Black, with black spines and 

 white spots. A brick-red spot on each seg- 

 ment from the 4th to the nth. Head and 

 legs black, claspers dull red. This descrip- 

 tion is taken from various figures of the 

 larva, which is one we never saw, nor are we 

 aware that it has been bred in this country, 

 at all events in recent years, except from 

 imported larvae. One of our French sub- 

 scribers has kindly promised to send us 

 specimens during the ensuing season, when 

 it shall be carefully described. 



Pupa- — We have seen neither figure nor 

 description of the pupa of this species. It is 

 doubtless similar in appearance to the others 

 of the genus. 



Pood Plants- — The larva is said to feed 

 not only on the common stinging nettle 

 (Urtica dioica ) but also on birch ( Bctula alba J, 

 poplar (Pppulus sp.] , and more commonly on 

 willow, especially the white willow (Salix alba.) 



Times of appearance.— The butterfly 

 makes its appearance at the latter end of 

 summer, and there is more difficulty perhaps 

 in understanding its irregularities, than with 

 any other British species. Sometimes it 

 shows itself in very large numbers, and 

 occurs all over the country ; far inland, as 

 well as on the coast. Then it will disappear 

 altogether for years, or only appear singly. 

 It is powerful enough on the wing, to cross 



