THE YOUNG NATUBALIST. 



xchange. We quote the passage from 

 he article referred to, " Smith collects 

 j&pidoptera, bat lives where a rare 

 hell is obtainable ; Williams collects 

 hells, but lives in a good locality for j 

 »irds and eggs; while Thompson wants 

 ggs or birds, and can got good moths 

 ■ butterflies." It is easy to see then 

 hat three can never meet each other , 

 11 exchange, but through our club we 

 ope they will ultimately do so. 



In sending lists please enclose two 

 tamps — one for the return list, the 

 ther for postage. There will be no 

 Ether expense. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



K.. Harwich. — There is great need of 

 what you ask, and we have long been 

 collecting material for it. We might, at 

 an early date, give an outline of the group, 

 but it would be some time before it could 

 be presented in so complete a form as you 

 I desire. Very many of the larvae are yet 

 unknown. 



■ F., Kingston. — Too late for insertion. 

 Shall appear in next list. 

 H. S., York. — There are two works pub- 

 lished by the trustees of the British 

 Museum which we think would answer 

 your purpose ; the price is about 6s. each. 

 These are on bees ; for Ichneumons, " Pine- 

 cographia " is the best, but is expensive. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates. — Gonostigma, Alveolus, Leuco- 

 leavia, &c. , ova of Dispar. Desiderata. — 

 bylla, Semele, Maura, and ova of common 

 oths ; also common shells or fossils. — H. 

 hompson, Gosford Street, Coventry. 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &C. 



Vanessa, Io. — I took a fine specimen of 



this butterfly on Sunday, the 6th inst., as it 

 was flying very weakly about in my garden at 

 Lewisham. I may say that Sunday was a 

 beautiful sunshiny day.-.-C. A. Marriott, 

 Lewisham. 



Entomological Notes. — The small tortoise 

 shell (Vanessa urtics) was first seen on March 

 6th, and the Brimstone on the nth. On the 

 14th 1 observed the Bloody-nosed, the Oil, and 

 the Sun Beetles. I first saw one of the 

 Common Humble Bees on the 15th, and the 

 Red-tailed Humble Bee on the 19th March. — 

 A. Davis, Junr., High St., Gt. Marlow, 

 Bucks. 



Captures at Birmingham, — My first cap- 

 ture was on January 17th, — //. rupicapraria on 

 a lamp. On February iSth, two P. pilosaria 

 and three //. rupicapraria , on tamps. March 

 6th, two pilosaria at rest on palings, and 

 one on a lamp at night, and one 11. pro- 

 gcmmaria, and five A. .'Escularia. March 

 17th, four P. pilosaria ; H. progeinmaria was 

 very common, there being hardly a lamp 

 without four or five upon it. A. ^Esatlaria 

 was not quite so common ; all males. I also 

 saw on March 13th a flock of about a dozen 

 Lapwings feeding in a ploughed field near 

 Sutton Park. — Geo. F. Wheeldox, Birming- 

 ham. 



Botanical Diarv. (Continued from No. 

 73, Page 155.) — Lesser Celandine ( Ranunculus 

 Ficaria) in flower, February 27th. Red Dead 

 Nettle (Lameum purpureum), in flower Feb. 28. 

 Chickweed (Ccrastium vulgatum), in flower 

 March 9th. Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), in 

 flower Mar. 9th. Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis 

 perennis), in flower Mar. nth. Primrose 

 (Primula vulgaris), in flower Mar. 12th. 

 Furze (Ulex Europwus), in flower Mar. 12th. 

 Yew (Saxus Baccata), in flower Mar. 12th. 

 Wild Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) in 

 leaf Mar. 12th. Sweet Violet (Viola odorata) 

 in flower Mar. 13. Elder (Sambucus nigra), 

 in leaf March 14th. Elm (Ulmus campestris), 

 in flower Mar. 15th. Dog Violet (Viola 

 canina), in flower. Dandelion (Taraxacum 



