THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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A Pupa consists of thorax and abdomen of 

 nine annular connected segments. The for- 

 mer contains the head, antennae, proboscis, 

 legs, and wings, the contour of which may be 

 plainly perceived : the abdomen that of the 

 future butterfly or moth. It often happens 

 that although perfectly formed in the 

 puparium, from some reason or other, the 

 imago is not able to burst from its covering. 

 If then the integument be carefully peeled 

 off, the marvellous neatness with which the 

 different parts are packed away in the 

 smallest possible space will be easily seen. 

 The last segment of a pupa is either round or 

 pointed, or terminated " by a process which 

 has often two or more points called the 

 cremaster. In male pupae there ;mv two 

 small hooks beneath, separated by an inden- 

 tation in the last segment but one." Pupa?, 

 as do larvae, breathe by means of spiracles, 

 which are situated on either side ami on 

 every segment but the first and thirteenth. 



(To be continued ). 



I others to be printed in the report. The 

 j Society proposed to organize month lv Satur- 

 day afternoon excursions during the coming 

 summer. In some places the Railway 

 Companies are getting up Saturday afternoon 

 excursion trains to various places, which 

 might be greatly utilised for such purposes. 

 We believe where they have been arranged, 

 they have always been very remunerative to 

 the companies, and probaby other Railways 

 would be glad to do the same if their 

 attention was called to it. A rather n ovel 

 feature appears in the list of members, viz. , a 

 class of members called " Lady Associates. " 

 We are very pleased to see no less than 

 Twenty-three? 1 Lady Associates " belonging 

 the Society. They have also Thirteen 

 "Junior members" whose subscription we 

 suppose will be something less than the 

 others. These are both steps in the right 

 direction, and we call the attention of other 

 Societies specially to these points as well 

 worthy of imitation. 



CHICHESTER AND WEST 

 SUSSEX NATURAL HISTORY 



AND 



MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



We have received from our friend, Mr. 

 Joseph Anderson, junr., of Chichester, the 

 report of this Society, which, with a very 

 limited membership is doing its best to extend 

 its sphere of usefulness. It appears to meet 

 monthly, and has occasional excursions also. 

 At the monthly meetings one or more 

 papers are read, some of which, judging by 

 the titles, must have been of considerable 

 interest. " Notes on some of our insect 

 foes," by Mr. Anderson; ''Limenites 

 Sibylla," by the Rev. H. Horseman ; 

 " Spiders " by F. T. Freedland ; " Moles and 

 Mole Crickets," by Dr. Paxton. " Changes in 

 the Plumage of Birds," by the President, 

 Mr. W. Jeffery, &c, &c. We regret that the 

 state of their finances do not allow these and 



BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



By J. E. Robson ; with Figures from Life by 

 S. L. Moslev. 

 (Assisted by Contributors to the Y. X.) 



1 [YPERANTHUS, L. 1*1. 16, Fig. 2. 



" Hyperanthus, L,.,Hyperan'tltus; probably 

 a typographical error for Hyperanthes, a 

 a son of Darius, who fell at Thermopylae. 

 Cf. Her. VII. 221."— A. L. 



ImagO.— PI. 16, fig. 2. Very dark brown, 

 quite devoid of markings, or with traces more 

 or less indistinct of the eyed spots on the 

 underside. Underside, dark brown, with a 

 row of white centred black spots in yellow 

 rings, near the hind margin of both wings. 



Larva— PL 16, rig. 2a. Pale straw 

 colour, with a dark brown dorsal line, which 

 is broadest and most distinct at the anal 

 segments, gradually narrowing and becoming 

 fainter as it approaches the head; spiracles 



