THE YOUNG NATUEALIST. 



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NATURAL HISTORY DIARY: 



By J. W. Carter. 



September 2nd. Fleabane (Inula dysente- 

 rica) in flower. Bingley (E.P.P.B.) 



September 6th. Took Noctua glareosa at 

 ragwort flowers, on Blackhills. I had not 

 taken it previously, since 1878, in which 

 year it was common at ragwort. (E.P.P.B.) 



September 8th. My brother told me he 

 saw, but what was more satisfactory, he 

 heard a small flock of Fieldfares, whilst 

 walking to Bradford. I know it is above a 

 month before their average time of arrival, 

 but I am very much mistaken if I did not 

 hear the anserine notes of this species, on 

 Blackhills, whilst examining the ragwort, 

 on the 9th instant. (E.P.P.B.) 



A specimen of Aplecta occulta taken at 

 sugar, by Mr. Terry. This is the second 

 specimen recorded for the district ; the 

 other was taken in August, 1880, in which 

 year it turned up in unusual numbers in 

 Yorkshire, and in places where it had not 

 been observed for a great number of years, 

 although constantly and practically worked. 

 (J.W.C.) 



September 9th. My brother was at Great 

 Ormes Head. The only butterflies were 

 5. megara and semele, both of which were in 

 the greatest profusion. (E.P.P.B.) 



September 10th. X. ferruginea and A . litura 

 at sugar. H. protea at rest on trunks of trees. 

 0. dilutata on the wing. 



September nth. Heard Golden-crested 

 Wrens on Cottingly moor plantation. They 

 appear to be in unusual numbers this year. 

 The winter of 1878 and '79 made sad havoc 

 amongst this species. Diminutive as it is, 

 it must possess considerable recuperative 

 powers to appear in such numbers so soon 

 after being decimated. (E.P.P.B.) 



September 14th. N.fulva out on Baildon 

 Moor (H.T.S.) This species has since been 

 very common, it begins to fly just about 

 sunset. 



Martins and Swallows flying about Wils- 

 den. I did not see either species again 

 until the 25th, on which date I saw a soli- 

 tary Martin. Martins seem to have been 

 content with rearing but one brood this 

 year ; it was not uncommon three or four 

 years ago to find their nests containing un- 

 fledged young the first week in October. 

 (E.P.P.B.) 



September 26th. M. oxyacantha at sugar. 

 (J.Terry.) 



September 28th. E. cervinaria emerged 

 from pupae. (E.P.P.B.) 



September 29th. H. dejoliaria out, at 

 Shipley Glen. (J.F.) 



CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS 



THE FAUNA OF PLYMOUTH. 



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



(Reprinted by permission of the author from the 

 Transactions of the Plymouth Institution and Devon 

 and Cornwall Natural History Society, 1881.) 



HYMENOPTERA, ICHNEUMONID^E. 



Arranged according to the Rev. T. A. Marshall's Cata- 

 logue, published by the Entomological Society of 

 London, 1872. 



Part I. 

 (Continued from page 351 .) 

 Schizoloma. — 

 amicta. Bred from Eupithecia linariata ; 

 larva taken at Laira on toad-flax. 



ExOCHILUM. — 



circumiflexwrn. 

 Anomalon. — 



Xanthopus. Captured at Bickleigh Wood, 



29th May, 1878. 

 rvjicorne. Bred from half-grown larva of 



odonestis potatoria. 

 lellicosum. 



elandestinvm . Bred from Hemithea thy- 

 miaria, 12th July, 1880. 

 Trichomma. — 

 enecator, 



(To be continued.) 



