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THE YOUNG NATUIIA.LIST. 



colour as the elytra, and by its distinctly 

 smaller size. 



A. ;p<irv/nvpunctatus — Head and thorax 

 green; elytra hronze, with three or four 

 impressions in the third interstice. Length, 

 3^ to 4 lines. Very abundant, and occasion- 

 ally very puzzling on account of its variable 

 colour. I have specimens nearly black 

 (from boggy ground). 



A gracilipes — Head, thorax, and elytra 

 Ironze ; third interstice of the latter with 

 four or five impressions. Size 3 1 to 4 lines. 

 Rare. Distinguished from parumjmnctatus 

 by being rather narrower, and with the 

 head and thorax concolorous with the elytra. 



A. quadrvpunctatus . — Blachish Irome ; 

 thorax very wide ; elytra with four deep 

 impressions in the third interstice. Size 

 2^ lines. Very scarce. Its small size and 

 bronze colour would easily distinguish it 

 from any other species of the genus. 



A. vidnus. — Head and thorax black, the 

 latter with hroad raised side harder ; elytra 

 dark green, with deep striae. Size 4 lines. 

 Common. A dark variety of this insect 

 (mcestus), which is entirely black, is about 

 as common as the type ; but both the latter 

 and the variety may be easily recognised by 

 their wide thorax (which is distinctly broader 

 than long), the raised thoracic side-margin, 

 and the deep striae on the elytra. 



A versutus,' -Also has a broad raised side 

 border to the thorax, but it is smaller (3^ 

 lines); the thorax is broader and shorter; 

 and the striae on the elytra are fine. The 

 colour is the same as viduus. 



A atratus. — Head, thorax, and elytra, 

 shining black ; legs pitchy. Length 3^ lines. 

 Common in damp places. Easily recognised 

 from the other black species, with pitchy 

 legs, by its thorax which is about as long as 

 broad. 



A. micans and A. scitnlus.— Both these 

 species have the head, thorax, and elytra 

 black, with a greenish rejlection, and the legs 

 brown ; but scitnlus has the thorax dis- 



tinctly narrower behind, whilst in micans 

 is is nearly as broad behind as in front. 

 Both species are fairly common, and 

 measure about J inch. 



A.^iceus — Head and thorax nearly black ; 

 elytra mahogany brown and parallel sided ; 

 the thorax not narrowed behind, about as 

 broad as long. Size 3 lines. Fairly com- 

 mon, like most of the genus, in damp places. 

 Can be easily recognised from Thoreyi, 

 which it most nearly resembles, by the 

 thorax not being narrowed behind. 



A. gracilis. — Entirely black ; thorax nar- 

 rowed behind. Length 3 lines. The only 

 species .with small thorax and black legs. 

 Common. 



A fuliginosus. — Head and thorax black ; 

 elytra ovate and, pitchy ; thorax narrowed 

 behind ; legs brown. Length, nearly 3 

 lines. Common. 



A. Tlwreyi. — Head and thorax black; 

 elytra ohlong and more reddish than in 

 fuligimsus ; thorax narrowed behind ; legs 

 brown. Length, 3 lines. Not very common. 



A puellus. Closely resembles fuliginosns, 

 but the thorax is narrower, and the elytra 

 not quite so rounded at the sides ; and the 

 insect is slightly longer (3J lines. Not so 

 common as either of the preceding. 



BRITISH BIRDS, THEIR 

 NESTS AND EGGS. 



By S. L. MosLEY. 



42. GARDEN WARBLER. 

 Sylvia hortensis (Gmel.). 



HoRTENSis. — Belonging to gardens. 



Size. — Length, about 6 in. ; expanse, 

 about 9 in. 



Plumage.—MALE.— Bill dark brown ; 

 eyes hazel; the whole of the upper parts 

 ashy brown, slightly inclining to olive green; 



