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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



" Looking at the rapidly diminishing num- 

 bers of the ' record ' columns of the table, 

 one cannot but ask, When will this diminu- 

 tion cease ? When will the fastest time 

 attainable be reached ? " 



But another table to our mind gives still 

 more extraordinary results. 



" Total number of horses capable of trot- 



in 2.30, or 



better." 



Date. 



No. 



1843 



I 



1844 



2 



1849 



7 



1852 



10 



1864 



66 



1872 



322 



1877 



836 



and the figures are so marvellous from this 

 date that we must quote the whole. 



1878 .. 1025 



1879 1142 



1880 .. 1210 



1881 .. 1532 



1882 .. 1684 



From the ratio of increase in the above 

 figures from the year 1864, he shows that by 

 the year 1900 there will be about 10,000 

 horses in America able to trot a mile in 2\ 

 minutes or less. He also ventures to pre- 

 dict that by the year 1907 a horse will be 

 born that can trot a mile in two minutes. 

 After these figures we can scarcely dispute 

 the statement that a new breed of horses 

 has been created, and the argument to be 

 drawn from them in favour of the views of 

 the late Mr. Darwin is certainly not far to 

 to seek. 



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 opinion are thoroughly up to the present 

 time. It is published by Moses King, 

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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All communications to be sent to J. E. Eobson, 15 

 Northgate, Hartlepool; or to S. L. Mosley Beau- 

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 



J.B.,Willingborough. — We think your " hop- 

 per " foreign, so far as we can make out 

 from the sketch. 



M. S. — Heliothismarginata is not a geometer. 

 The specific name in the passage refer- 

 red to, is evidently a lajJSiis calami, and 

 should have been Lomaspilis. 



W. H. W,— Mr. Mosley is in Wiltshire just 

 now, but will name your beetles on his 

 return. 



J. B. — ^Beetles are not easy to name from 

 description, but yours may be Chrysomela, 

 gramiiiis 



T. T. M., Liverpool, — Your insect is a 

 female Eggar {B. quercus). The abdo- 

 men has been crushed, and the eggs 

 which it contained have stuck to the out- 

 side and look like cocoons. Your cratce- 

 gata is worth recording. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates. — Coleoptera : C. Jiyirida, 

 Elajp riparius, Broscus cephalotes, Brad, 

 similis, Phyll. Iiorticola, Trich. fasciatus^ 

 Lina ^opuli, &c. Desiderata. — Rarer 

 Geodephaga. — S. L. Mosley, Beaumont 

 Park, Huddersfield. 



Duplicates. — Salicis, Pudahunda, Sam- 

 hucata, Rejjandata, ClirysitiSy Viminalis, Pal- 

 lens, Lemnata, Stagnata, Jacohcsa^ L. mar- 

 ginata, Perla, Psi, Elutafa, Cruda, J^Jscu- 

 laria. Desiderata numer ;..s. — J. Bates, 

 10, Orchard Terrace, Wellingborough. 



Duplicates. — Aplwdius sulterraneus, foe- 

 tens, rnfescens, ater, sordidus, de^ressus, ?iiti- 

 dulus, and Benibidivm ^-striatum. Desi- 

 derata. — Aipliodius erraticus, porcus, con- 

 stans, Zappomm, ptutHdus, lividus, sticticus, 

 i-maculatus, arenarius, testudinarius, porca- 

 tus. — R. Wilding, 40, Downing Street, 

 Liverpool. 



