THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



as " heathens." From its frequent use 

 as a fuel some would derive the name 

 heath from the Anglo-Saxon hmto, 

 German eit, fire, whence comes heat, 

 hot, &c. Some countenance is lent to 

 this view from the French name for 

 heath, hrui/ere, connected with hrulerj 

 to burn, and so we have the common 

 corruption of briar-root as applied to 

 the pipes manufactured from the wood 

 of the heath. 



LIST OF INSECTS FEEDING 

 ON HEATHER. 



We are not acquainted with any insects 

 which feed upon Heath, except Lepidop- 

 terous, of which the following is a list : — 

 h means hybernate ; 6 beginning of month ; e end do. 

 March — 



S, lelgiaria h 



E.plumlaria e 

 April — 



A. myrtilli h 



Col. jimcicolella h (in a case) 

 May— 



crihrum h 

 N. neglecta, h 



E. flammealis 



Col ipyrhulvpe^mella h (in a case) 



A. nigricans 

 E grammica 



L. mesomella (roots) 

 P. carbonariellcb (in burnt places) 

 June — 



F. atomaria 

 ericinella 



B. calluncB b 

 August — 



S, carpini e 



September — 



A. porpliyrea 

 E. nanata 

 E. castigata 

 E. onimutata 

 H, crassalis 



B. rubi h 



A. menyanthidis h 



B. cinctaria 



P. liippocastinaria 

 The best way of collecting the smaller 

 larv^ from heather is by means of a strong 

 sweeping net. Sweeping should be done 

 towards evening. A number of beetles, 

 hemiptera, and other things also take refuge 

 in heather, and may be collected by sweep- 

 ing in the same way. 



THE LIFE OF A YORKSHIRE 

 NATURALIST. 



{Continued from page 202.) 



Conclusion. 



From the foregoing account — taken al- 

 most at random, like odd leaves from a 

 great book — it will be seen that Varley was 

 a most devoted naturalist, his whole life 

 and soul was in the work ; every part of 

 the animal or vegetable kingdom, every 

 insect, every plant, every bird — in fact, all 

 nature charmed him beyond expression, 

 even the starry sky, and the meteors which 

 dart across the heavens, did not pass un- 

 observed, but the appearance, and the course 

 of a bright meteor, and on one occasion 

 the shock of an earthquake at Almond- 

 bury Bank (March 17, 1871), was entered 

 in his diary. It is such a person as this 

 that makes a real naturalist. Many make 

 a start, say to collect butterflies and moths, 

 they go on for a season or two, but the 

 young tree is not planted in proper soil, it 

 does not flourish, it withers and eventually 



