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280 YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Mr. F. Bond, F.Z.S., has very kindly sent 

 me a nest taken about 1877, in Surrey. It 

 is composed almost entirely, if not al- 

 together, of stems and flower heads of Aria 

 flexuosa; very few blades are used, and the 

 coarser stems are outside, with finer stems 

 and flowers principally used as a lining. A 

 figure of this nest is given upon the plate. — 



S. L. MOSLEY. 



INSECTS. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



The Clouded Yellow at Hartlepool. 

 — A specimen of this butterfly was cap- 

 tured by Mr. J. J. Cambridge, on Saturday 

 the 27th, at the mouth of Crimdon Dene, 

 some three miles northward from here. It 

 is rarely indeed that the species occurs here, 

 and in my collecting of over twenty-five 

 years I have never seen it, except during the 

 great Edusa year, 1877.— John E. Robson, 

 29th Oct., 1883. 



The Doubleday Collection. — A depu- 

 tation of twenty-two members of the Hag- 

 gerston Entomological Society lately visited 

 the Bethnal Green Museum, for the purpose 

 of inspecting the Entomological collection 

 of the late Mr. Doubleday, and were most 

 courteously received by the gentlemen in 

 charge. They spent three hours in looking 

 at the varied and extensive collection, and 

 departed highly pleased with the evident 

 tokens of care and attention the collection 

 has received while at Bethnal Green. — 

 R. G. Berry, Secretary. 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Aphodius Ater. — Whilst walking through 

 a field where our men were digging potatoes 

 on October ist, my attention was called to 

 a number of black objects which had buried 

 themselves into almost every potato turned 

 up. On examination I found that they 

 were imagines of the beetle Aphodius ater 

 which had eaten a small hole into almost 

 every one of the vegetables, where it re- 

 mained partly buried and quite torpid. The 

 insect was abundant on a piece of ground 



about twenty yards square, where in the 

 early spring a quantity of house and garden 

 refuse had been deposited. Outside this 

 area the beetle was not found. I do not 

 know if this has been observed before, but 

 I am well aware that where it occurred the 

 potatoes were entirely spoilt by its small 

 holes.— Wm. p. Ellis, Enfield. 



LIFE OF A 

 YORKSHIRE NATURALIST. 



With this issue of the Young Naturalist we 

 have pleasure in presenting our readers 

 with an extra plate giving a portrait of the 

 late Jarnes Varley, which will serve as a 

 frontispiece to the volume. It is from the 

 photograph of him mentioned on page 200, 

 taken at Brampton during his visit to Cum- 

 berland. The owlets in the picture will be 

 found referred to at the same place. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

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

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 



J.J.H. — Your beetle is Pcsderus riparius. 

 R.G.B. — Let us have your communications 



by the 25th of each month if possible, to 



ensure insertion. 



EXCHANGE. 



I will exchange a few copies of my 

 " Varieties of British Lepidoptera " for 

 other works on any branch of Natural His- 

 tory, new, or second-hand if in good con- 

 dition. — S. L. Mosley, Huddersfield. 



Duplicates. — Rurea, Polyodon, Basilinea, 

 Strigilis, Fasciucunia, Literosa, Furuncula, 

 Festiva, Atomaria, Fluctuata. Desiderata — 

 Castrensis, Rumicis, Hepatica, Popularis, His- 

 pida, Gemina, Trilinea, Blanda, Exclamationis, 

 Corticea, Janthina, Interjecta, Orbona, Bella, 

 Munda, Cnida, and numerous other species. 

 —J. T. Rodgers, 312, Chadderton Road, 

 Oldham. 



