THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



[March 



wild cherry, and there was not an oak within a quarter of a mile. 

 I have taken Pilosaria, off and on, for 30 years, but invariably at rest 

 on boles of trees in the day time, and have never had any experience 

 of it on the wing before. The incident seems to be a case of " Assem- 

 bling." I know the genus Lasiocampa are given that way, but I never 

 heard of an instance among the Geometrce before. — Ben. Blaydes 

 Thompson, Harrogate, 10th February, 1890. 



The Mild -Season, Nepticula Aurella in February. — It may 

 interest you to know that on Monday, February 3rd, a very bright 

 sunny day, Neptieula aurella was seen at large on a bramble leaf near 

 Teignmouth, Devonshire, by Dr. Jordan. Fancy a Nep. in February, 

 and so early in the month ! — H. T. Stainton, Mountsfield, Lewisham, 

 14th Feby., 1890. 



Varieties of British Nocture.— We are glad to learn that Mr. 

 Tutt intends to publish a monograph on this subject. Those who have 

 read the papers that have appeared in the Entomologist will welcome 

 the work as a whole. It will be published in two volumns, at 5s. each, 

 payment on delivery. As the first attempt to deal with the variation 

 of an entire group, it should be welcomed by every one who desires to 

 be any thing more than a collector. The easy mode of payment, places 

 it within the reach of every one. The first volume will be ready in two 

 months or thereabouts. We understand it is already largely sub- 

 scribed for. — Ed. Y. N. 



MUMMY CATS. 

 Bv C. H. H. WALKER. 



All Liverpool — more properly — all Scientific Liverpool, has been 

 aghast at the ruthless and thoughtless destruction of some queer old 

 relics ; heads solemnly shaken, hands uplifted, voices raised in fruitless 

 protest. Rare treasures of a mighty nation, long, long ago moulded 

 into oblivion, have been rudely roused from the deathly slumber of 

 twice two thousand years ; the legacy bequeathed by worshipfnl hearts 

 and careful hands, swept from the face of the earth with unnecessary 

 precipitancy. And what, pray, is all the trouble about ? Cats, cats, 

 nothing but cats. Thomas cats and lady cats, brown cats and yellow 

 cats ; cats of all grades and divers hues ; hundreds of cats, thousands 



