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THE NATURALIST. 



Eupithecia 2ndchellata, ' ' Bred. ' ' — I am 

 sure it will interest many readers of the 

 " Naturalist " to hear that I have this day 

 bred U. jJulcJiellata from larvae gathered 

 last summer, which fed upon the stamens 

 of the Fox-glove flowers ; thus proving, 

 beyond cavil, that our friend Mr. Hodgkin- 

 son's suspicions that this long-sought larvse 

 would be found attached to Digitalis pur- 

 purea were correct. The larvse were plenti- 

 ful in July. — S. Gregson. — April 12th, 

 1865. 



A Curious Trout. — At a meeting of 

 the Richmond and ISTorth Riding Natural- 

 ist's' Field Club, on Tuesday evening last, 

 a somewhat interesting specimen of the 

 trout family was exhibited by Lonsdale 

 Bradley, Esq., F.G.S. This trout was 

 taken on the 8th March from a spring on 

 Hurst Moor, upwards of 1000 feet above 

 the level of the sea, and was a well-fed fish, 

 and in excellent condition, weighing 2 lbs. , 

 which is very remarkable considering the 

 severity of the winter. On removing the 

 skin it exhibited a beautiful orange pink 

 colour, deeper than the salmon or bull 



tvout ( Salmo erioxj of this country, and 

 resembled more the colour of the red 

 mullet (Mullus harhatus), which is a 

 singular circumstance, as the trouts in the 

 rivers and brooks of this neighbourhood 

 are invariably white, and only very seldom 

 tinged Avith pink. It is supposed to be 

 the red trout of Norway, brought over tc 

 this country by some fish-eating bird which 

 had been induced to stop at this spring for 

 food or water on its flight across the island. 

 — Communicated by J. Aspdin, Richmond. 



To Entomologists. — Mr. J, Brown, King's 

 Parade, Cambridge, would be glad of larvse 

 of any species of Lepidoptera, (except the 

 very common. ) In return Mr. Brown will 

 be happy to send larvse or imagos of local 

 species, or repay postage. 



Gagea lutea. — Having a number of 

 specimens of Gagea lutea, I should be very 

 glad to exchange with any botanist who 

 wishes. Persons wishing to exchange 

 would oblige by mentioning species they 

 may have in duplicate. — J. M. Hick, Rev. 

 B, C. Caflin's, South Street, Durham. 



MATEEIALS FOE A FLORA OF WAKEFIELD AND ITS 



NEIGHBOUEHOOD. 

 By T. W. Gissing. 



EXOGEN^. Sub-Class I. THALAMiFLORiE. 



Order— EAiSTUNCULACE^. 

 Clematis. Linn. 



C. vitalha, L. Clematis or Traveller's Joy. P. July — August. Garforth. 

 Allerton Bywater, Mr. Eobterts. Apparently rare. 



Anemone. Li7in. Anemone. 



A. Pulsatilla. L. Pasque Flower. P. April — May. Smeaton. This rare 

 and beautiful plant is fast disappearing from this tlie only locality 

 in wMcli it lias been seen in flower for tlie last four or five years. 



