The belted beauty. 
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brown with black spots, each having a white centre; 
greenish-coloured specimens are, however, of common oc¬ 
currence. It measures from seven to eight and a-half inches 
in length. 
The beautiful green lizard (Lacerta vividis), which is so 
abundant on the continent and in certain of the Channel 
Islands, is now believed to be indigenous to this country, and 
is undoubtedly by far the most beautiful of our British rep¬ 
tiles. Its total length is from twelve to fifteen inches, and it 
is generally of a bright green hue, although its colour varies 
considerably according to the situation in which it is found. 
Barge numbers of this pretty species are imported into this 
country from Guernsey for the purpose of keeping in conser¬ 
vatories, their price ranging from one shilling to eighteen- 
pence a-piece. 
The slow-worm or blind worm (Angitis fmgilis) is included 
in the present order, as it possesses anatomical characters 
more closely resembling the lizards than the snakes, to which 
it undoubtedly bears a superficial resemblance. 
This creature is oviparous, producing from seven to twelve 
young. It is common in many different localities in this 
country, and its average length is from twelve to eighteen 
inches. 
W. Harcourt Bath. 
(To be continued.) 
THE BELTED BEAUTY (Nyssia zonavia). 
My first acquaintance with the above very local moth 
occurred some years ago, when I was just nicely working up 
the insects for my collection. Every Good Friday ento¬ 
mologists may be seen on the Whallasey Sandhills, near New 
Brighton, engaged quartering over the ground in search of 
the above-named insect. Some years ago the insect could 
have been picked up by the hundred by those who knew 
where to look for it, and it was no uncommon sight to see 
one female surrounded by a ring of a dozen or more males, 
attracted by the scent which the female emits in order to 
attract the male to it. As soon as the female received the 
advances of a male the circle was broken up, and the males 
dispersed in order to seek fresh conquests. The male is a 
very handsome insect, and is to the eye of the naturalist 
rather conspicuous on the ground ; the female being wingless, 
is rather harder to find, and when fresh from the chrysalis 
appears only to crawl up some grass stem, and there await 
