482 Queries and Answers. 



starlings breed twice a year. — B. T. G. Gloucester. [Re- 

 ceived on February 14. 1835.] 



Insects. — Deilephila gdlii. — I observe in the 14th Num- 

 ber of the Entomological Magazine several instances recorded 

 of Deilephila galii having been taken in various parts of the 

 country. To these I would add one other, which has come 

 under my own knowledge. I have now in my possession a 

 specimen of this insect, kindly given me by its captors, the 

 Misses Wilmot, who took it last summer (in July, I believe), 

 at Coundon, about a mile from this place. Mr. Enoch, I 

 see, states, in the Entomological Magazine, that two examples 

 were taken, last year, at Warwick : I had not previously heard 

 of the insect occurring in this neighbourhood. — W. T. Bree. 

 Allesley Rectory, June 30. 1836. 



** Deilephila galii has been found at Bridgewater, Lang- 

 port, Charmouth, Yarmouth, &c. : all within these last two 

 or three years : August and September seem to be the season 

 for it." (J. C. Dale, M.A., F.L.S., in the Naturalist, No. I. 



[Vanessa Antiopa, Saturnia Pavbnia minor, Centra vmula, the 

 common Wasp, and the Death's Head Hawk Moth : Informa- 

 tion onJ\ — The beautiful Vanessa Antlopa was seen upon 

 the wing in this neighbourhood, a few days ago, apparently 

 new from the chrysalis. The caterpillars of the emperor 

 moth (Saturnia ?^>avonina *) have been unusually plentiful 

 this season ; as have also those of the common Ceriira vinula. 

 As yet I have not seen a single individual of the common 

 wasp, nor has any person to whom I have put a question on 

 this subject. Last year many larvae of the death's head 

 hawk moth were picked up hereabout : these are known to 

 the common people by the name tater grubs. — E. Blyth, 

 Tooting, Surrey, Aug. 14. 1836. 



Art. XII. Queries and Answers. 

 \The Mole, Carrion Crow, Nightingale, Serpent, Toad: do 

 they occur in Ireland ?~\ — I do not find that any of your cor- 

 respondents have speculated on the absence from this island 

 of the nightingale, toad, mole, and serpent ; and, as far as I 

 have observed, the carrion crow. The hoodie-crow is com- 

 mon. {Extracted from a letter from the Archbishop of Dublin, 

 dated January 8. 1835.) [" There are neither toads in Ire- 

 land nor snakes to eat them ; neither did I ever see a mole 



* Would not this be a more convenient mode of designating this insect, 

 than that of distinguishing it from the larger species (S. Pavonia) by the 

 additional words major and minor, as is commonly done ? 



