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(comparatively) species. — T. A. Chapman, Betula, Reigate. May drd, 

 1902. 



Referring to your note {antca, p. 112), I have taken Ihmarix 

 fiirifoniiis (broad-bordered) near Market Rasen, Lines. It occurs in 

 that district fairly commonly, I took the larvae from honeysuckle on 

 August 7th, 1899, and bred some nice specimens. I do not know if 

 the narrow-bordered species occurs in Lincolnshire. — G. W. Mason, 

 Barton-upon-Humber. May 4:t/i, 1902. 



Sphingids and tEgeruds taken around Carlisle. — Agrius convol- 

 vuLi. — One was brought to me on September 29th, 1901, having been 

 found sitting on the grass by some children, near the Maryport and 

 Carlisle Railway cottages, at Holme Head ; it was a female, and the 

 abdomen contained three ova. Theretra porcellus. — I took a fine 

 specimen at Orton, at rest on grass, on June 8th, 1900. It was in 

 splendid condition, I took another specimen at Carlisle at flowers of 

 sweet rocket, on .Tune 8th, 1901, it was also in very fine condition. 

 Eumorpha elpenor. — Mr. .J. Hunt, an old time collector, informs me he 

 has taken one specimen of this insect at sugar in Peastree Wood, and 

 has also frequently known it taken with the net at Cummersdale, at 

 what, from his description, I understand to be flowers of the willow- 

 herb. This was about twenty years ago. Smerinthus ockllata. — I took 

 a fine female at rest on a fence at High Cummersdale, on .June 3rd, 1901. 

 I also find the larva^ very commonly every year on sallow bushes, but 

 more especially on crab-apple. In 1899 and 1900 it was exceptionally 

 common. Amorpha populi. — Although I have never taken the perfect 

 insect myself, I have seen three taken at rest on a poplar trunk, 

 at Carlisle. I take a good number of the larva? each year on dwarf 

 poplars and sallows, and have also dug a good number of pupte at foot 

 of poplars during the last four or five years. My experience of digging 

 for pup^e of this species is that, contrary to other species, they almost 

 always occur on the south side of the trees. Sesia stellatarum. — I 

 have taken two specimens of this species, one at Silloth,on -July 19th, 

 1897, and one in the garden at my home, at wallflowers, in July, 1899. 

 I have frequently noticed this insect flitting at flowers in various 

 places around Carlisle, but have only been able to net the two 

 mentioned above. Hemaris tityus (narrow-bordered). — I took a 

 fine specimen at Orton on June 28th, 1898. I also noticed seven or 

 eight more flitting at flowers, but failed to net them. The only 

 other specimen I have taken was a rubbed one at Orton, on July 17th, 

 1900. I have also noticed this species flying on the railway banks 

 near Wreay, but owing to the steepness have always failed to net 

 any there. Trochilium bembeciformis. — Although not a Sphingid, I 

 may add that, whilst I have never taken an imago of this species, 

 I took a larva from a sallow-trunk in 1901, near Carlisle, 

 which I unfortunately killed in extracting. At the present time I know 

 of a sallow-tree that is practically riddled with larva^ of this species. — 

 J, E. Thwaytes, 8, Clement Place, Carlisle. 



Manduca atropos, L. — I captured a fine imago at Little Salkeld, 

 at a bee-hive on June 1st, 1899 ; also a larva full-grown, but stung, on 

 October 6th, 1900, from a potato field, Great Salkeld, another full-fed 

 larva, October lith, 1901, and one pupa and one larva just turning, 

 October 16th, 1901 . The last two both went down, the first emerged on 

 November 18th. I heard of a lot of larvfe and pupje having been seen 



