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" On the wing in June and July, and in a rather more numerous 

 second generation in September and October." But larvae which I 

 obtained in April last, fed up very slowly, and have only now emerged. 

 Tephiosia biatortata — On August 1st, I received some very small larvae 

 from the second brood of this insect. During the last ten days three 

 insects of a third brood have emerged. Unfortunately they came out 

 singly, so I killed them. It would have been interesting to see from 

 a pairing whether the attempt was made by the ova or by the larvae to 

 hybernate. The rest of the puptH are lying over. I may add that the 

 larvffi were fed up entirely oiit-of-doors, and the pupis have always 

 been, and still are, outside. — Ibid. 



EuvANNEssA ANTioPA IN LoNPON. — On September 22nd last, I saw 

 a specimen of Eavancsm antiopa in the Harrow Road, at Paddington, 

 W., it flew out of a garden into the road, quite close to me, and after- 

 wards into another garden. I expect it was an imported specimen 

 which had escaped from somewhere. It was in very good condition, 

 and the margins of the wings were distinctly yellow, not white. 

 — Henry J. Dixon, 29, Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, W. October 

 11th, 1905. 



Manduca (Acherontia) atropos at Chichester. — An imago of 

 Mnndiica atropos was brought to me, on May 8th, in fairly good 

 condition, having been caught in a kitchen here a day or two 

 previously. I was told by the captor that attention was drawn to it 

 by the behaviour of the cat, which fled from the room in much alarm. 

 This is somewhat singular, the " harmless necessary " usually regard- 

 ing these large Sphinges as a " bonne boiiche," being far more ready 

 to pounce upon them, as on a bird, than to flee in fright. During 

 absence from home in August and September, when our house was 

 shut up, a specimen of this moth, reared from a larva found in July, 

 emerged. It had pushed its way through a small hole in the leno 

 covermg the floAver-pot, and on my return I found it clinging to the 

 leno hanging down the side of the pot, quite dead and stiff. The 

 place and posture in which I discovered it, indicate, I think, its 

 lethargic habits, as it could easily have flown had it desired to do so. 

 — Joseph Anderson, Aire Villa, Chichester. October 12th, 1905. 



The foodplants of Papilio machaon. — I have just received a note 

 from Mr. Raine, mentioning, so far as I can ascertain, a new and 

 remarkable foodplant for P. machaon. He says, writing from Hyeres, "I 

 was at La Plage yesterday {i.e., October 13th, 1905), and found a larva 

 of Pa/iilio machaon feeding on Echinojihora spinosa, L., growing on the 

 shore there. Such an extraordinary foodplant seems worth recording." 

 Echinophora belongs to a section of the UnibeUiferae that contains no 

 so far recorded foodplant of /'. machaon. In England its foodplant is, I 

 suppose, Peiiccdaniim paln.stre, and it not only eats in confinement 

 (Buckler) Angelica si/lrcstris, but is apparently found on it in the feus. 

 Taking its whole Miumpean range, 1 imagine UaiicKs carota is its 

 commonest foodplant. Kaltenbach notes also Lariun carui, which he 

 places tirat in the list, adding Anethtim foenictdum, Apiuin graveolens, 

 Daucns carota, Pimpinella saxifraiia, and Aw/elica sylrestris. Riihl adds 

 to the list PcHcedanian oreoaelinum and Heracleu)!) sphondylium. In 

 Dubois 1 find, mentioned in addition, zir/////6't/ millctolium und Artemisia 

 absinthium. I do not know on what authority, and should like some 

 strong confirmations before accepting composite, as well as umbelli- 



