AN OLD ESSEX COLLECTION, V 



The moths begin as usual with the Sphinr/idae, and among them 



with — 



Acherontia atropos, consisting of a fine row of six perfect specimens, 

 five of them being from Chehiisford and three of these 

 labelled " Bred 1846," the two others being purchased in the 

 same year. 



Sphinx convolvtdi constitute the next row, also of six specimens, in 

 extremely fine condition. Four of these are labelled " Hythe, 

 Kent, 1846, A.G.," and the fifth " Chelmsford, 1843, A.G." 

 One of these is badly verdigrised, but his other Sphiwjidae 

 are comparatively free from this ruinous pest of many old 

 specimens. 



Sphinx ligustri. — Six representatives, four being from Chelmsford, viz., 

 three 1843, one 1846, and the fifth " Ipswich, Seaman, bred 

 1846." 



Smerinthiis ocellatus. — Two from " Chelmsford, A.G., 1844," one from 

 " Witham, Walford, 1843," and the fourth " Ipswich, 

 Seaman, bred 1846." 



SmerintliHn popidi. — Four of the five specimens are from " Chelmsford, 

 A.G., 1846 " and the other from " Witham, Walford, received 

 1844." Four of these are of the ordinary dark form, the fifth 

 of the almost equally common soft dove-colour. 



Smerinthiis tiliae. — Four specimens, three " Chelmsford, A.G., 1844, 



1845, and 1846," the fourth " Witham, Walford, bred 1843." 

 Deilephila enphorhiae. — Two fine bred specimens, labelled " Seaman, 



Ipswich. The larvte from Felixstowe, bred 1846." The 

 male is beautifully clouded and is about two thirds of the 

 size of the female, both being extremely handsome specimens. 



Deilephila celerio. — A fairly good specimen, but with damaged wing 

 tips, labelled " Great Baddow, Essex, April, 1846; " evidently 

 an early immigrant. 



Choerocampa elpenor. — 5. Two of them being fine, and labelled 

 " Ipswich, Seaman, bred 1846," and three unlabelled, 

 evidently caught. 



Choerocampa porcellus. — 1. Labelled " Noye 1846." 



Macrofflossa stellatarnm. — Eight specimens, five from Chelmsford, 

 one " A.G., 1844," one " Copeland 1844," the other three 

 " Chelmsford, 1846," two at the end of October in that year 

 and the other bred in September of the same year. Of the 

 remainder one is "Southend 1843" and another" Dover, 

 August, 1846, A.G." 



Sesia bombijliformis. — (Broad-bordered Bee). Four, all from Seaman, 

 Ipswich, 1846. Two of them bred. 



Sesia fucifnrniis. — (Narrow-bordered Bee). 3 from Seaman, Ipswich, 



1846, two being bred. Of the three specimens, two are in a 

 deplorable state having been anointed with some liquid 

 chemical, which has quite spoilt them, but they are evidently 

 the species we now call titj/us, and I think Suffolk entomo- 

 logists will be greatly interested to hear that they were bred 

 in the neighbourhood of Ipswich something like three- 

 quarters of a century ago. 



Sphecia crabroniformis. — (Lunar hornet). Bembiciformis, Cur. Haw. 

 Cat. 8 specimens, all suffering from chemical treatment. 



