'50 THE entomologist's record. 



June and lays eggs before the end of the month ; these are soon hatched 

 and begin feeding on dock, plantain and several grasses, and are full-fed 

 the first week in August, and turn to perfect moths about the end of 

 the month." Both my broods are hybernating. — Gr. B. Koutledge, 

 50, Eussell Square, W.C. 



Habits of Parnassius apollo. — It is strange to find P. apollo at 

 the side of the water, at sea-level, when one has met with it before only 

 at Alpine heights ; but at Sweden I found it commonly in such positions 

 flying about the hard Sedmi-co\QveA granite rocks which sloped down 

 to the almost fresh, saltless sea water of Stockholm's Skiirgarden. The 

 Alpine gentians, however, which were to be met with in the same 

 localities as apollo frequently in Switzerland, did not grow in S. 

 Sweden. — J. C. Warburg. October 3rd, 1892. 



Habits of Sphinx convolvuli. — I hope Capt. Eobertson will settle 

 the question of how Sphinx convolvuli passes the winter, and that he 

 will get ova. I have never ventured to keep a female. I took two 

 here this year, a worn one on August 30th, and one that was as fresh 

 as an insect could be on September 27th, I watched my tobacco 

 plants all through September and only those two came, but two more 

 were taken by my boys, one on Sejitember 30th. One point with regard 

 to collecting them is worthy of notice. They are much shyer than 

 people imagine. On August 30th, I began to wait about rather before 

 the time, and I saw my friend by accident, coming, after about a 

 quarter of an hour's wait ; he also saw me and my net and off he went. 

 I took warning and retired out of sight under a big tree, and after fully 

 ten minutes he returned and flew round and above the bed three or 

 four times to make sure the coast was clear before he began feeding. 

 Then he didn't care and let me approach. He went round the bed 

 once and let me follow him cautiously, but made no effort to leave his 

 sujjper. And then I remembered plainly that the only two I took last 

 year were on evenings when I got l)ack rather late and found them 

 already feeding. All this may be fancy, but I should be glad to hear 

 what other captors of the insect have to say. I have a certain amount 

 of the large white wild convolvulus in my shrubbery, and have searched 

 it at times and found no traces of larvfe. Does anyone know the habits 

 of the species ? It looks very much as if it hybernated in the imago. 

 Certainly a larva3 of an insect fresh on September 30th, could not feed 

 up before winter like the others of the genus. Nor can I think that 

 my very fresh specimen had migrated. — G. M. A. Hewett. Winchester. 

 Ch(erocampa celerio at Nottingham. — A sj^ecimen of this moth 

 was captured on 12th October last by Mr. A. Pike, and exhibited at 

 the last meeting of the Nottingham Entomological Society. — W. Ferris, 

 Nottingham. 



Camptogramma fluviata. — Noticing the rarity of Camptogramma 

 Huviata referred to {Ent. Bee, iii., p. 281) the capture of a single speci- 

 men (male) by myself, at a gas-lamp in Clifton, on the 27th of May 

 last, may be of interest. From his description of the insect, I believe, 

 that Mr. Chas. Bartlett met with one on the same night, also at light. 

 K. M. Pkideaux, Ashtead, Surrey. January 8th, 1893. 



Capture of Ch.^rocampa celerio, — I may mention that in Septem- 

 ber, 1885, my wife took a specimen of this species in fine condition near 

 .Polegate, Sussex, while hovering over a bed of petunias, round which 

 at the same time five or six Sphinx convolvuli were flying. — Douglas H, 

 Pearson, The College, Chilwell, Notts. January ISth, 1893. 



