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myself to the Editor in 1853, when 1 was at Halt-on, Bucks. The fourth on the 

 List is " P. Acis, scarce, two, end of June." There is no gear mentioned, and the 

 month is June not July. Where Mr. Dale got his dates I know not; but it is 

 sufficient evidence of their being wrong that I did not go to Guiting till October, 

 1819. The two Acis were taken June, 1850. " 1 was younger then," and knew 

 little or nothing about "rarities," &c, but now 1 know that L was fortunate enough, 

 during the two summers of 1850-1, to capture eight Acis and eight Ariun, both 

 now in my comparatively small collection. I should like to take this opportunity 

 of correcting two or three mistakes (owing to my ignorance) in my list. (1) N. 

 tritophus = zic-zac ; (2) Chaonia larva 1 on oak not hazel ; (3) 11. satura, of course 

 adusta. — J. Greene, Rosti-evor, Clifton, Bristol : April 4-th, 19U2. 



The pupa of Sphinx convolvuli in England. — All Lepidouterists are aware of 

 the unusual numbers of this insect last year, not only of the imago, but also of the 

 larva, and occasionally the pupa ; it is of this last that I write a few lines. In 

 last year's " Entomologist," p. 295, appears a communication headed " Sphinx con- 

 volvuli pupa." I quote the following few lines from it : — " I have recently received 

 a very fine living pupa of S. convolvuli, which was found by a person employed 

 digging potatoes on the Sussex coast, on September 4th. This is the first living 

 specimen I have seen found in this county. In searching through the ' Entomolo- 

 gist,' vol. i, to present date, I find only two pupas are recorded as having been 

 found, one on October 18th, 1876, and one October 31st, 1881.— F. W. Frohawk, 

 September, 1901." Mr. Frohawk is right as to the " Entomologist," but if he will 

 refer to the already quoted vol. x of the "Zoologist," p. 3334, he will find under 

 the heading " Search for Pupaj," " Sphinx convolvuli, &c." — Joseph Greene, Lower 

 Guiting, November 13th, 1851. The pupa produced a very fine specimen, and is 

 now in my collection. I have always thought that this was the first pupa ever 

 taken in this country. — Id. 



Anosia 1'lexippus (Llanais Archippus) in the Isle of Wight in 1896. — I cannot 

 find any later record of Danais Archippus having been seen in England than that of 

 October, 2nd, 1890, at Eastbourne, mentioned in " British Lepidoptera " by Mr. 

 C. G. Barrett. It may be of interest to your readers to know that in August, 1896, 

 my son and I saw a fine specimen of this insect on a bramble thicket quite 

 close to the Newchurch Station of the Isle of Wight Central Railway. Unfortu- 

 nately we were unable to capture it. There was, however, no question as to its 

 identity. — II. W. S. Worsley-Benison, 45, Woodberry Grove, Finsbury Park, N. : 

 March 10th, 1902. 



Phlogophora meticulosa, L., in December. — In volume ix, second series, of this 

 Magazine, page 66, Mr. Eustace R. Bankes records the capture of a male of this 

 species on December 18th, 1897. It may therefore be of interest to mention that I 

 took a specimen, also a male, at rest on the wall of a roadside cottage here on 

 December 9th last, during wintry weather. The moth is slightly faded, but other- 

 wise is in good condition. — A. E. J. Carter, 82, West Holmes Gardens, Mussel- 

 burgh, N. B. : April 3rd, 1902. 



