78 ■ THE ENTOMaLOCJlST's RECORD. 



The wide separation of Sesia [Hemorrhagia =:Bee-ha,vf\i moths) 

 from Macrofflossa (Humming-bird) is unquestionably correct. The 

 Philampelinae consists practically of the genus Pholm (= Pliilampelus, 

 a name here sunk as a synonym, then why Philaiiipelinae .-). 

 PJioliis would appear to be a derivation of Daplnm (DeilepJnla) hardly 

 entitled to tribal rank. Phikniipelinac seems to us to be related to the 

 Daphnid section of Xephelinw, in much the same way as the geo- 

 graphical subspecies are to each other, as say Celerio lineata is to (J. 

 livornica, so that to separate them as tribes seems at variance with 

 uniting lineata and livornica as one species. 



The remainder of the Choerocampids (Semanophorae) are placed in 

 the Nephdirae, which includes 199 species, rather a sort of dumping 

 ground for the remainder. " The genera of this tribe are in more than 

 one organ either similar to the Semnae or the L'hoerocampinae Very 

 often a genus inclines towards one subfamily in one stage, and towards 

 the other subfamily in another stage. Maeroi/lossian for instance is 

 Sesiid in the imago and larva, but Choerocampid in the pupa. Anipe- 

 lophaga is Choerocampid in the imago and larva, and Sesiid in the 

 chrysalis. The imago of Atewnora is Sesiid in the strong fiat spines, 

 Choerocampid in the large friction scales." 



We approve, rather than otherwise, of merely recognising as sub- 

 species certain allied forms, such, for instance, as the ten subspecies of 

 Celerio enphorhiae, of which four or five at least have been held to be 

 "good" species. We cannot, however, say positively, as we think the 

 Revision does, that this is recognising a fact. In the present state of 

 our knowledge, we think it merely a well-founded opinion. 



In looking over our remarks, it seems to us that we have given 

 adverse comment a full share of our space, and, in one instance, where 

 our opinions are very decided, have indulged in somewhat strong 

 language. This seems, however, necessary if we are to make any 

 effort to deprive opinions, that do not appear to us to deserve it, of the 

 prestige that must attach to them from being advanced in a work that 

 marks not only an advance in the study of the Sphinges, but is a step 

 forward in the systematic treatment of the lepidoptera, and must 

 inevitably command the admiration of all who can appreciate it. 



drOLEOPTERA. 



Tropiphorus obtusus, Boisd. — The known range of this species 

 has been appreciably extended since the publication of Fowler's British 

 Cnleoptera. It was then only known from Dumfries, but subsequent 

 researches seem to be showing that its range is co-extensive with that 

 of many other northern species in these islands. Messrs. Johnson and 

 Halbert record it from four Irish counties— Derry, Armagh, Carlow 

 and Kilkenny- — in their admirable List of the Beetles of Ireland, and I 

 can add a fifth, co. Antrim, as I took it in 1902 in White Park Bay. 

 Mr. Kidson Taylor took one last year at Miller's Dale, in Derbyshire, 

 and I detected it some time ago mixed with T. tomentosus. Marsh., and 

 collected by Messrs. Day and Britten in the Carlisle district. T. obtusus 

 has a duller, more abraded look than T. towentosus, without any 

 metallic reflection on the scales. — B. Tomlin, Chester. Januorj/ dOth, 

 1904. 



NoTKs ON Wi(iTowNSHiKK coLKopTERA. — The foUoM'ing notes are a 



