1 1 [October, 



Oethoperus atomarius, Heer. 



The minute size, convex ovate form, deep sculpture, and usually pale castaneous 

 colour, readily distinguish this species from its congeners. 



It occurs not uncommonly in damp localities, and also in damp cellars in various 

 parts of the kingdom. 



As it seems very probable that the species of this genus, and 

 indeed, of the GorylophidcB in general, are much more numerous than 

 those contained in our present lists, I shall feel much indebted to any 

 entomologist who will send me specimens for determination. 



Gumley : August ^\st, 1885. 



What is the true Chrysophanus Ili.ppothoe of LinncBus 1 — It appears to me that 

 Pastor Wallengren has rather missed the point of my remarks respecting Ch. Hip- 

 pothoe, which were not intended to prove that the Linnean species had been correctly 

 referred by him to the Swedish fauna, but that the description in no respect corres- 

 ponded with Ch. Chryseis, and could not, therefore, have been made upon that 

 , species. 



I consider that I do no wrong to the memory of Linneous when I suggest that 

 a species which had not been taken in Sweden was palmed off upon him as Swedish ; 

 on the contrary, this sort of thing is constantly done in England with (so-called) 

 British species, aiid it shows a beautiful simplicity and innocent faith, in one's 

 fellow creatures to allow oneself to be thus imposed upon : on the other hand, if I: 

 credit Linnaeus with shameful carelessness in his descriptions, I do him a great 

 wrong, and the points which I emphasized in my note upon Ch. Hippothoe are of i 

 so distinctive a character, that I imagined no one could fail to see the importance of 

 them at a glance. I cannot conceive how Pastor Wallengren, who is one of the 

 most observant Lepidopterists living, can possibly consider that the mere introduc- 

 tion of the species into the " Fauna Suecica " is of more importance that the de- 

 scription itself. 



I suppose that nearly a third of the species described by the older authors were 

 recorded as coming from wrong localities ; such errors as " Surinam " for " Sumatra," 

 and " India " for " West Indies," being of too common occurrence. — A. Gr. Butler, 

 British Museum : August 2,dth, 1885. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Regent's Park.— On the morning of Saturday, September 

 5th, I captured a fine female example of Sphinx convolvuli on a paling outside 

 the Zoological Gardens. — Feakk E. Beddaed, Zoological Grardens, Eegent's Park, , 

 London, N.W. : September 8th, 1885. 



Sphinx convolvuli in South Devon. — This seems to be common this year ; 1 

 hear it is abundant over the beds of petunias in South Devon. Are they immigrants 

 or home-bred .P — R. C. R. Jordan, 105, Harbornc Road, Edgbaston : September 

 lUh, 1885. 



