92 [September, 



I have also taken 15 Cam^togra/mma fluviata, 2 fine cream-coloured varieties of 

 G. 'pa/pilionaria, and some other fair things, T. retusa among them. — John T. D. 

 Llewelyn, Ynisygerwn, Neath, August, 1867. 



P.S. — I have the pleasure to announce the captnre of another specimen of 

 Sterrha sacra/ria. It came to light here on Aug. 15th, and was found resting with 

 the wings arched, after the manner of Cilix spinula. She has since laid a batch of 

 ova.— J. T. D. L., Aug. 16th, 1867. 



Note on Bedellla somnulentella. — The larva of this little uncertainty is about 

 again this season. On the 28th of last month, when passing through Stroud Green, 

 Norwood, I picked a leaf of Convolvulus arvensis growing in a cottager's garden, 

 containing four larvae ; a week later they all entered the pupa state. Yesterday, 

 being in the same locality, I noticed the larvae somewhat common on plants growing 

 in the hedge-rows. — Chas. Healy, 74, Napier Street, Hoxton, 12th August, 1867. 



nxtxixl InforntEtion. 



Meetings of the Entomological Society. — The meetings for the Session 1867-8 

 are fixed for the following Mondays, at 7 p.m. : — Nov. 4th, 18th ; Dec. 2nd ; Jan. 

 6th, 27th (Anniversary) ; Feb. 3rd, 17th ; March 2nd, 16th ; April 6th ; May 4th ; 

 June 1st ; July 6th. 



Introduction of Bomhyx Cynthia into Australia. — We read in a colonial news- 

 paper that the Ailanthus silk-worm has been successfully introduced into our 

 southern jDossessions, where, under the influence of a favourable climate, its culti- 

 vation will probably one day form an important branch of industry. 



Collection from the Upper Amazons. — A large collection of insects (Lepidoptera 

 and Coleoptera) has been received in London from the veteran South American 

 collector, Mr. John Hauxwell ; together with a fine series of birds and some reptiles. 

 The locality in which the collection was made is Pebas, on the northern bank of 

 the Upper Amazons, in Peru, and interesting as being situated on a prolongation 

 of the mainland of Equador, east of the River Napo, into the alluvial plains of the 

 Amazons. As a result of this geographical position, several species hitherto known 

 only from the eastern slopes of the Andes, are contained in the collection, including 

 one species of humming-bird. There is a large amount of novelty, however, among 

 the insects, shewing the richness of the locality. Among the Diurnal Lepidoptera 

 are two or three fine new species of Papilio, a superb addition to the splendid genus 

 Callithea, three species of Pandora (one of them new), besides the rare Batesia 

 hypochlora (F elder) allied to Pandora, and a fine series of Ageronioe ; these three 

 genera form a tolerably well-defined group of Nymphalidce, and Pebas seems to be 

 their head-quarters. Mr. Hauxwell was previously known only as an ornithological 

 collector ; it is to be hoped that he may continue his labours in all branches, and 

 explore, for the benefit of science, the region of the Napo, one of the richest districts 

 in tropical America. 



