232 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



July i6th. I cannot find whether it has been caught in Ireland 

 before. Perhaps you could tell me. — George V. Hart; Wood- 

 side, Howth, Co. Dublin, August 8, 1888. 



Chcerocampa celerio in Berks. — On Friday, the 3rd of 

 August, I saw a fine specimen of Chcerocampa celerio, taken in a 

 garden in Reading the day before. I may also mention that the 

 same week, while at Folkestone for my holidays, I saw a specimen 

 of Deilephila galii, taken by Mr. Austin, of Folkestone. — W. E. 

 Butler; 91, Chatham Street, Reading. 



Chcerocampa celerio in Berks. — On the 1st inst. I captured 

 a beautiful and evidently just-hatched specimen of Chcerocampa 

 celerio hanging to the stone mullions of the window. Our local 

 entomologists do not recollect its previous capture in this neigh- 

 bourhood. — George Philbrick ; Carlisle House, Reading, 

 August 8, 1888. 



Smerinthus tili^ abundant. — The larvse of Smerinthus tilice 

 seem very plentiful this season. I have taken twenty-three 

 within five minutes' walk of my residence, one of them was 

 feeding on hazel. Six years ago I found twelve fine pupae in one 

 small bit of garden, but until now I have only met with three or 

 four in a season since. I do not find other larvae so plentiful 

 here. Last year I took two dozen larvae of Va7iessa io, hoping to 

 get some butterflies from them, but they each produced 

 ichneumons. Last month (July) I took about the same number, 

 and only one was ichneumoned. Perhaps the cold, wet season 

 has made all the difference.— F. Milton; 164, Stamford Hill, N., 

 August 23, 1888. 



Assembling of Miana furuncula. — Walking out last 

 Saturday evening my attention was drawn to a quantity of small 

 Nocture, apparently attracted by something on a grassy bank. 

 On closer examination I found a male and female Miana furuncula 

 in copula on the grass, and I should think quite fifty males flying 

 round and over them. I had of course heard of the same kind 

 of thing before, but always understood that the habit was peculiar 

 to the Bombyces, and so thought this worth recording. — William 

 Farren; Cambridge, August 13, 1888. 



The New Forest Zyg^na meliloti. — This insect, which 

 had completely died out in its old locality in the Forest, was 



