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admitted to our list. Upon the Continent it is a well-known 

 species, and inhabits tlie pine-forests of German}'-, Sweden, &c., 

 and in size and appearance much resembles L.fulvana"{podaua). 

 In Ent. Mo. Mag. viii., p. 272, Mr. C. G. Barrett says that he 

 beat a female specimen of T. piceana from an oak-tree in a wood 

 on tiie borders of Hants. This capture was effected on July lltli, 

 1868, but it was long after that date that he ascertained the 

 insect was not " an extraordinary variety of T. pyrastrana " 

 (podcina) as he supposed it, but T. piceana. Any one with 

 suspicious-looking'specimens in their series of T. podana, should 

 tlierefore subject the same to a critical examination, 

 12, Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, N.W. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &g. 



Anosia PLExippus IN SussEX. — On the 14.th of September, 

 1887, 1 captured a large bro\v'n butterfly. All the wings were of a 

 rich chestnut-brown, with broad blackish brown borders, studded 

 with a double row of white spots ; in expanse they were about six 

 inches. It was flying along the beach at Worthing, and a 

 friend who was with me at the time managed to hit it down with 

 his cap, when I caught it. It was uninjured, and seemed to be 

 freslily emerged. I saw another the next day but was unable to 

 capture it. I was ignorant of its name till a few days ago, when 

 I saw one like it in a museum, and was so enabled to identify 

 them. — F. H. Stewart ; Oaklands, Eccles, Lancashire, Oct. 4. 



Deilephila galii in Lancashire. — On July 22nd last, towards 

 noon, I caught a fine specimen of Z). galii here. It was flying up 

 and down the skylight of a "Fives" Court, trying to find an 

 outlet, appearing much distressed by the hot sun. — B. Augustine 

 Clarke ; Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire, Nov. 10, 1888. 



Deilephila galii in Berks. — On September 10th, I found 

 some caterpillars of Deilephila galii feeding on Clarkia in a 

 garden here. They were then not quite half-grown, and became 

 full-fed on 25th September, when they spun a slight cocoon 

 on the surface of the earth in the breeding-cage, changing to 

 chrysalis. I never heard of its being found so far inland before. — 

 W.Barnes; 2, Brightwell Villas, Southern Hill, Reading, Nov. 5. 



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