RARE BRITISH SPECIES CAPTURED IX 1860. Oo 



At the ensuing Meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 -London, Mr. Dunning read a letter from C. Maurice E.q 

 m which the writer asserted positively that the S. Pinastri 

 in question was caught by him at Romsey. A letter was 

 also read from S. H. Maurice, Esq., the brother who had 

 visited Switzerland; in this letter the writer stated, that he 

 felt certain the Sphinx in question was not one of his Swi«s 

 captures, but was caught by his brother at Romsey after his 

 return from Switzerland. 



l\o specimens of the insect haye occurred this year in the 

 same locality-but what could we expect considering the 

 season ! •" 



Beilephila LiTOR.vrcA ; about twenty specimens of this 

 .nsect have been recorded as occurring in the month of JI=y 

 ast : v^z one specimen taken at Brighton, May 12th fZoo- 

 log,st 70o9 and 7107); one specimen caught near E eter, 

 May 13tl., set out by the Rev. J. Hellins, and belonging to 



I Z Hr T ^^- °^ ^""^ '-■^)' "^-^ specimen: taken 

 on the 1.3th May by Mr. Stewart at Torquay.ho.ering over 

 the flowers of the wh.te narcissus (Int. viii. p. 51) ; on the 

 even,ngof May 14th a specimen was taken at Torquay ^ 

 .he son of Mr George King (Int. viii. p. 58) ; the following 

 morn,„g the 15th, Mr. Swaysland took one in his garden" 

 just outs, e the town of Brighton (Zoologist, 70I9 and' 

 7107), and the same evening Mr. George King took another 

 specimen at Torquay (Int. viii. p. .58); on the 17th another 

 specimen occurred at Brighton (Zoologist, 7107); on the 

 19thaspec.men was captured at St. Leonard's-on-Sea (Int 

 vm. p. 67) ; on the 20th a worn specimen was found asleep 

 m a garden at Lewisham (Int. viii. p. .58), and one very much 

 worn was taken hovering over flowers on the downs,' Fresh- 

 water, sle of Wight (Zoologist, 7107) ; the followi;.! d", 

 the 21st, a specimen was beaten out of an " Arbor-vite" "at 



