RARE BRITISH SPECIES CAPTURED IN 1859. 139 



Deilephila Euphorbia ; at the October meeting of 

 the Entomological Society of London, Mr. Mitford stated, 

 that he had recently captured a single larva of this insect, in 

 the Isle of Wight. 



Deilephila Galii ; the captures of this in=ect have been 

 too numerous to recapitulate them. (See Int. vi. pp. 123, 131, 

 139, 146, 147, 155, 163, 171, 179, 187 ; Int. vii. pp. 3, 4, 5, 

 13 and 27.) 



Ch.erocampa Celerio; two captures have been re- 

 corded, one at Newark (Int. vii. p. 4), and one at Gains- 

 borough (Int. vii, p. 11). 



Cerura bicuspis ; a specimen of this was reared by 

 Mr. Robert Cook (Int. vi. p. 82) ; a pupa was found near 

 York, in the autumn (Int. vi. p. 171). 



Notodoxta bicolora ; another specimen of this insect 

 was taken near Killarney, by Mr. Bouchard, at the end of 

 June. 



Psyche fusca ; has been bred rather freely by Mr. Mit- 

 ford ; it appears that this insect takes two years to come to 

 perfection ; the larva feeding over two winters, being hatched 

 as it were in August, 1857, and appearing in the imago state 

 in June, 1859. 



At the February meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 London, Mr. Tompkins exhibited three species of Psijchidce 

 hitherto unrecorded as British, viz., P. roboricolella, Bruand, 

 bred June 26th, 1858; P. saUcolella, Bruand, bred June 

 23rd, 1858 ; P. tabulella, Bruand, taken July 24th, 1854, 

 flying about beeches at Mickleham. We do not, however, 

 feel competent at present to point out the distinctive charac- 

 ters of these species (see Zoologist, 1859, p. 6464). 



Acroxycta Alni; several specimens, have occurred, 

 singly as usual (see Int. vi. pp. 82, 107, 147 and 163). 



