230 A CATALOGUE OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OF 



28. Ch^rocampa, Dup. 



1. C. Celerio, Linn. 



Sphinx Celerio. Linn. S. Nat. ii. 800. — Hah. Spliin. 59. — 

 Don. Brit. Ins. vi. 25, pi. 190. — Wood Lid. Ent. t. 4,/ 

 17. Deilephila Celerio, Stepli. Illust. Haiist. i. 128. 

 Chserocampa Celerio, Staint. Man. i. 96. 

 Larva. Huh. Gesch. Spliin. III. Leg. B. a. h. — Don. Brit. 

 Ins. pi. 191. 

 A few specimens only have been captured in the district, and 

 all of them in or about dwelling houses. Mr. Stainton suggests 

 they are attracted thither hj light. One, many years ago, 

 in the late Mr. Crighton's house, in Northumberland Square, 

 North Shields. One at Darlington, in a room. — Mr. Sang. 

 In a room in Gallowgate, Newcastle, in 1846. — Mr. John Han- 

 cock. One at rest between the folds of a dishcloth, hung up 

 to dry outside a house in Bishopwearmouth. — E. Backhouse^ 

 Jun.^ Esq. 



2. C. PoRCELLUS, Linn. 



Sphinx Porcellus, Linn. S. Nat. ii. 801. — Hiih. Spliin. 60. — 



Don. Brit. Ins. iv. 56, pi. 314. — Wood Ind. Ent. t. 4,/. 



19. Deilephila Porcellus, Steph. Ilhist. Haust. i. 131. 



Chserocampa Porcellus, Staint. Man. i. 97. 

 Larva. Huh. Gesch. Spliin. III. Leg. B. h. 1. — Dup. Icon. 



ii. Crepus.pl. 6,f.l. 

 Several years ago, towards the end of July, I met with a 

 number of the larva? of this species, on the sandy links which 

 skirt the Herd Sand, feeding on the Galium veruin which is so 

 abundant there, and from them reared a good many specimens. 

 The day was wet and gloomy, and my capture was made early in 

 the morning. The following day, a fine, bright sunny one, I re- 

 turned in search of more, and could not see one; but, on turning 

 over the sand at the root of the plants, I succeeded in obtaining 

 a few. From this I infer that these larva;, and jH-obably those of 

 the other rarer Sphingidee, are nocturnal feeders, and retire under 

 ground for protection during the day. The dull gloom of the day 

 on which I first met with them had evidently tempted them to 



