16 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Papilio machaon larva at Eastbourne. — Last October I had a 

 larva of P. macliaon brought to me. It was found in a garden in this 

 town, feeding on carrot. — J. T. Dewey ; 79, Hurst Road, Eastbourne. 



Papilio maackii at Eastbourne. — A strange Papilio, which, I 

 thinlf, is maackii, flew into a house in this town. This was in 

 October last, and possibly the specimen may have escaped from 

 someone who had reared the species. — J. T. Dewey ; Eastbourne. 



LARV.E OF Papilio bianor in East Hants. — In the early part of 

 July last the head gardener at " Easton," Liss, informed me that he 

 had seen " a large, blackish butterfly with red spots on it " ovi- 

 positing on a bush of Choisia ternata on or about June 23rd. He 

 added that it was much larger than any butterfly he had seen before, 

 and that he was sure it was not an English species. It oviposited 

 several times, flew away, and a few minutes later returned and again 

 visited the same bush, each time making its way well into the lower 

 part of the bush near the ground. I visited the spot on July 13th, 

 and after much searching found one larva rather less than hal f an 

 inch in length. It was vesting on the upper side of a leaf, and very 

 closely resembled bird's excrement. I had a further search on July 

 17th, and succeeded in finding one more larva of about the same size. 

 I found them quite easy to rear on sprays of Choisia taken from the 

 bush upon which they were found and placed in water. When they 

 reached their last instar I was easily able to identify them from Mr. 

 Cecil Floersheim's excellent description of the larva of /'. bianor 

 ('Entomologist,' vol. xlviii, p. 255). The period of pupation lasted 

 about three weeks, the first, a ^ , emerging on August 28th, and the 

 second, a 9 . on September 9th. The former measures 4^ in. and 

 the latter rather more than 5 in. across the wings, both specimens 

 being quite perfect. I am informed that imagines of P. hianor were 

 liberated last spring in considerable numbers, both from Bagshot 

 (about twenty miles from here) and from Witley (fourteen miles) ; it 

 is therefore most probable that the parent of my larvix^ found her way 

 over here from one or other of these places. I might add that the 

 larvae, throughout their entire growth, were remarkably well pro- 

 tected on G. ternata. — Sydney Whicher ; Shegn Cottage, Liss, Hants. 



Euvanessa antiopa in Hants. — On September 29th, in a wood 

 near Winchfield, Hants, I saw a large number of Pyrameis atalanta 

 feeding on the sap from an oak tree that had been felled a week 

 before. On examining them closely for varieties I detected a fine 

 specimen of Etcvanessa antiopa with them. I had no net, and as it 

 was late in the evening I did not disturb it. I returned the next day 

 with a net, saw the antiopa again, and caught it. It proved to be a 

 fine large female, and only slightly rubbed, edges of wings well 

 marked yellow, with some dark speckles. It is a fine cabinet 

 specimen. My brother-in-law. General Kempster, was with me at 

 the time of capture. I think this is the largest specimen I have 

 seen, so is of interest in that way. — R. W. Eattray (Colonel) ; 68, 

 Dry Hill Park Road, Tonbridge, Kent. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Sussex. — Concerning the appearance of 

 Sphinx co7ivolvuli in England during last September, an officer in 

 the camp on Ashdown Forest, Sussex, showed me a specimen 



