858 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



LyccBna boetica and L. teUcanus are by no means common at Cannes. Both 

 fly on warm smmy days about the beginning of December. In 1885 L. 

 telicanus was to be seen hovering about in the woods, and for a few days 

 there were a great many to be seen ; they all disappeared, however, about 

 a week after their first appearance. There is a second brood later in the 

 year, I believe, but certainly not before July. L. orioii (battus) : one 

 specimen taken on the 13th May, 1884. L. icarinus : occasionally met 

 with ui May. L. corydon : excessively common in Cannes ; rather larger 

 than the northern type, as is also L. adonis. Of the former I have 

 captured one specimen of the rare aberration senii-hrunnea (Mill), on the 

 19th May. L. dorylas : three males on the 1st of June, 1886, inland, in 

 a torrent-bed in the same locality as L. sebrus. L. minima (one specimen) 

 and L. semi-argus. L. melanops: common wherever Donjcinum suffructi- 

 cosum, its food-plant, grows. Nemeobius lucina and Libythea celtis are 

 both blanks on the Cannes list. My Charaxes jasius have generally 

 emerged during the second week of June, so that the first half of May is 

 unusually early, even for bred specimens. Apatura ilia ah. dytie, I have 

 never seen at Cannes. Vanessa egea occurred more frequently this year 

 than usually. It is very common at Meutone in March. I have found 

 larvae of F. urticcB in abundance, both on nettle and hop. They did not 

 reach the perfect state till late in the season. Melanargia galatea var. 

 procida : local, and a little later than s)/?iu(s. Argynnis dia : very common 

 this year at Cannes. Epinephele pasiphae, I have not met with. Spilo- 

 thyrus althaice and 8. lavatera : rare. SyrichtJnis orbifer I do not think we 

 take, but on the other hand, S. alveus (var. fritillum), is abundant and S. 

 carthami is occasionally met with. Three other skippers are also found, 

 especially on roadsides ; they are Pamphila thaumas and P. lineola, and a 

 third which I take for P. aclceon, though larger than the British type. 

 All the other insects mentioned by Mr. Norris are common to iDoth 

 Cannes and Hyeres. During the summer Satyrus circe, hennione, briseis, 

 statilinus and arethusa, and Epinephele idu, are common. The apollo and 

 many species of Erebia and Polyommatus, are common on the hills, as is 

 also Lycana arion and some others of the genus. A Russian species, L. 

 ccBlestina, was re-discovered some years ago at St. Martin Lantosque, where 

 also the scarce Papilio alexanor is found. Argynnis pales is also found 

 near Cannes. — J. C. Warburg ; 8, Porchester Terrace, W. 



Sphinx convolvuli. — The following notices of the capture this season 

 of Sphinx convolvuli have been received : — 



Middlesex. — I observed recently in the Regent's Park Gardens, a large 

 hawk-moth, — I think S. convolvuli, without doubt, — hovering over plants 

 of scented white tobacco. — W. H. Tuck; 47, Cathcart Road, South 

 Kensington, September, 1889. 



Berkshire. — A very fresh specimen of this insect was brought to me on 

 August 31st, which had been found resting on a garden railing in Reading. 

 Two years ago the moth appeared somewhat plentifully in the neighbour- 

 hood. — (Rev.) J. E. Tarbat ; Whitley, Reading. 



Hants. — I have in ray possession a large female specimen of this 

 insect, which was found at rest by day on Sept. 10th ; it is in fine con- 

 dition and seems of a darker colour than usual. — J. M. Adye ; Somerford 

 Grange, Christchurch, September 17. 



Oxfordshire. — On August ^6th last, at 8 p.m., I took, hovering over 

 scented tobacco plants, a specimen of 5. convolvuli. — H. T. Bliss; 

 Chipping Norton, Oxon. 



