6 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



in the Red Lion Tavern, Westminster: about this there 

 were some amusing lines in 'Punch.' Three are reported in 

 1876: one from Folkestone (Entora. ix. 276), one from Ber- 

 wickshire (E. M. M. xii. 188), and the other from Exeter (Id. 

 xiii. 138). We might have thought that this moth was growing 

 scarce again, had I not. a manuscript note of its frequent 

 occurrence this year, in larval state, in Cheshire. 



Sphinx ConvolviilL — In 1874 we have only two records 

 (Entom. vii.) ; but in 1876 we have no less than one hundred 

 and ninety examples noted: the 'Entomologist' (vol. viii.) 

 has one hundred and seventy-three records, and the ' Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine' (vols, xi., xii.) contains seven- 

 teen records. The larva is described in the 'Entomologist' 

 (vol. viii. p. 273). There are only sixteen records in 1876: 

 eight each, in 'Entomologist' (vol. ix.) and 'Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine' (vol. xiii.). These were taken in every 

 part of Britain and Ireland, from the Orkneys to Land's End. 



♦S". Plnastri. — Is reported from Harwich, by Mr. Higgins, 

 to the Entomological Society (Entom. vii. 46). I have also 

 two manuscript notes: one from the Eastern Counties, where 

 it was bred ; the other from Deal, where it graced a baker's 

 pump \ In both these instances good drawings accompanied 

 the record. Still I hesitate to place this species in our 

 British fauna. 



Deilephila Galii. — Is twice recorded from Norwich, in 

 1875—6 (Id. viii. 198, ix. 258). 



D. Lineata. — Mr. Evan John reports a single capture of 

 this moth from Glamorgan (E. M. M. xii. 44). 



D. Eitphorbne. — Mr. Higgins says this species was taken 

 in 1872, near Harwich (Entom. vii. 46). 



ClioerGcampa Celerio. — Occurred in Sussex in 1875, and 

 again in 1876 (Id. viii. 53, ix. 231); also at Berwick and 

 Edwinstowe (Id. ix. 276). 



C. Nerii. — One captured in a garden in the middle of the 

 town of Lewes, September, 1874 (Id. vii. 290). Taken in a 

 garden at Hemel Hempstead, October, 187G (E. M. M. xiii. 

 138). 



Sesia chrysidiforrnis. — Once noticed only in 1874 (Entom. 

 viii. 81). Our readers must not imagine for that reason it 

 has not occurred. I know considerable numbers are each 

 year bred from larva; found on the South Kent coast. 



