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from females captured August 16th and 18th, and September 

 2nd. The female captured on the latter date lived until 

 September 26th. — A. .1. Windybank; Kingston-on-Thames, 

 October 15, 1877. 



CoLiAs Edusa, Acherontia Airopos, and Sphinx con- 

 voLVULi at Harwich. — This year Colias Edusa has been 

 very abundant here. A considerable number of pupae of 

 Acherontia Airopos have been found here this autumn. 

 When taking up potatoes one man informed me he destroyed 

 nine before he knew what they were. Two specimens of 

 Sphinx coNVolvuli were captured here on September 3rd and 

 7th. — F. Kkrry; Harwich, September, 1877. 



AcHKRONTiA Atropos. — This species has appeared in this 

 locality (Norwich) in the larva slate in sufficient numbers to 

 be worthy of note. I have, as well as many of my friends, 

 obtained several larva3 and pupae, one of which made its 

 appearance on the 30th of September, but was unfortunately 

 a cripple, the wings not being developed. I am anxiously 

 awaiting the emergence of the others. — Robert Laddiman ; 

 Upper Hellesdon, Norwich, October 19, 1877. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Putney. — A specimen of this 

 insect was captured by a friend of mine, at Putney, 

 September 5th. — Arthur J. Rose; Mutlah Lodge, College 

 Avenue, Hackney. 



Deilephila livornica. — I was staying at Shanklin in the 

 early part of August, and happening to go into a jeweller's 

 shop there, kept by a Mr. Billings, saw a specimen of 

 D. livornica, which had been brought alive to him by a 

 little girl a day or two before. He kindly gave it to me; 

 but unfortunately it had been set with a common pin, and 

 was minus the antennae. On getting it home I relaxed and 

 re-set it ; and with the exception of these defects it is a good 

 specimen. — John Logan Shadwell; Malvern House, Thicket 

 Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey» 



DiCRANURA BICUSPIS AND ACRONYCTA ALNI IN STAFFORD- 

 SHIRE. — On June 13th last 1 had the good fortune to find a 

 fine male Dicranura hicuspis on one of a row of alder trees, 

 about three miles from this place. It was close to its cocoon, 

 from which it had evidently emerged tliat afternoon. About 

 five years ago we took one in exactly the same manner on 

 another tree in the same row, not more than three or four 

 yards away. It struck me at the time that I would, later in 



