sot) THE KNTOMOI.OGIST. 



I saw Sphinx convolvuli on the evening of the 2nd of 

 October, but missed catching it.— V. R. Perkins; Wotton- 

 under-Edge, October 25, 1877. 



AcHERONTiA Atropos. — A fine specimen of Acherontia 

 Atropos was captured in this neighbourhood on August 19th, 

 this year. It was brought to me alive. Was not this an 

 unusual time for its appearance? — H. Miller; Ipswich. 



[Tlie appearance of this species seems altogether uncertain. 

 Generally the imagos emerge in the autumn (October), but a 

 very small percentage appears to pass the winter in the pupa 

 state, and is developed early in the following summer (May 

 and June). Probably your specimen was an unusually early 

 example of this year's brood. It is also said that the autumn 

 produced specimens are infertile; and this is doubtless true, 

 as, considering the general food-plant (the potato), it is 

 im]iossible that eggs can be laid in the autumn. I may state 

 that the larva? have been common in Essex this autunni. — 

 E. A. F.] 



Acherontia Atropos and Sphinx convolvuli at Sea. 

 — On the 8th of, October an engineer of one of the Dublin 

 Steam Packet Company's steamers brought me a live 

 Acherontia Atropos, which alighted on a crate of cabbages 

 on deck when twenty-five miles off the Irish coast; and on 

 the 6th of October, last year (1876), Sphinx convolvuli 

 alighted on the same steamer. Both insects are now in my 

 collection. — T. West; 1, St. Leonard's Terrace, Ashfield 

 Street, Liverpool. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Warwickshire. — 1 had the pleasure 

 of receiving a specimen of Sphinx convolvuli, brought to me 

 in fair condition, and taken at Kingswood, Warwickshire, 

 September 20lh, from some children who were playing 

 with it. — G. H. Melson; 68, Newiiall Street, Birmingham, 

 October 6, 1877. 



Chcerocampa celerio at Eastbourne. — A very fair 

 specimen of C celerio was brought me last Tuesday (October 

 30th). It was captured by a gardener auiongst the leaves 

 whilst sweeping a lawn. — \V. E. Parsons; 64, Langley Koad, 

 Eastbourne, Noven)ber 5, 1877. 



Laphygma exigua at Camberwell. — On the 13th of 

 tiiis month I was fortunate enough to secure at sugar, in the 

 garden here, a fine specimen of Lapliyyma exi'jua, which I 



