270 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Deilephila galti in Devon. — Mr. Bontnall|(E. M. M., Sept., p. 212) 

 records ihe capture of a larva of this species at Starcross, on Aug. 7th last. 



Chcerocampa celerio in Cambkidge. — A female example of this 

 species was taken in the town on the 4th, and given to me on the 6th Sept. 

 As it had passed the intervening time in a match-box, it was considerably 

 damaged. — J. C. Rickard. 



Sphinx convolvuli in London. — In Piccadilly, on the night of Sept. 

 14th, quite an interested crowd gathered to witness the capture of a single 

 specimen of this moth. When taken it bore unmistakable evidence of 

 having been handled roughly. It may possibly have been conveyed to this 

 district by some vegetable cart ; being attracted by light, it fell a victim to 

 Mr. W. Henry Barton. The last captures of this insect were in 1887, 

 when two fine specimens were taken, at rest, on a fence at Hammersmith 

 Bridge, but were, I believe, not then notified. — H. W. Bell-Marley ; 

 Kavenscourt Park. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Wiltshire. — Yesterday (Aug. 31st) a fine 

 specimen of Sphinx convolvuli was brought to us by a neighbour, who had 

 found it at rest on his house-door, probably attracted by the flowers in the 

 garden.— Cecil M. Gummeb; Swayne's Close, Salisbury, Sept. 1st, 1897. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Suffolk. — On Aug. 19th I had a specimen 

 of S. convolvuli brought to me which had been found clinging to the wall 

 of a house here. — Edward Ransom ; Sudbury, Suffolk, September, 1897. 



Sphinx convolvuli. —On Friday, Sept. 3rd, two fine specimens of S. 

 convolvuli were observed in the garden here. They were flying, about 7.30 

 p.m., over a bed of tobacco plant {Nicotiana affinis). — M. Alderson ; Park 

 House, Worksop, Notts. 



Sphinx convolvuli in the Isles of Scilly. — While staying in the 

 Isles of Scilly during the month of August and the first few days of 

 September, my friend Mr. Whiffeu and myself took seventeen specimens 

 of IS. convolvuli in rather worn condition, hovering over flowers. — B. W. 

 Adkin ; Brandon House, Morden Hill, Levvisham, S.E., September, 1897. 



Note on Stauropus fagi. — 1 have a nice lot of larviB of S.Jagi from 

 ova deposited on Aug. 5tb. These commenced to hatch on Aug. 13th, and 

 were only eight days in the egg state. The spring brood were sixteen 

 days in the egg stage. — W. E. Butler; Hayling House, Reading, Sept. 

 11th, 1897. 



Larva of Eupithecia pumilata feeding on Holly Flowers. — 

 When at Oxshott, on Whit Monday last, I obtained, among holly flowers, a 

 few larvse of a species of Eupithecia which I did not recognize at the time, 

 but on June 26th and three following days they produced specimens 

 of E. pumilata. I know that the larva of this species will feed on the 

 blossom of many kinds of plants, but I do not remember to have seen any 

 record of its having been found on the flowers of this shrub. — Richard 

 South ; lOU, Ritherdon Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 



Note on Acidalia inornata. — On July 6th last I captured a female 

 A. inornata at Oxshott, and she deposited about forty eggs. The larvie 



