148 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Short duration of Smerinthus Populi in the jmpa state. — ■ 

 An occurrence similar to that noted by Mr. Mathews (Entoni. 

 iv. 133) has happened amongst my piipas of ihe above-named 

 insect this summer. About the end of July I took six larvae, 

 which all became pupae within a day or two of each other. 

 About the middle of August I was surprised to find a perfect 

 insect had emerged. The other five are still in the pupa 

 state. — [Rev.) P. H. Jennings ; Longjield Rectory, Gravesend, 

 September 14, 1868. 



Beautiful Variety of Smerinthus Populi. — I have bred a 

 variety of Smerinthus Populi of a reddish brown colour, 

 striped with amber. The spots in the centre of the upper 

 wing are pale amber instead of white. The under part of the 

 bod}' is green, resembling a poplar leaf; and under side of the 

 wings tinged with a dull gold. — R. W. Ranson ; Albert Col- 

 lege, Framlingham. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Aylesbury and Salisbury. — Mr, J, J. 

 Goodall states, in the ' Field,' that Sphinx Convolvuli has 

 been more abundant than usual this year : he has frequently 

 seen, at one point of view, more than a score skimming over 

 a bed of common garden valerian : while the moths were 

 busy on the wing, the caterpillars of the same species, full 

 three inches and a half long and two and a half in girth, were 

 feeding on the leaves below. ]\Ir, F. R. INl. Ratcliffe, in the 

 same paper, records the capture of a specimen at Little 

 Darnford, Salisbury. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Gravesend. — Sphinx Convolvuli has 

 been common enough, in some cases causing great alarm by 

 flying into sitting-rooms, attracted by the light. The extreme 

 ignorance of the country folks on such subjects is surprising: 

 1 have had S. Convolvuli brought to me as a " locust," 

 a "death fly," and a "mosquito;" and last night I was sent 

 for to see a " chamelion " a lady had found in her breakfast- 

 room, which was, as I had guessed, a specimen of S. Con- 

 volvuli. It has, 1 see, been common everywhere, and there- 

 fore scarcely worth especial notice. — D. T. Button ; Gravesend, 

 September 15, 1808. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Sproughton. — 1 have taken Sphinx 

 Convolvuli at Sproughton : I found the specimen on a wall 

 in the garden. — li. IV. Ranson. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Painswick. ~0u the 18th of August 



