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fine specimens of Sphinx ConvoUnli have also been taken in 

 September. — Frederic Enock ; 75, Ryland Road, Birming- 

 ham, October 3, 1868. 



M(icro(jlossa siellalarum in Scotland. — I believe that the 

 occurrence of Macroglossa Stellalanun in Scotland is uncom- 

 mon. About the middle of last month an intelligent neigh- 

 bour of mine captured one in his garden, and kindly brought 

 it to me, as being an insect which he never saw before, and 

 one likely to be welcomed as an addition to my collection, of 

 which it now forms a part. A i'ew days afterwards another 

 of the same species made its appearance in the same garden. 

 — IVm. Cameron ; Balqiiludder, Perthshire, September 24. 



Unusual period of ilie Emergence of Orgy ia pudihunda. — 

 Is it not unusual for O. pudibunda to come out at this time of 

 the year? 1 fed a quantity of the larvse this summer, and to 

 my surprise they are coming out now, in the month of 

 October. — H. Wilkinson. 



[Yes: the larvas occur fidl-fed in August and September. 

 — E. Newman.] 



Rearing of Yama-mai. — Through the kindness of Mr. 

 Gascoyne, I received fifty eggs of the above in March last, 

 which, in spite of all I could do, began to come out in that 

 month ; and as they were oak-feeders, and the oak I was 

 forcing was not ready, I was severely put to it. I tried them 

 with evergreen and other fancy oaks, but they continued to 

 hatch and die. I mentioned my dilemma to my friend Mr. 

 Talbot, of Wakefield, who recommended me to try the apple, 

 which was just bursting into leaf : I did so, and succeeded 

 in rearing two males and one female, and have no doubt, had 

 1 tried it sooner, I should have reared a good many more. 1 

 subsequently got a hundred eggs of Dr.Wallace, of which more 

 than fifty came out, and as my oaks were now in splendid 

 leaf I placed them on it as they hatched, but only to find 

 them hanging loose and dead after the first and second 

 moults. But nil desperandum is my motto, and I intend 

 going in again for Yama-mai next season, and shall feed them 

 npon nothing but the apple tree. — James Ellis; Phurlwill 

 Hall, Bailey, Yorkshire, October 20, 1868. 



Economy of Endromis versicolor in Confinement. — A great 

 deal has already been written on the liabits and trans- 

 formation of this beautiful insect, both at large and in 



