136 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
CAPTURES AT SALLOW-BLOOM AT CHRISTCHURCH, &c.—The 
following is a list of my captures this year at sallow, during a 
fortnight’s stay in this neighbourhood from the first week in 
April :—Calocampa exoleta, Xylina ornithopus (rhizolitha), Xylo- 
campa areola (lithoriza), Pachnobia rubricosa, Teniocampa munda, 
T. gracilis, T. pulverulenta (cruda), the three commoner species 
of Teniocampa being in great abundance; at dusk and light, 
Anticlea nigrofasciaria (derivata), Cidaria suffumata, Hybernia 
marginaria (progemmaria), and Anisopteryx escularia.—J. M. 
ApyE; Somerford Grange, Christchurch, April 17, 1886. 
ABNORMAL PAIRING BETWEEN LEprmpopTERA.—Amongst the 
numerous hybrids that has ever been possible to obtain, I am 
almost certain that never a case such as I here mention has 
previously occurred. All entomologists are well acquainted with 
the Sphinx ligustri, while perhaps it is not the same case with 
the Attacus cecropia of North America. From the 17th till 19th 
of February, this year, I had several S. ligustri emerge ; amongst 
them was one female. They refused to pair, although kept in a 
warm room. ‘These, however, lived for a long time, very seldom 
flying or even moving from their place. On the 22nd of March 
my A. cecropia moths began to emerge, the first being a male. In 
the cage where this male had emerged was still the female 
S. ligustri. The next morning, about 10.50, I noticed the male 
A. cecropia flying towards the female S. ligustri, and finally, after 
some efforts, paired. This, I thought, was such an extraordinary 
pairing that I immediately sent for a neighbour of mine, who also 
studies Entomology, to show him and witness the pairing, in order 
that my statement should not be doubted. The female laid half 
of her eggs one day after the pairing, and died. The eggs were 
half empty and partly dried. This I attribute to the female being 
too old. The pairing lasted eleven hours and a half, and had the 
female been a fresh specimen I believe the eggs would have been 
fertile —J. A. WENIGER; 11, Cambridge Terrace, Gerrard Street, 
Islington, N., April, 1886. 
Lost Leriorrera.—Why should Tapinostola extrema (con- 
color) be as good as lost as a British insect, for one now never 
hears of its capture? It was once before “lost” when a man 
who used to take it retired, for the good of his country, for some 
time; but no sooner did he return to his liberty than “ concolor” 
