102 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



down before they were purchased. He, at least, was not a man 

 to kill geese for golden eggs. 



Full-fed larvae have been cut out of the bark at Llangollen in 

 the middle of May, and the moths usually appear on sunny 

 mornings in June. There is reason to believe that the larvae 

 feed for two years. Either some one knows " how to take " 

 scoliiformis, or else they are " commoner on the Continent," for 

 I have seen quite a nice series — for sale — within recent times. 

 Continental clear-wings differ little from their British relations. 



Sesia spliegiformis. — I have seen traces of this moth in 

 Sussex, Staffordshire, Yorkshire, Wales, and Ireland, so that it is 

 doubtless more generally distributed than is supposed. The moths 

 appear in June, and frequent the neighbourhood of alders in 

 woods. 



The larvae feed in the solid wood of the stems of young alder 

 trees and the boles of older trees. To find the larvae or pupae of 

 this species it is best to work young trees of alder that will 

 readily bend over, when, if present, the bark will crack over the 

 orifice of the mine, disclosing the larvae inside. Arranging for 

 their collection by woodcutters in spring was successful in 

 Yorkshire one season, and the sticks found to be bored were 

 placed in a damp box in a sunny situation. A few moths 

 came out, and appeared in due course on the white muslin 

 covering. 



Sesia andreniformis (allantiforinis). — These moths are counted 

 amongst the rarer of British Lepidoptera, though I believe, if 

 properly looked for, they will be more frequentl}'^ found than 

 hitherto. They occur in July, and have been taken chiefly in 

 Kent, but there are notices of their being taken in Hertfordshire 

 and Gloucestershire. On the Continent the moths are found 

 feeding upon flowers of privet, in some places commonly. I 

 saw, but failed to capture, a fine specimen which was crawling 

 over a truss of privet bloom near Gravesend, a couple of j^ears 

 ago ; and T am persuaded that if those flowers were worked for 

 this moth, on bright sunny days, the results would be satisfactory, 

 in localities where the food of the larvae grows. 



I am not aware that the larvae have been taken in this country; 

 they are said to feed upon dogwood {Cornus sanguinea). 



Sesia tipuliformis. — This species may be studied by the 

 collector in the most suburban of localities. One need only go 



