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abdomen. These are very distinct in the only one of ray pupae 

 which I can examine without disturbing : having been 

 brought to me in the pupa state, it is now lying on the sur- 

 face of the earth in my cage. It is very lively, but I cannot 

 induce it to squeak without giving it rougher treatment than 

 I should like to use. Nor did the two larvae gratify me by 

 making any noise whatever, although handled and subjected 

 to various unnatural changes of place and receptacle. 1 shall 

 be glad if Mr. Newman or any reader of the 'Entomologist' 

 will kindly answer my inquiries as to the October moths ; 

 and I shall endeavour to verify what has been said by ex- 

 amining any specimens which emerge this autumn. — [Rev.] 

 Fercy Andrews ; Lilleshall, Newport, Salop, August 31. 



[I regret my meaning was obscure ; I intended to convey 

 my opinion that specimens emerging between the 1st and 

 26th of October are, with rare exceptions, barren females, 

 i. e., neither males nor fertile females. — Edward Newman.'] 



216. Acherontia Atropos near Portsea. — I am informed 

 by the potato-growers that the larvse of A. Atropos have been 

 very abundant in the Island of Portsea this year. Unfortu- 

 nately I made inquiries for it rather late. One gardener told 

 me that " them are girt grubs have been a crawlin all over 

 my fields this year." He has since brought me two splendid 

 larvae and four fine pupse, and has promised "lots" more. 

 I hope to obtain enough for myself and some for my friends. 

 — Henry Moncreaff. 



217. Acherontia Atropos at Leominster. — The larvae of 

 this moth have been unusually abundant this autumn : two, 

 which were found at Buckfields, have buried themselves. — 

 Henry Newman ; Leominster, September 5, 1865. 



218. Deilephila Celerio at Brighton. — On the 8th of Sep- 

 tember last I took a good specimen of Deilephila Celerio, 

 which flew in at the window of a room where I was sitting, 

 at two o'clock in the morning. This is the second specimen 

 of this species that I have taken in the last two years. — John 

 N. Winter ; 28, Montpellier Road, Brighton, September 13. 



219. Larv(B of Macroglossa Slellatarum at Devonport. — 

 During the whole course of my entomological pursuits, ex- 

 tending now over a period of twenty years, I never met with 

 the larvae of the above species in any great abundance, from 

 ten to twelve being the average number taken in the season. 



