342 THE KNTOMOLOGIST. 



301. Choerocampa Celerio af SoutJiftea. — Mr. Horn re- 

 cords, in the 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' the captnre 

 of a specimen at Sonthsea on the 26th of September. 



302. Chatrocampa Celerio near York. — Mr. Kington re- 

 cords, in the ' Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,' the captnre 

 of a specimen near Brongh, East York, on September 29th. 



303. Macroylossa SleUaiarum in Piccadilly. — Whilst 

 coming from Brompton to-day on an omnibus I remarked in 

 Piccadilly, near Marlborough House, a largish insect flying 

 in the same direction that I was going, and frequently 

 alighting on the passers-bj' : on watching it carefully when 

 settled 1 found it to be a specimen of Macroglossa Stella- 

 tarum. — SlepJien P. SmitJi ; 30, Duke Street, Lirtcolns Inn 

 Fields, Novemher 3, 1805. 



304. Abundance of Macrnglossa Stellatarum. — I scarcely 

 remember a season when this insect has been so common 

 as during the past summer. Frequently I have seen two or 

 three in one evening hovering over the verbenas, and have 

 in two instances captured theui with my hands ; it requires, 

 however, great caution and quickness to do this. Spending 

 a few days in Guernsey in July, I was astounded by the 

 swarms of this insect : they have a curious habit of settling 

 on the walls and clitfs by the wayside : on one gravelly hill- 

 side I saw fully thirty specimens in about five minutes. — 

 G. Norman ; Hull, October 1, 1865. 



[I think I must close the records of this insect's occur- 

 rence, and return those now unpublished with very sincere 

 thanks. — E. Newman.] 



305. Larva of Liparis ChrysorrJtcea feeding on a Black- 

 berry. — While out insect-hunting I observed a larva of Li- 

 paris Chrysorrhoea on a ripe blackberry. At the first glance 

 I took it to be crawling over the fruit in search of food, but 

 on a closer examination I saw that it was feeding on the 

 blackberry itself, which it seemed to enjoy, as more than one- 

 half of the luscious berry was gnawed away by this gor- 

 mandiser in less than three minutes. I shall be glad to hear, 

 through the medium of the ' Entomologist,' if any of your 

 readers have witnessed a like instance. — F. Ji ilkinson ; 

 Stamp Office, Market Harborony/t, October 11, 1865. 



306. Sterr/ia Sacraria in the Ide of Wight. — A specimen 

 of Sterrha Sacraria has been taken in the east of the Island, 



