18 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
that district feeding on the umbels and flowers of Dauweus Carota. 
Length when at rest about three-quarters of an inch, when crawl- 
ing about an inch. Body stout and cylindrical, the segmental 
divisions well marked; head polished, the lobes globular, and 
there is a plate of the same polished appearance on the second 
segment; the skin has a soft appearance and is sparingly clothed 
with short hairs. Ground colour of the dorsal surface dull dingy 
green; head and plate yellowish green, conspicuously marbled 
with intense black; dorsal stripe dark green, broad except at the 
segmental divisions ; tubercles raised, large and brightly polished, 
intense black encircled with yellow; spiracular region yellow—on 
its upper edge is a row of black tubercles, similar to, but smaller 
than those on the dorsal region; spiracles very small but 
distinct, also black. Ventral surface yellowish white, legs and 
tubercles intense black; prolegs also tipped with black on the 
outside. One larva had the ground colour of the dorsal surface 
purple, the dorsal stripe darker purple, and the black tubercles 
encircled with pinkish; the spiracular region also pinkish.— 
Gro. T. Porrirr; Highroyd House, Huddersfield, November 
7, 1878. 
CaPTURES NEAR Morpretu.—Deilephila livornica: On August 
5th of this year, I received a living specimen of D. livornica from 
Mr. Schofield, Secretary to the Morpeth Mechanics’ Institution 
Field Club. The insect was taken near Hartburn, at rest on a 
fence, about three o’clock in the afternoon on the above date, and 
it appears to have been a considerable time on the wing, for the 
colour is faded and the wings are a little worn. I also got from 
Mr. Schofield on September 17th, a larva of Acherontia Atropos, 
but unfortunately it died. JI heard that several more were 
destroyed in the neighbourhood of Morpeth through the ignorance 
of the people who found them. In 1877 Colias Edusa was 
generally diffused over this neighbourhood, but not abundant; 
the first insect that I saw was on June 4th, and I took a very fine 
Helice on the 7th. All the Edusa that were seen from June 4th 
up to the first week in July were females; no more were seen 
from the first week in July until September 2nd, when male and 
female appeared in about equal numbers, and continued on the 
wing until the second week in October. I have not seen or heard 
of any one who has seen a single specimen of C. Hdusa this year. 
