160 THK ENTOMOLOGIST. 



inhabiting these islands, viz. — a specinoen of Ephyra punc- 

 tata, captured by a lady in her garden, St. Peter-Port, 

 Guernsey ; and one Xaiitliia sikigo, taken at sugar, by the 

 Rev. G. H. Engleheart, in Sark, during September, 1874, 

 and accidentally omitted from my list. Last year I had a 

 splendid specimen of Argynnis LatJionia brought to me. 

 From its condition it had evidently just emerged from the 

 chrysalis. A larva found feeding in the seed-head of an 

 Indian pink turned out to be the common Dianllioecia 

 capsincola. Colias Edusa was very abundant last year all 

 over the islands: in clover and lucerne fields they actually 

 swarmed ; and were as common in gardens as the PieridcB in 

 ordinary seasons. — W. A. Luff; Guernsey. 



AcHERONTiA Atropos IN THE COUNTY CoRK. — A Specimen 

 of tins moth made its appearance, and was captured at 

 Schull, on the evening of June 8lh, at 9.30. It flew into 

 the drawing-room of the house in which it was taken, and 

 attracted attention by the heavy flapping of its wings against 

 the windows. It "cried" frequently while it was being 

 caught, and afterwards. — W. \V. Flemyng ; The Vicarage, 

 Glengariff, co. Cork, June 17, 1878. 



Food of Acherontia Atropos. — On August (ith, 1877, I 

 found a larva of Acherontia Atropos feeding upon the spindle 

 tree {Enonymus Europceus). Is not this of rare occurrence ? 

 — Fred. Knock; 30, Russell Road, N. 



Chcerocamfa celerio at Alderley Edge. — While stand- 

 ing near an azalea tree in full bloom, on May 24th last, I 

 captured a specimen of Cltoerocaiiipa celerio. It is a little 

 rubbed upon its thorax, but is otherwise in good condition. — 

 Wm. W. Keywortu; Alderley Edge, near Manchester, May 

 25, 1878. 



Stauropus fagi. — On the evening of June 5th I had the 

 pleasure of taking a fine male example of this somewhat 

 scarce insect, on the trunk of a fir tree, in Knowle Park, 

 Sevenoaks. It was in beautiful condition, and had apparently 

 never flown. — C. J. Biggs; South Hackney, June 18, 1878. 



ACRONY'CTA alni Brkd. — The larva of Acroiiycta alni, 

 recorded in the ' Entomologist' by me in 1877, produced a 

 perfect specimen on the 27th May this year. — T. H. Taylor ; 

 George Street, Wakefield. 



A Tortrix NE^v to Britain (Pknthina tostkemana) — 

 Last autumn, having nothing else to do, 1 was silting on an 

 old stump looking at the pecidiar jointed stems of the balsam 

 {Impatiens noli-me-tangere) ; i fortunately split one open, 



