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was far less abundant than last year. I can, however, record 
at least one rarity amongst the Sphingide—a fine specimen of 
Cherocampa celerio, which flew into the bed-room, and was 
captured by Mr. Mortimer Hooper on October Ist. It is now on 
my setting-board. Cidaria procellata was one of the commonest 
Geometers. Seledosema plumaria and Cleora glabraria were 
taken; the latter by Mr.J. Purchase, at Kingly Vale, a short 
distance from the town. This is quite a new locality, I believe, 
for this almost exclusively New Forest species. Sugar has 
attracted but few insects, the best being Cosmia affinis, Agrotis 
puta, A. saucia, Catocala nupta, and Xylina petrificata; these 
were from our gardens.—JosEpH ANDERSON, jun.; Chichester. 
CHG@ROCAMPA CELERIO IN THE Istu oF WicuHtT.—A specimen 
of C. celerio was taken here on October 8th by a small boy, who 
picked it up in the street. Unfortunately when it came to me it 
was in a very battered condition— J. H. Lercu; St. Paul’s 
Vicarage, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Oct. 9, 1880. 
CHGROCAMPA ELPENOR, VAR. OF Larva.—I may add a notice 
of a form of the larva of C. elpenor which is new to myself, 
though possibly not to others. The larva was found at Sundridge, 
in Kent, last autumn (I think in August, 1879), and sent to me. 
It fed up on vine, and changed to a pupa towards the end of the 
month. Description:—Larva light brown; on 5th and 6th 
seoments a velvet-black ocellus, with a kidney-shaped whitish spot 
within the black; on the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th segments 
an oblique lateral stripe of lilac and white, similar to those in 
the larva of S. ligustri, but shorter; horn very short, but not so 
short as in C. porcellus. I had hoped that C. celerio would 
appear, but in August of this year (1880) the pupa having 
suddenly become very dark in colour, and no imago emerging, 
after waiting till I was satisfied that the pupa was dead, I broke 
through the outer skin, and found a perfectly-formed imago of 
C. elpenor, which had died apparently at the very point of 
maturity. I am well aware of the green form of C. elpenor larva, 
but the lilac stripes were quite new to me.—W. O. Hammonp ; 
St. Alban’s Court, near Wingham, October 6, 1880. 
AcuerontTia Arropos.—The larve of this handsome moth 
have occurred in some numbers this season in Essex, especially in 
the neighbourhood of Ilford and Stratford. Among those who 
