316 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Yellow Specimen of Pieris Rapce. — Yesterday, the 18th 

 of January, a common white butterfly (Pieris Rapae) was 

 brought me, which had apparently only just emerged from 

 its pupa. To-day its wings are full grown, and the butterfly 

 is the most beautiful of its kind that I ever saw, having a 

 deep yellow tinge all over it. Is it not rather a rarity for a 

 butterfly to emerge so early ? It could not have hybernated, 

 because when it was brought me it had only just emerged, 

 and to-day it is full grown. — C. G. Vicary ; Knowles, 

 Newton Abbott, Devon, January 19, 1873. 



[I have seen several such yellow specimens as mentioned, 

 Brit. But. p. 161; but this beautiful variety is far more 

 common in Canada, where the species is naturalised, than in 

 England, where it is strictly indigenous. — E. Newman.] 



Deilephila Livornica at Bournemouth. — A specimen of 

 this rare insect, which now graces my collection, was taken 

 by Mr. Edmund Sandars, of The Cedars, Bournemouth, 

 hovering over some flowers in his garden, in 1871. The 

 specimen, with the exception of being rather eaten by mites, 

 is in good preservation. — G.H.Raynor ; St.Philip^s Vicarage^ 

 Stepney, January 10, 1873. * 



Does M. stellatarnm often Fly at Night ? — I have always 

 supposed that this insect was truly diurnal in its flight, until 

 one evening, about the middle of September, as I was sitting 

 near a bush of honeysuckle, I observed a moth come to one 

 of the blossoms : it was one of the Sphingidae, I could see by 

 its beautiful flight, although it was nearly dark at the time. 

 Having my net I tried to capture it, but failed. I then put 

 myself in such a position that the honeysuckle-blossom hung 

 between me and the sky, and in the increasing darkness 

 I saw several P. Gamma come to the flower, and amongst 

 them the moth I had previously seen : this time it went into 

 my net; and on taking it out 1 was surprised to find it was a 

 Stellatarum in capital condition. It is the first time I ever 

 caught this pretty and interesting species at night; and I 

 consider its capture, at such a time, a great departure from 

 its usual habits. I have seen it in the early twilight, but 

 never before at dark. Its companions at the honeysuckle are 

 well known to be a pest day and night in most places. — G. 

 B. C orb in. 



D. Gain in Berkshire. — The other day I was in Henley, 



