THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 545 



Vanessa Antiopa in Kent. — While walking on the banks 

 of the Med way, about three miles from Tonbridge, on the 

 eastern side of the town, on Saturday, September 27tli, I saw, 

 and nearly succeeded in capturing, a specimen of Vanessa 

 Antiopa. It, however, escaped, I having no net with me at 

 the time ; and as I have not since heard of its capture I take 

 the liberty of writing this. — H. R. Ash ; Jucld House, Ton- 

 bridge, Kent, October 24, 1873. 



Lasiommala Megcera (Entora. vi. 485, 521), — Following 

 Mr. Birchall's suggestion that entomologists should examine 

 the specimens of Megaera in their cabinets, I have looked 

 into mine, and find what I think to be one or two rather 

 singular varieties. One (a female) has a second sraall- 

 pupilled black spot above the large one on the apical angle 

 of the fore wings ; another (a male) has a similar spot, but 

 situated beneath it. I have a third variety (a male), the 

 colour of which is brown, without any fulvous markings, the 

 dark brown band crossing the middle of the fore wings 

 deepening almost into black. I think with Mr. Birchall that 

 the Satyridse are peculiarly liable to variation : two specimens 

 of Tithonus I possess are very dissimilar to the normal type, 

 the fore wings of one being of an uniform tawny colour, 

 without any markings whatever, save the usual bipupilled 

 black spot; of the other, the ordinary bright orange-brown 

 being almost white. — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Ahesford, 

 Hants. 



Sphinx Convolvuli. — In answer to the question, " Does 

 S. Convolvuli pair in the autumn?" — having had a female 

 brought me about September 12th, which has laid a good 

 number of eggs — I may conclude they do. The eggs are 

 very dark brown. Can any of your readers inform me the 

 name of the food-plant which the larvae will eat. — M. Mond ; 

 Leives, October 3, 1873. 



[The food-plant of Sphinx Convolvuli is traditionally the 

 field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) ; practically it has been 

 found twice on Impatiens noli-me-tangere, in the North of 

 England ; and a score or more have occurred feeding on 

 balsams in the garden of the Luxembourg, in Paris. — 

 Ed tear d Newman.] 



Trichiura Oraitegi (Entom. vi. 514). — In reply to Mr. 

 Raynor's query respecting the time when the larva) of this 



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