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the time of appearance as July and August. — A. Druitt ; Christchurch, 

 October, 1904. 



[Macraria alternata and Acldalia imkaria are not perhaps normally 

 double-brooded in this country, but in favourable summers, such as 

 that experienced this year, a few imagines of these species (and of 

 others), representing a second generation, seem to be developed. — Ed.] 



Deilephila livornica and Sphinx convolvuli in Hampshire. — On 

 May 28th I received a post-card from Major Robertson as follows : 

 " Look out for Livornica on your rhododendrons"; and on the same 

 evening, at 8.t-30, I saw a specimen darting from tree to tree in my 

 garden at Christchurch. On the following evening it appeared at 

 8.20, on the 30th and 31st at 8.30, on June 2nd at 8.45, and on June 

 8rd at 8.20, after which date the specimen was not again seen. The 

 specimen seen was probably the same on each of these six evenings, 

 for I failed to catch it, and more than one specimen was not seen on 

 any evening. It showed a preference for deep-coloured blossoms, and 

 in its flight seemed to hover but the fraction of a second over any one 

 bloom, darting from plant to plant with a rapidity which made its 

 capture impossible. It seemed to be fully aware of my hostile in- 

 tentions, and did not once come within reach of my net. I soaked 

 pieces of sponge in amyl acetate, and placed them in blooms easy of 

 access, but, although the scent was noticeable at some yards distance, 

 livornica took no notice whatever of the bait. It is very possible that 

 this specimen had visited my garden on evenings prior to May 28tli, 

 for specimens had been taken at Bournemouth, six miles from here, on 

 May 22nd. Sphinx convolvtdihas been plentiful in this neighbourhood 

 throughout September and the early part of October, but none of the 

 specimens taken by me can be described as being in grand condition. 

 S. convolvuli can fly fairly briskly, but its flight is slow when com- 

 pared with that of D. livornica. — A. Druitt ; Christchurch, October, 

 1904. 



SiREX juvENcus IN SELKIRKSHIRE. — A good Specimen of this insect 

 was brought to me by a little girl on Sept. 30th. She had found it on 

 the public road near her cottage. S. r/i(jas is not uncommon, several 

 being brought to me every summer, but this is the first S. javencus I 

 can guarantee taken here. It was alive when I received it. — B. 

 Weddell ; Heath Park, Selkirk. 



Late Appearance of Ourapteryx sambucata. — Yesterday my son 

 took a specimen of this moth in the playground of his school in this 

 town. It was somewhat dwarfed, but in perfect condition, and evi- 

 dently freshly emerged. Is not this very late ? — H. Huggins, Jun. ; 

 18, Clarence Place, Gravesend, Oct. 22nd, 1904. 



Notes on Sphingid^ in Wales. — In addition to the Deilephila 

 livornica and Sphinx convolvuli I took this month, and previously 

 reported (ante, p. 265), a fine pupa and pupating larva of N. convolvuU 

 were turned out of the ground by the spade of one of my friends here. 

 The larva unfortunately was badly wounded by the spade, and could 

 not possibly live, while the pupa, though bruised slightly, is vigorous 

 and lively. These insects, found in potato-land where field bindweed 



