ZOOLOGY. I 
good sized yellow butterfly, but unfortunately failed to cap- 
ture a specimen, as its flight was very rapid, and it is 
difficult to chase an insect through the cedars and dwarf 
scrub. Mr. Hurdis evidently refers to this unknown rarity 
in the following note :—“ Sept. 23, 1853. A beautiful 
butterfly of a delicate brimstone yellow, tinged with a 
ereenish hue, and fully as large as the sulphur butterfly of 
England, appeared on this day, flittmg with wonderful 
activity about a patch of sweet potatoes in my garden. It 
baffled all my attempts to take it. This is the only instance 
of my meeting with this butterfly, the name of which I am 
unacquainted with. On the 8th and 9th of the following 
month it was seen in the same garden by my son, who 
followed it across the adjoining properties of Mr. Kennedy 
and Lady Burnaby, without being able to capture it. He 
described it as being the colour of ‘mustard,’ rapid in flight, 
and seldom settling.” 
Mr. R. 8. Wood, of Walsingham, informs us that some 
time ago he captured specimens of this butterfly. 
Our list of nocturnal lepidoptera is confined to three 
species, and although we tried the usual method, of going out 
with a lamp at night, and resorting to other expedients, we 
failed to add to our collection. The largest and handsomest 
species known on the Islands is Sphinx cingulata, which is 
not uncommon, frequenting the flowerets of the night- 
blooming shrubs. A shrub of this description, standing 
against the house of Chief Justice Darrell, at Cavendish, 
was a favorite resort of this species. Cats are very fond of 
catching this insect, whether for food or mere pastime we 
cannot say ; however, we never saw one eaten by them. 
The caterpillar of this sphinx grows to a large size, and feeds 
