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One (?, old but perfect, " Honble. Miss Lusliington, Sussex" (C. W. D.) ; a (J, in 

 very good order, has two labels in C. W. Dale's handwriting, " Taken at Eastbourne 

 bj a small boy from Bayswater, about 9.30 in the evening circling round a very 

 brilliant light. From the Bayswater Chronicle of Sept. 27th, 1884," and " R. Alfred, 

 Eastbourne, Sept. 24th, 1884, Cat. n. 17—333." One ? , very richly coloured, but 

 slightly rubbed on the thorax and with one antenna missing, the body being not 

 very neatly stuffed with cotton-wool, " From the colleen, of late Dr. Hunter, died 

 1892," at side " Hartlepool " ; and a very fine ? on a modern black pin, " Chsero- 

 campa nerii, captured at Poplar, 20th Sept., 1888." 



C. celerio, L. — Seven examples ; of these a e? , in surprisingly good condition, 

 considering its evident age, is without doubt the first recorded British specimen. 

 Its label, in the same style and handwriting as those on many other insects 

 originally in A. H. Haworth's collection, and presumably written by him, is 

 "Celerio, Bunhill Fields, Fen." Stepliens (111., Haust. I, p. 128) says, "The first 

 recorded specimen of the perfect insect was taken flying in Bunhill-fields burying- 

 ground so long ago as July, 1779 ; and the specimen now exists in a high state of 

 preservation in Mr. Haworth's cabinet, having been purchased by him at the 

 dispersion of that of Mr. Francillon." A rather worn <? , " Taken at St. Leonard's, 

 Sussex, 1866," and another $ , slightly rubbed, "Taken by a woman at Glanvilles 

 Wootton on Sept. 12th, 1885 " (C. W. D.). A very old specimen of the same sex 

 is labelled " Celerio, Brighton, J. G. Children, Esq." A ? in capital order, 

 " Taken by a boy at Teignmouth, 1880, had from Mrs. Vernon Wollaston " 

 (C. W. D.), and another ? , not so good, " Taken by P. C. Lloyd at Bognor, Sussex, 

 August, 1885." 



C. elpenor, L. — A curious (J, in which the usual rose-colour is entirely replaced 

 by olive-brown, " Gl. Wootton, C. W. Dale, bred 1871 " (C. W. D.). 



Sesia asiliformis, W. V.— Seven examples; one c7 , " Ashford, Kent, from 

 Dr. Harper's coll. Briggs coll., 1891" (C. W. D.) ; one ?, " Epping Forest, 

 Mus. M. & M., 1840"; one ?," Hanson's Sale at Puttick, &c., 22 Novr., 1889," 

 and another of the same sex, much damaged by verdigris, " From J. F. Stephens " 

 (C. W. D.), and at side, " Colney Hatch, Middlesex." 



6\ chrysidiformis, Esp., and S. inuscceformis, View. — Good series of both 

 species, from Folkestone and Cornwall respectively. 



S. allantiformisj'Ne'Vfm. — Of this " Clearwing," until very lately so rare in 

 our collections, there are seven specimens. A <J in good order, " Greenhithe, 

 Kent, Meek, 1878, for £4 10s., taken by James Briant" (C. W. D.) ; a <J , " Briggs 

 coll., '96, from Standish cabinet" (C. W. D.). A very nice cJ , "Gl. Wootton, 

 Aug. 23, 1902" (C. W. D.), recorded in Entom., vol. xxxv, p. 286 ; in which note 

 Mr. C. W. Dale withdraws his record (Entom., vol. xxvii, p. 245) of aS. conopifonnis 

 as a British species, this having been introduced on a ? specimen labelled 

 " Brockenhurst, C. Gulliver, July 19, 1894." A very good ?, "J. G. Ross coll., 

 1900"; another ?, " Swanscombe, T. Sivey, 1877, Briggs sale, 1896, for £3" 

 (C. W. D.),and a small example of the same sex,"N. F., Gulliver, 1902" (C. W. D.). 



S. culiciformis, L. — Two orange-banded examples, labelled at side, " v. Thyn- 

 nxformis, ZelL," one of them " From Davis, Dartford " (C. W. D.). 



S. sphegiformis, Schiff. — A good series from Tilgate Forest. 



6\ scoliasformis, Hubn. — Four examples from Rannoch, and four from Llan- 

 gollen ; one of the latter labelled " N. Cooke, July 13, 1862." 



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