water, Congleton, Cambridge, Dublin, Tinahely, Frome, 

 Brighton, Swansea, Dorchester, Herne Bay, Gillingharn, 

 Lyndhurst, Hammersmith, Dunkirk, Camberwell, Black- 

 heath, Mortlake, Tooting, Faversham, Tonbridge, Hythe, 

 Maidstone, Dartford, Ashford, Kingston, Arundel, Bat- 

 tle, Newhaven, Ticehurst, Balgreen, Duddingston, Fal- 

 mouth, Norwich, Sudbury, Aylsham, Yarmouth, Ipswich, 

 Chelmsford, Colchester, Ely, Nottingham, Crediton, Hyde, 

 Chipping Norton, Uppingham, Sidmftuth, Land's End, 

 Barnstaple, Weston-super-Mare, Worcester, Southport, 

 Driffield, Hull, Clonmel, Yarm, Deal, Brantingham, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, Halifax, Wakefield,Wallington Castle 

 and Norham Vicarage in Northumberland, also at Alloa, 

 Edinburgh, Gosport, Darlington, Bristol, Penzance, Caith- 

 ness, Stowmarket, Exeter, Winchester, Lewes, Lower 

 Guiting, Burton-on-Trent, Blandford, Hackney, Halton, 

 Kingsbury, Manchester, Epping, Plymouth, Truro, Glas- 

 gow, Leicester, Huddersfield, Worthing, Preston, Teign- 

 mouth, &c., &c. 



The situations where it is found are chiefly in gardens, 

 hovering on the blossoms of the phlox, petunia, carnation, 

 marvel of Peru, &c. 



The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 

 from the early part of August to September. August 10, 

 12, 15, 22, 24, 26, 31. It has been taken as early as the 

 8th. of June, September 2, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19/22. 



The caterpillar varies in colour from green to brown, with 

 black dots surrounded with white, and with seven oblique 

 streaks on the sides. 



The date of its appearance is July. 



Itfeeds on the lesser convolvulus or bind-weed ( Convol- 

 vulus minor}, wild balsam (Impatiens noli-me-tangere), 

 &c. 



This fine insect was remai'kably abundant in the years 

 1846 and 1859, and several hundred specimens are on record 

 as having been taken in various parts of the country. I 

 myself took six in the former year, in the garden of Naffer- 

 ton Vicarage, my then residence, and saw others. On one 

 occasion I had one in the net, while two others were hovering 

 on the plant on which I had taken it. 



