INSECTS 



and elsewhere in the metropolitan district. The Death's Head Hawk 

 Moth (Acherontia atropos, L.) is not uncommon throughout the county, 

 especially in the larval state. It is more frequently met with in the 

 chalk districts than on the clay or sands. The Convolvulus Hawk 

 Moth (Sphinx cotrvo/vu/i, L.) is not uncommon in some years. Mr. 

 Sydney Webb records it from Redhill, Mr. Briggs from Leatherhead, 

 Mr. Barrett from Haslemere, and Mr. J. G. Hewat and I have taken it 

 at Surbiton. I have received it from Molesey, and Major Ficklin 

 and Mr. Kaye include it in their lists of Surrey species. The Privet 

 Hawk Moth (S. /igustri, L.) is generally distributed throughout the 

 county and is common in most places, especially in the larval state, 

 more frequently on lilac than on privet. The Bedstraw Hawk Moth 

 (Deilephila 1 ga/ii, SchifF.) is a rare species, but has been occasionally 

 found about Box Hill and elsewhere on the chalk range. The Small 

 Elephant (Chcerocampa porcellus^ L.) is common all along the chalk 

 range, and may be found at dusk hovering over the flowers of viper's 

 bugloss (Echium vu/gare). It is generally confined to the chalk 

 district, but Mr. Briggs has taken it on yellow bedstraw (Galium 

 verum) on Wimbledon Common, and Mr. J. G. Hewat has taken it 

 on Tolworth Common, Surbiton. The larva? are common in many 

 places, especially in the Sheep Leas, West Horsley, on Galium 

 verum. The Large Elephant (C. elpenor^ L.) is common in many 

 parts of the county. Mr. Webb says it often occurs in gardens at 

 honeysuckle and other flowers, about Redhill, Reigate and Dorking. 

 Mr. Barrett and Major Ficklin include it in their lists, and I have 

 bred large numbers of specimens from larvae collected by myself on 

 the banks of the Weybridge Canal about Byfleet, feeding on yellow 

 balsam (Impatiens fuha). The Humming-bird Hawk Moth (Macro- 

 glossa stet/afarum, L.) is generally distributed and in some seasons is 

 common throughout the county, but especially in the chalk districts. 

 The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk (Sesia fuctformts, L.) is reported by 

 Mr. Barrett from Haslemere, and by Mr. Webb from Reigate Hill. 

 I have found it about the Sheep Leas, West Horsley, flying over the 

 common bugle (Ajuga reptans), and more plentifully on Shiere Common 

 at the flowers of rhododendrons. Major Ficklin says it is abundant 

 some years on rhododendron flowers at St. George's Hill, Weybridge. 

 The Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk (S. bombyiformis, L.) occurred on 

 Wimbledon Common about forty years ago according to Mr. T. H. 

 Briggs, and has also been reported from Haslemere and Leith Hill. 

 I have never seen it in the county. S. myopiformis, Bork., is generally 

 distributed in orchards. S. cu/iciformis, L., has been recorded by Mr. 

 Webb from Redstone Wood, Nutfield, and elsewhere in the county. 

 S. ichneumoniformis? Fb., occurs throughout the chalk district at Guild- 



1 Deilephila lineata, Esp., and Ckctrocampa celerio, L., have been reported from the Reigate district, 

 but neither I or Mr. Sydney Webb know of any recent captures. H. G. 



* Sesia spkegformis, Fb. This species probably occurs in Surrey. It has been taken commonly in 

 Tilgate Forest, Sussex, just outside the southern border of the county. H. G. 



