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about a third of the batch attained the perfect state. The male 

 parentage was unknown, but, as all the o£fspring exactly resembled 

 the female parent, it may reasonably be assumed that the male was 

 also of the form olivacea. Ova were also obtained from a typical 

 female, but these unfortunately proved infertile. On April 9th, fifty 

 larvfe of Aplecta nehidosa were received from Mr. Thompson, of Chester, 

 who informed me that they were from ova deposited by a black female. 

 They were supplied with dock, dandelion, and primrose, but seemed to 

 feed chiefly on the first- named plant. Tiie majority of the larvfe 

 pupated, and on June 21st three moths appeared, all of the black form 

 (var. vobwni) ; these were followed by one black and two darkish grey 

 specimens on the 23rd. Eighteen other examples emerged during the 

 remainder of the month, and two early in July ; all these being of the 

 darkish grey form. Fourteen dead pupse were subsequently found in 

 the breeding-cage. — Eichard South; 96, Drakefield Road, Upper 

 Tooting, S.W. 



Some Noteworthy Occurrences in 1904. — Imagines of Smerinthus 

 popuU were pretty common in this district during late May and early 

 June this year. On July 20th I captured a fine female in the garden, 

 and on the same date three full-grown larva3 were feeding on a sallow- 

 bush in the same place. Several larvae of the species were noted on 

 the sallow-bush on August 17th ; these ranged in size from quite small 

 to half-grown. On July 23rd I attended the Field Meetnig of the 

 South London Entomological and Natural History Society at Byfleet, 

 where I found a specimen of Acronycta leporina. It was resting at the 

 foot of a birch-tree, and apparently had recently emerged. The same 

 day, aud at the same place, Mr. Carr beat out some half-grown larvas 

 of the species. At Oxshott, on August 6th, I found a beautifully fresh 

 male specimen of Lophaptcryx cavniina at rest on a tree-trunk, and on 

 July 30th there was a nearly full-grown larva on the sallow-bush 

 previously mentioned. On July 17th a worn female Timandra atnatarla 

 was netted at Oxshott, and a few ova deposited by her were shaken out 

 into an uncovered plant-frame in which a number of weeds luxuriated. 

 On August 19th a small but very fresh male specimen of the species 

 was found in the frame, resting among the weeds. — Richard South. 



Papilio (Iphiclides) podalirius as a British Insect. — Although I 

 do not for a moment consider that P. (I.) podalirius is to-day a British 

 insect, I think perhaps readers of the ' Entomologist ' would like to 

 know that there are at least two specimens in different collections 

 which have been caught in England since the time of Haworth. 

 Newman figures it in his ' British Butterflies,' remarking that it was 

 "recorded as British by Haworth, but no British specimen is known." 

 Two British examples, however, have lately come under my notice ; 

 one in an old Somersetshire collection, taken near Bridgwater about 

 1833 ; and the other, now in my possession, captured at Marlborough 

 in 1870 by a boy at the College. This specimen is, unfortunately, 

 somewhat damaged, which rather points to its being an immigrant ; 

 but the Bridgwater specimen is in excellent condition, and is, I think, 

 undoubtedly British, although its progenitors may have been of conti- 

 nental origin. If any reader of the ' Entomologist ' knows of any other 

 British examples, I should be very pleased to hear from him. — T. 

 Gristock Brande ; Southampton, Sept. 21st, 1904. 



