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stem, and the caterpillars may be detected often in 

 the shoots that are thrown aside? Mr. Kirby says, 

 " Sir Joseph Banks lately showed me a branch of 

 this shrub perforated down to the pith by the cater- 

 pillar of Sesia tipuliformis, F. : the diminished size 

 of the fruit points out," he observes, " where the 

 enemy has been at work. In Germany, where per- 

 haps this insect is more numerous, it is said to 

 destroy at times the larger bushes of the red currant." 

 We feel obliged to Mr. Newman for the loan of 

 his specimen of the S. Asiliformis of Fabricius, 

 from which our drawing has been made, and it 

 has been the means of furnishing us with facts, 

 by a comparison with the " Sphinx Vespiformis 

 of Linne in the Linnam Cabinet," that English 

 Entomologists may yet entertain the hope, and 

 we have little doubt that, by " industry and per- 

 severance" the true Vespiformis will be discovered 

 to be an inhabitant of our fertile isle. Our figure is 

 a faithful representation, and we beg to observe, that 

 the S. Vespiformis of Linne will be found to have 

 the last three segments of the body terminated by 

 yellow rings and the superior wings semi-transparent : 

 and is near to the Hylseiformis of Dr. Leach, pre- 

 served in the exotic collection of the British Museum, 

 and from which it only differs by having four instead 

 of three bands : of the locality of the specimen we 

 are ignorant — it may possibly be the other sex of 

 vespiformis. In asiliformis as described above, the 

 second, fourth and sixth segment of the body bearing 

 a yellow ring, will readily distinguish it, and is agree- 

 able to the accurate characters as laid down by 

 Fabricus. 



