7760 Imects. 



tLe form usual in the genus Pampliilu*:, and it bas also the two snowy spots beneath, 

 as in the larvae of P. lineola and P. sylvanus. It is pale green, with a darker dorsal 

 line, edged with a yellowish line on eacli side, and enclosing a paler central line. 

 Along the side is a narrow yellow line above, and a broad one beneath ; the two yel- 

 low lines on the back are prolonged as far as the middle of the green head, and run 

 to the end of the rounded anal shield, which is narrowly edged with yellow. Towards 

 the end of June the larva spins together two leaves wiili a few white silk threads, and 

 beconoes a slender, agile pupa, the peculiarities of which, however, I had no opportu- 

 nity of observing. In a fortnight two males made their appearance at Vienna, I 

 having taken the remaining pupae with rae on my journey. — Professor Zeller, in 

 ' Inlelligencer' 



Occurrence of Sphinx Cunvolvuli near Hull. — Until last evening I never saw 

 Sphinx Convolvuli on the wing. Being in the garden shortly before seven o'clock 

 I saw a large hawk-moth hovering over the verbena beds. It was too dark at the 

 lime to allow me to see whether it was a death's-head or a Convolvulus hawk-moth. 

 By approaching very cautiously I succeeded in getting the moth under my hat, and 

 on securing the same found it to be a specimen of the latter. As the specimen was 

 somewhat .worn, and my cabinet containing better ones, I let it fly again. Almost 

 every autumn we hear of this moth being taken, sometimes in great abundance, but it 

 seems a remarkable fact that the larva has hitherto escaped detection. — G. Norman ; 

 Beverley Road, Hull, September 18, 1861. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli in Yorkshire. — A fine male specimen of the 

 above was captured, on Wednesday last, at Hipperholme, near Halifax, and is now in 

 the possession of Mr. John Ingham: to all appearance it had only just emerged from 

 the pupa. It measures 4^ inches across the wings, and is in beautiful condition. — 

 G. H. Parke; Halifax, Yorkshire, Septeinber 16, 1861. 



Zygana Minos in Scotland. — I was at Oban, in July, 1860, and there took in the 

 course of two days more than a dozen specimens of the species then called Zygsna 

 Minos: they were flying together with Zygaena Filipendul^, Z. Lonicerae, Procris 

 Statices (?), Euthemonia Russula, Chelonia Plantaginis, Setina irrorella, &c., on a ' 

 heathy hill south-west of Oban : the Procris was also common on the grassy island 

 in tlie bay. This Procris was in size and appearance more like P. Globulariae, but 

 the antennae have blunt tips. Of the ZyKsena I have now but five specimens in my 

 cabinet, the rest having been distributed among friends, several of whom, better 

 entomologists than myself, have yet accepted it as Z. Minos. I will proceed to 

 describe it: — The wings are all semitransparent, the ground-colour being of a glossy 

 greenish gray, quite distinct from the heavy metallic-green of Z. Filipendulae; the 

 body is hairy and blackish, but with a decided tint of green ; the red blotches are just 

 as described by Mr. Newman (Zool. 7677). In two of my specimens the costal and 

 discal blotches distinctly overlap, and in two they do not, though all were taken at the 

 same time and place. I trust that this fact will suflBce to establish the existence of 

 the species (whether its name be Z.Minos or Z. Nubigena) in the west of Scotland. — 

 Percy Andretcs ; 17, Montpelier Villas, Brighton, September 5, 1861. 



Description of the Larva of Ephyra orbicularia. — Like several other species of this 

 genus, the larva rests in a peculiar twisted manner; when disturbed it immediately 

 drops and suspends itself by a thread. Head reddish brown. Back olive-green, 

 gradually shading off towards the sides to a delicate pink or salmon colour. A series 

 of oblique lateral stripes of a dark brown, generally six in number, becoming indistinct 



