8906 Insects. * 
March 23. Pieris Rape, flying by a garden. Hybernated species plentiful. 
April 1. Pieris Napi. ‘ 
April 24. Pieris Brassice, Anthocharis Cardamines, Lasiommata Megera and 
Lycena Argiolus ; the last named was out till June 15th, but worn. 
April 25. Lasiommata Megzra, plentiful; and Chrysophanus Phlwas appeared. 
May 2. Satyrus Pamphilus. 
May 5. Argynnis Euphrosyne. 
May 7. Leucophasia Sinapis, Thymele Alveolus and Thanaos Tages. T. Alveolus 
had evidently been out some time, as some of the specimens were worn: I had not 
before visited the spot where it occurred. ‘; 
May 8. Lycena Alexis. 
May 18. Argynnis Selene; was still out, and in fine condition, in July. 
May 27. Melitea Artemis, common. 
May 29. Pamphila Sylvanus. For years I have thought there must be some 
mistake about the reputed appearance of this species in May, and again in July and 
August. When, however, I took it in May, this year, I thought the matter was 
settled, and looked eagerly for a second brood, but was disappointed. The insect was 
common enough till Jate in June, but by the beginning of July had disappeared, and 
when P. Linea made its appearance, on July 8th, it was without its usual companion, 
and remained so. I am satisfied that there was no second brood of P. Sylvanus here 
this season; possibly there may be in warmer localities, but I am inclined to think 
that there is only one brood in the year, which appears earlier or later, according to 
the season. 
June 20. Satyrus Janira, common. 
July 17. To my great surprise, 1 met with a specimen of Arge Galathea in a 
rough field: I had not the slightest expectation of finding it in this neighbourhood, 
and it seemed still more remarkable to see but one specimen of so gregarious an insect. 
— Charles Golding Barrett ; Haslemere, November 3, 1863. 
Time of Emergence from the Pupa in Lepidoptera.—The Rev. J. Greene, in his 
‘Entomologist’s Companion,’ remarks that “ There is no doubt many species have 
fixed hours of emergence from the pupa.” It appears very probable that there is a 
particular time in the case of each species, of course liable to occasional variations. 
Thus I have observed that Smerinthus ocellatus usually appears about 7 a.m. ; 8S. Tilie 
between 1 and 2 p.m.; Sphinx Ligustri about 6 v.m.; Biston hirtaria between 10 and 
124.m. Some interesting observations might probably be made in this direction.— 
John R. S. Clifford ; 21, Robert Street, King’s Road, Chelsea. 
Acherontia Atropos in Cambridgeshire—About the second or third week of last 
September I purchased of a woman a fine coloured and perfect specimen of this 
singular species, which the woman’s husband had discovered in his potato-field at 
Cherryhinton, in this county. The death’s-head moth bas not been of nearly so 
frequent occurrence this last year or two: about six or seven years since the species 
was prodigiously abundant, scarcely a potato-field but what produced its dozens of 
pupe.—S. P. Saville; Dover House, Cambridge. 
Abundance of the Larve of Sphinx Ligustri—The larva of this moth has been 
unusually common in various places at the west end of London this season, occurring 
upon the privet and also upon the wild apple and pear. It was feeding much later 
than usual: since I first made the acquaintance of this larva, some twelve years ago, 
I have seldom seen it after the first week in September. This autumn I found it all 
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