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osmateria mentioned as characteristic of it. The larv* pupated on 

 July 20th and 23rd respectively, one on the muslin and the other on 

 the stem of a leaf. The imagines emerged from these pups in due 

 course, the first on August 11th, the second on the 13th, both males. 

 I also had a fine large ? brought me to set for Mr. Arthur Lubbock, 

 which was caught in his stable only a couple of fields away. — H. 

 Alderson, F.E.S., Farnborough, Kent. [Mr. Gervase F. Mathew 

 stated in the Daily Mail of August 20th, that he turned out over 

 fifty Papilio machaon in a marshy place where the food-plant grows, 

 a few miles from Dovercourt in the summer of 1899, and surmises 

 that a specimen captured at Ipswich might be one of the progeny. 

 Single specimens are recorded in The Entomolorjist, from Kent, between 

 Broadstairs and St. Peter's, on June 10th (Mann), on the outskirts of 

 Blean Woods in the middle of May (Browne), a specimen bred from 

 a larva taken in a kitchen garden at Lyndhurst, the larva pupating July 

 17th, the imago emerging August 1st, an imago at Kingwcod, August 

 31st, 1900 (Fowler), from Hooe, August 18th, 1900 (Turner), near 

 Hythe, August 1.5th, 1900 (Hutchinson).— Ed.] 



Rearing MacroctLossa stellatarum. — Whilst at Margate I took, on 

 July 22nd, several full-fed larvae of M. stellatarum feeding on Galium 

 verum and G. mollufjo. They pupated almost immediately, and 

 imagines emerged from the pupje on August 17th, 18th and 19th. I 

 also took some small larvae with a view of studying their habits whilst 

 breeding them. For want of greater facilities I kept the larva) in 

 small well ventilated tobacco tins, the lids of which were kept closed. 

 The result was not satisfactory, as the larvae did not feed up well, and 

 were incUned to pupate prematurely. As a result also, I presume, of 

 the absence of light, the larvte changed in colour to a deepish black. — 

 A. Russell, F.E.S., Southend, near Catford, S.E. August 2Sth, 

 1900. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOS NEAR Chelmsford. — -Two pupae of Ackeroutia 

 atropos have been brought to me recently. They were dug up in a 

 potato field near here. — Elizabeth Miller, Chelmsford. tSeptember 

 lOth, 1900. 



Acherontia atropos near Peterborough. — A few days since, 

 I received a full-grown larva of Acherontia atropos taken near Peter- 

 borough. It has since changed to a pupa on the surface of the earth 

 in the flower-pot on which I placed it. — T. M. Cottam, Threadneedle 

 Street, E.G. September lOth, 1900. 



Acherontia atropos in Kent. — A. atropos is evidently widely 

 distributed in the Bexley district this year. I have seen over a dozen 

 larvcie and heard of many more. — L. VV. Newman, 4, Salisbury Road, 

 Bexley, Kent. September 2nd, 1900. 



Acherontia atropos in Kent. — I had a full-fed larva of Acherontia 

 atropos brought to me on August 6th, and two more a few days later ; 

 several others have been taken in the district. — H. Alderson, F.E.S., 

 Hilda Vale Road, Farnborough, Kent. 



Acherontia atropos in Kent. — I took five nearly full-fed larvae of 

 Acherontia atropjos from a potato patch adjacent to Margate on August 

 1st last. They were placed in a large biscuit tin,' and after feeding 

 sparingly two went to earth on the 5tli, two on the 7th, and the 

 remaining one on August 9th. Previous to doing so they wandered 

 round and round the tin for two or three days, refusing food, and 



