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Cornwall to Hampshire, on the South Coast ; and on the 

 West, one specimen is noted from Pembroke. 



Among the Sphingid^ I note Acherontia atropos, L., is far 

 less commonly mentioned than was the case last year, the 

 only records being one taken at Greenwich by our Member, 

 Mr. C. Levett, on the i8th May, in fine condition ("Entom." 

 xix. 157) ; and this capture appears to be of some importance 

 as pointing to a spring emergence ; three specimens in Shet- 

 land (" Entom." xix. 279), four at Leominster, and one each 

 at Howth, Ireland (" Entom." xix. 279), and Dartlington, 

 South Devon (" Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiii. 162). 



Sphinx convolvuli^ L., on the other hand, appears to have 

 been fairly common in many parts of the country. Mr. 

 Dover C. Edgell records the capture of many specimens on 

 flowers in a garden at Lewes (" Entom." xix. 300), and it has 

 also been taken at various other places, from South Devon 

 ("Entom." xix. 280) to Aberdeen ("Entom." xix. 249). 



A specimen of Deilephila etiphorbicB^ L., is recorded from 

 Bowden, near Manchester, by Mr. Joseph Chappell, who 

 suggests that having both wings on one side crippled, it could 

 not have flown, and must have emerged near the place of 

 capture ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiii. 108; "Entom." xix. 250). 

 Two specimens of CJKzrocainpa celerio, L., are reported from 

 Lewes ("Entom." xix. 300), and one from Hastings ("Entom." 

 XX. 16), and one of C. nerii, L., from Brighton, the latter by 

 Mr. T. Langley (" Entom." xix. 250). 



We have also records oi Deiopeia pulchella, L., one specimen 

 taken at Ramsgate by Mr. Theodore Wood (" Entom." xix. 

 280) ; Callimorpha herd, L., which has again been turned up 

 in some numbers in South Devon, by the assiduity of our 

 member, Mr. J. Jager (" Entom." xix. 250) ; and Leiicania 

 vitellina, Hb., taken at sugar at Finchley, Middlesex, by Mr. 

 W.T.Sturt ("Ent. Mo. Mag." xxiii. no), noticeable chiefly on 

 account of the unusual locality. 



The year has been by no means unproductive of literature 

 bearing upon subjects connected with Natural History, and 

 among the more important works on Entomology I may 



