Notes on BUtTisa LEPiboPTEiiA. M 



Smerinthus ocellatus, L., Hampstead Heath and Kingsbury 

 (Godivin) ; Mill Hill, larvae rather common on apple, sallow, and 

 willow (South) ; Bloomsbury {Brit. Mus.), Bedford Park {J. Gray), 

 Isleworth (Meyers). S. populi, L., generally common (Godivin), 

 Mill Hill, larvae on poplar (South), Bloomsbury (Brit. Mus.), 

 Bedford Park (L. M. Cockerell and J. Gray), Stamford Hill and 

 Tottenham district (Prout), Clapton (Bacot) ; St. John's Wood, 

 sometime common, especially in larval stage (Soiith) ; Isleworth 

 (Meyers). S. tilice, L., The Butts, Brentford, a larva under a 

 lime tree, Aug., 1890 (Fenn) ; Clapton (Bacot), generally common 

 (Godivin) ; Mill Hill, larvse on elm, also pupae, elm (South) ; Bed- 

 ford Park (J. Gray) ; Isleworth (Meyers) ; St. John's Wood, some 

 years larvae not uncommon, imago not often seen [South). 



Macroglossa stellatarum, L., Mill Hill, several [South) ; mode- 

 rately common (Godwin), Isleworth (Meyers), St. John's Wood, 

 several times seen (South). 



Hemaris fuciformis, L., Westbourne Park Station (H. Walker, 

 Nat. Hist. Notes, 1882, p. 4). The occurrence of this insect in 

 London is explained by the supposition that it had flown on to 

 an up train somewhere, and thus been carried to town. The 

 genus Hemaris, Dalman (1816), seems a well-defined one, as 

 distinct from Macroglossa, Och. (Should not this be Macro- 

 glossum. Scop., 1777 ?). 



It is intended next to treat of the following groups : — 

 Lepidoptera : Sesiidcs, Zygcsnida, Bomhyces, Ptero^jhori. Cole- 

 optera : Aleocharince, Longicornia, Chrysomelida;, Diptera : 

 Syrphidce. Information about any of these will be gladly 

 received* 



In some instances above I have given only the name of the 

 collector as authority, contrary to my first intention. This is 

 done in the case of several Bedford Park insects, some of which 

 were not identified or recorded by the collectors themselves. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES ON BEITISH LEPIDOPTERA; EXTEACTED FROM 

 CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 



By W. Waeren, M.A., P.E.S. 



In the ' Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung ' for 1890, January 

 to June, there occur some notices of Micro-Lepidoptera, the 

 perusal of which should, I think, be of interest to British 

 collectors. The extracts here given are, it must be understood, 

 a condensed summary of the chief items of information. 



* Eecorda may be sent to the compiler, at 3, Fairfax Road, Bedford Park 

 Chiswick, W, 



