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Capture of Vanessa Antiopa in Suffolk.—A specimen of this rarity has been 
taken at Little Glemham, Suffolk, by a son of the Rev. R. King, the rector of that 
parish.—E. N. Bioomrrep, Guestling, October, 1870. 
Deilephila livornica at Glanville’s Wootton.—We have taken a fine dark speci- 
men of this insect from a scarlet geranium near the house.—J. C. Daur, Glan- 
ville’s Wootton, Sherborne, 12th October, 1870. 
Deilephila livornica at Perthshire—A specimen of this rarity has been canght 
by a girl near Bridge of Earn, during the past season.—F, BucHanan WHITE, 
Perth, October, 1870. 
Deilephila galii at Helston.—I yesterday evening saw in my garden at this 
place a specimen of this rare insect, hovering over white verbena; and, after 
watching it for some time, I knocked it down with my hat, and secured it for a 
time, but it recovered itself and flew away.— Henry Anstay, St. Wendron 
Vicarage, Helston, August 27th, 1870. 
Deilephila galit in Fifeshire—The perfect insect was taken on 7th August at 
Kinghorn, Fifeshire, and sent to me; this induced me to look for the Jarve, and, in 
a locality half-way between Glassmount and Kinghorn Loch, I found three in 
September, two of which have since spun up, and on October 3rd I took a fourth, 
which is still feeding. 
I notice that these Fifeshire larvae confine themselves to Galiwm verwm, 
whereas those I had at Deal would eat Galiuwm elatum (mollugo) equally well.— 
J. Boswett Syme, Kirkcaldy, 8th October, 1870. 
Notes on Sphinx convolvuli.—By the kind permission of Mr. J. Boswell Syme, 
T am enabled to give the following dates of the capture and rearing of the larva of 
Sphinw convolvuli in this country. 
Mr. Syme had three nearly full-grown larvae brought to him on the 7th 
September, 1859 ; they went down on 12th and 13th of the same month, two of 
them becoming perfect pupz; from one of which the imago, a female, emerged 
(as far as Mr. Syme can recollect) about the end of May, 1860. 
The larvee were found at Upper Deal, in a potato field, and fed on Convolvulus 
arvensis, but would also eat C. sepium ; whilst in confinement they certainly did not 
hide or bury themselves by day, but fed away continuously. The moth contained 
undeveloped ova, about the size of poppy-seeds. 
All the above particulars agree fairly well with my own observations on this 
species at p. 100, Vol. v, of this Magazine, except the date of the appearance of 
the moth; Mr. D’Orville and myself came to the conclusion that August and 
September are the months in which it should be looked for here, whereas the 
date given above is nearly three months earlier: confinement must have had some- 
thing to do with it, but Mr. Syme tells me the pupa was not forced, except by being 
kept in a room without a fire in it—J. Hentrns, Exeter, October 12th, 1870. 
Captures of several examples of Leucania albipuncta.—Since my last notice, 
Mr. 8. Webb and I have captured several other specimens of Leucania albipuncta 
at sugar, during our stay at Folkestone. We also took examples of Heliothis 
marginatw and peltiger.—Howarp VAUGHAN, Gaisford Street, Kentish Town, 13th 
October, 1870. ; 
