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Choerocamfa nerii near Dartmouth. — I captured a fine specimen of the Oleander 

 Hawk-moth here, flying round honeysuckle, on the evening of September 26th just 

 after dusk. It had been observed for several evenings previously. — Henet F. Owen, 

 Stoke House, Stoke Fleming, Dartnjouth : November l^fh, 1890. 

 [The fortunate captor of this rare visitor is a young gentleman aged eleven ! — Eds.]. 



Description of the larva of Phuxopteryx upupana. — Length, about 4 or 5 lines. 

 Cylindrical, slightly tapering towards either extremity, olive-green, dusted vrith olive- 

 brov^n, especially so on the third, fourth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth segments ; 

 gpiracular region olive-green Head black. Thoracic plate black, divided in centre, 

 and having two black tubercles on either side of division. The anterior portion of 

 the third and fourth segments has each a row of black tubercles ; the fifth to the 

 twelfth have each on their anterior portions a row of light glistening tubercles, and 

 on their posterior portions two similar tubercles ; the thirteenth has only one row of 

 tubercles ; all the apices are black ; a single light coloured hair is emitted from each 

 tubercle ; anal plate wanting. Legs black ; prolegs olive-green ; spiracles black. 

 On the ventral surface of the fifth, sixth, eleventh, and twelfth segments is a row 

 of black tubercles.^ — Benj. A. Bower, Lee, Kent : October Wth, 1890. 



Insects in the SciUy Isles. — I spent the first few days of October in the Scilly 

 Isles, and took Forfieula pvbescens and auricularia, Cacillus Dalii, Oeranomyia 

 unicolor, Limnobia niticla, Lucinafasciata, Salda pallipes, Omosita colon, Bomhus 

 muscorum, Salictus morio, Tetramorium ccespitum, Eudorea angustea, Pionea forfi- 

 calls, Phlogophora meticulosa, Plusia gamma ; at Boscastle S. Janira was out as 

 late as October 18th, as also was P. rapce. — C. W. Dale, Glanville's Wootton : 

 November 3rd, 1890. 



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The Butterflies of North America : by W. H. Edwards. Third Series, 

 Part X. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York ; Triibner & Co., London. 

 1890. 



A further instalment of this magnificent work, elaborated with the author's 

 usual minuteness as to the text, and with the same beauty and faithfulness as to the 

 plates. Again Argynnis occupies a prominent position, three species receiving atten- 

 tion, viz., A. Alcestis, Edw. (with transformations, 11 figures in all), Adiante, Bdv., 

 and Atossa, n. sp., from South California. The third plate is occupied by elaborate 

 details for Satyrodes Canthus, Bdv. and Lee. {nee L.), including 5 figures for the 

 imago and nearly 30 for the earlier conditions from egg to pupa. This Satyrid 

 appears to be wide spread in North America. The author enters, in some detail, 

 into the questions of nomenclature as concerns Enrydice {Euridice),Ij., and Canthus, 

 L. (he wrongly quotes Syst. Nat., ed. xiii for the latter). It is not our province to 

 analyze the reasons for the adoption of the name Canthus (Bdv. and Lee.) ; but we 

 think that some will be inclined to prefer Boisduvalii, Harris. After stating that 

 Enrydice, L., and Canthus, L., do not refer to a North American insect, he goes on 

 to say that " A name in use should never be changed for an obsolete name, and the 

 neglect to observe this common sense rule has worked a great deal of mischief," an 

 expression of opinion that will no doubt he heartily echoed by many. 



