274 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 
insects captured by Mr. Le Messurier, I was delighted to see two speci- 
mens of Polysphaenis sericina. This fine Noctuid is figured in The 
Entomologist, for April, 1876.—Isp. 
DrILePuILA LivoRNIcA IN SomeRSET.—On May 9th last I caught 
specimen of Deilephila livornica in my surgery. Unfortunately it had 
flown into the gas and damaged the right upper wing badly.— 
Marx R. Taytor, The Cottage, South Petherton, Somerset. August 
23rd, 1900. [Another is recorded as captured, June 22nd, 1900, at 
flowers of red valerian, near Croydon (Gower).—Kp. | 
Cyaniris arciotus at Harrow \\Vuatp.—This butterfly has appeared 
in some profusion in our district, but although isolated specimens 
have occurred from time to time, I do not think until this year it has 
been generally abundant, and I never remember to have seen it in our 
garden before. The first example put in an appearance on May 19th, 
and there were several males a few days after flying about the ilex 
trees. Stragelers of the second br ‘ood also turned up in August, 
curiously enough all females, but both sexes were in profusion | the 
first week in August, after five consecutive wet days, on the road between 
Harefield and Chalfont St. Giles (Bucks). C. argiolus is not common 
as a rule in this corner of Middlesex, but it has been observed in 
Cassiobury Park, near at hand, at Harrow Weald in the rectory 
gardens, and I have found it in Burnham Beeches.—H. Rowxanp 
Brown, M.A., F.E.5., Oxhey Grove, Harrow Weald. September 7th, 
1900. 
AUTUMNAL EMERGENCE OF MacroGLossA STELLATARUM.—When at 
Folkestone, from August 15th-27th, I took many larve of Macroylossa 
stellatarum. I was much surprised to find two imagines had emerged in 
the breeding-cage on September 16th. The pupal period appears 
to have been very short, only a month from the the larval to the 
imaginal stage. I have since bred fourteen examples, and several 
more look as if about to emerge.—C. P. Prcxerr, 52, The Ravenscrofts, 
Columbia Road, Hackney Road, London, N.E. September 24th, 1900. 
Leprpoprera at Torrennam.—lI was collecting on September 13th 
in the neighbourhood of Tottenham, and took three Catocala nupta 
from the trunks of willows. Pyrameis atalanta was very common, 
both in the larval, pupal and imaginal stages; many of the larve were 
only about one-half grown.-—Ism. 
PorRTHESIA CHRYSORRHOEA aT CHicHmesteR.—After haying entirely 
disappeared in this locality since 1877, when the larvee were abundant 
on a whitethorn—Crataegus oxyacantha—hedge by the canal, a male 
Porthesta chrysorrhoea was taken on a lamp here on July 21st. This 
is the only specimen, however, of which I have heard.—Ism. 
SPHINX CONVOLVULI AT CuicHEsTER.—Hitherto I know of only one 
Sphinx convolvuli taken here this season. It was captured by a lady 
on her bed one day last week.—Ipmn. 
PaprLtio MACHAON LARVE® IN Kenr.—On J uly 17th [found a beautiful 
larva in my garden on carrot, and shortly afterwards another not quite 
so large. Both were spotted and striped with green, black and white, 
the seements near the head being much thicker than the others. Two 
days later I found another larva dead, but although I examined the 
carrots growing in all the allotments around I had no further success. 
I put them down at once for Papilio machaon, although I was quite 
unacquainted with the larva, and saw no trace of the protective 
