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osmateria mentioned as characteristic of it. The larve pupated on 
July 20th and 23rd respectively, one on the muslin and the other on 
the stem of a leaf. The imagines emerged from these pupe in due 
course, the first on August 11th, the second on the 13th, both males. 
T also had a fine large 2 brought me to set for Mr. Arthur Lubbock, 
which was caught in his stable only a couple of fields away.—H. 
Auperson, F'.E.S., Farnborough, Kent. |Mr. Gervase IF’. Mathew 
stated in the Daily Mail of August 20th, that he turned out over 
fifty Papilio machaon in a marshy place where the food-plant grows, 
a few miles from Dovercourt in the summer of 1899, and surmises 
that a specimen captured at Ipswich might be one of the progeny. 
Single specimens are recorded in The Lntomologist, from Kent, between 
Broadstairs and St. Peter’s, on June 10th (Mann), on the outskirts of 
Blean Woods in the middle of May (Browne), a specimen bred from 
a larva taken in a kitchen garden at Lyndhurst, the larva pupating July 
17th, the imago emerging August Ist, an imago at Ringwood, August 
dlst, 1900 (Fowler), from Hooe, August 15th, 1900 (Lurner), near 
Hythe, August 15th, 1900 (Hutchinson).—Ep. |} 
Rearing Macroaiuossa stexLararum.—Whilst at Margate I took, on 
July 22nd, several full-fed larvee of M. stellatarwm feeding on Galium 
verum and G. mollugo. They pupated almost immediately, and 
imagines emerged from the pupe on August 17th, 18th and 19th. I 
also took some small larve with a view of studying their habits whilst 
breeding them. For want of greater facilities I kept the larve in 
small well ventilated tobacco tins, the lids of which were kept closed. 
The result was not satisfactory, as the larvee did not feed up well, and 
were inclined to pupate prematurely. Asa result also, I presume, of 
the absence of light, the larvee changed in colour to a deepish black.— 
A. Russet, F.E.S., Southend, near Catford, S.E. Auyust 28th, 
1900. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS NEAR CHELMSFORD.—Iwo pupx of Acherontia 
atropos have been brought to me recently. They were dug up ina 
potato field near here.—Huizasera Miniter, Chelmsford. September 
10th, 1909. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS NEAR PrrerBoroucH.—A few days since, 
I received a full-grown larva of Acherontia atropos taken near Peter- 
borough. It has since changed to a pupa on the surface of the earth 
in the flower-pot on which I placed 1t,—T. M. Corram, Threadneedle 
Street, H.C. September 10th, 1900. 
ACHERONTIA aTRopos IN Kunt.—A. atropos is evidently widely 
distributed in the Bexley district this year. I have seen over a dozen 
larvee and heard of many more.—L. W. Newman, 4, Salisbury Road, 
Bexley, Kent. September 2nd, 1900. 
AcHERONTIA ATROPOS IN Krnr.—I had a full-fed larva of Acherontia 
atropos brought to me on August 6th, and two more a few days later ; 
several others have been taken in the district—H. Auprrson, F.1.S., 
Hilda Vale Road, Farnborough, Kent. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS IN Kent.—I took five nearly full-fed larve of 
Acherontia atropos from a potato patch adjacent to Margate on August 
1st last. ‘They were placed in a large biscuit tin, and after feeding 
sparingly two went to earth on the 5th, two on the 7th, and the 
remaining one on August 9th. Previous to doing so they wandered 
round and round the tin for two or three days, refusing food, and 
