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of Deilephila lineata, caught at St. Martin's Vicarage, the 

 same parish in which the specimen previously noticed by me 

 in the 'Entomologist' occurred. — Stephen Clogg ; Looe, 

 September 17, 1870. 



Deilephila lineata at Colchester, — My brother, Mr. A. J. 

 Harwood, took a male Deilephila lineata at rest on an 

 asparagus bed in our garden at Colchester, on the 28th of 

 May. — W, H. Harwood. 



Larva of Deilephila lineata. — On the 4th of July last a 

 friend called on me with two larvae of Deilephila lineata to 

 name; but they differed from the description you give of the 

 larva in the September number of the * Entomologist.* The 

 head and body soot-black ; in one a dorsal line of redd-ish 

 brown, in the other no dorsal line at all ; the subdorsal line 

 yellow, uninterrupted ; slightly below these and between each 

 segment was a dull reddish blotch ; the belly and claspers 

 ochreous, speckled with black. On inquiry I found that 

 three larvse had been taken on a vine in a gentleman's 

 garden near Ryde. I accordingly wrote for permission to 

 search in this garden, whereupon the gentleman most 

 obligingly saved me the trouble by looking himself for more, 

 and he found on vine and garden centaury four more of the 

 larvae. One unfortunately escaped before he could send 

 them to me, but on the ^Gth of July I received three of the 

 larvae; two of these were not quite so large as those I had 

 seen on the 4th. The largest spun up in the leaves at the 

 bottom of the box on the 27th, but the web was so fragile 

 that it rolled out ; it turned to pupa on the 80th. The pupa 

 remained of a light orange-brown colour for about a fortnight, 

 and then changed to a darker colour, after which, day by 

 day, I could see its progress to maturity. On the 26th of 

 August a fine imago emerged. One of the other larvae was 

 unmistakably stung by an ichneumon, from the effects of 

 which it died. The other remaining larva disappeared under 

 some moss in the breeding-cage after feeding for about a 

 week, and 1 hope 1 may be so fortunate as to be able to 

 record the appearance of another Lineata in my cage before 

 long. These last three larvae differed from the former three 

 in that the subdorsal lines were indicated by yellow ocelli. — 

 A. B. Farn ; 8, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall. 



Deilephila Galii and D. lineata at Plymouth. — I have 



