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good sized yellow tutterfiy, but unfortunately failed to cap- 

 ture a specimen, as its flight was very rapid, and it is 

 difficult .to chase an insect through the cedars and dwarf 

 scrub. Mr. Hurdis evidently refers to this unknown rarity 

 in the following note :— " Sept. 23, 1853. A beautiful 

 butterfly of a delicate brimstone yellow, tinged with a 

 greenish hue, and fuUy as large as the sulphur butterfly of 

 England, appeared on this day, flitting with wonderful 

 activity about a patch of sweet potatoes in my garden. It 

 baffled all my attempts to take it. This is the only instance 

 of my meeting with this butterfly, the name of which I am 

 imacquainted with. On the 8th and 9th of the foUowiag 

 month it was seen in the same garden by my son, who 

 followed it across the adjoiaiag properties of Mr. Kennedy 

 and Lady Burnaby, without beiag able to capture it. He 

 described it as being the colour of ' mustard,' rapid in. flight, 

 and seldom settling." 



Mr. E. S. "Wood, of Walsiagham, informs us that some 

 time ago he captured specimens of this butterfly. 



Our list of nocturnal lepidoptera is confined to three 

 species, and although we tried the usual method, of going out 

 with a lamp at night, and resorting to other expedients, we 

 failed to add to our collection. The largest and handsomest 

 species known on the Islands is Sphinx cingulata, which is 

 not uncommon, frequenting the flowerets of the night- 

 blooming shrubs. A shrub of this description, standing 

 against the house of Chief Justice DarreU, at Cavendish, 

 was a favorite resort of this species. Cats are very fond of 

 catching this insect, whether for food or mere pastime we 

 cannot say ; however, we never saw one eaten by them. 

 The caterpillar of this sphinx grows to a large size, and feeds 



