Insects'. 2199 



Occurrence of the Narrow -bordered Bee Sphinx in the Highlands. — Is it generally 

 known that this charming insect is found in the Highlands ? I saw it on June 7th, 

 in a boggy spot between Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond, hovering over the same 

 kind of flowers that it frequents in the fens of the eastern counties ; and in both lo- 

 calities it is accompanied by the greasy fritillary. — John Wolley ; 3, Roxburgh Ter- 

 race, Edinburgh, June 9, 1848. 



Capture of Deilephila Celerio at South Walsham. — A fine specimen of Deilephila 

 Celerio was captured at South Walsham, county of Norfolk, last summer, by a lady 

 who was ignorant of its rarity ; it was, however, preserved. This was taken in a 

 house, as was another moth believed to be of the same species, which, however, was 

 not retained.— H. T. Frere ; Blofield, March 31, 1848. 



Capture of Ephyra orbicularia, fyc, at Battel. — T have three perfect males of this 

 rare Geometra, which were taken in May last year, and two in May of the present 

 year. At the same place I found E. omicronaria, porata, punctaria, trilinearia and 

 pendularia; the last in profusion. — J. B. Ellman ; Battel, Jane, 1848. 



Note on Chlorissa punctaria. — Among upwards of 150 specimens, I have only taken 

 one female. — Id. 



Note on Grammesia trilinea. — Among upwards of 100 specimens, I have only taken 

 two males. — Id. 



Note on Dasychira pudibunda. — I bred a female in April last which had the edge 

 of the left anterior wing jiotched like a saw. — Id. 



Capture of Agrophila sulphuralis. — Within the last ten days I have netted, in the 

 same locality as last year, near Brandon, in Suffolk, seventy-two specimens of this 

 hitherto rare insect. It flies about sunset, in a field of lucerne, among which the food 

 of the larva, the small Convolvulus, grows in great profusion. — /. W. Dunning ; Elm- 

 wood Lodge, Leeds, July 1, J 848. 



Occurrence of the Larvae of Lepidoptera in the Catkins of the Sallow. — Walking 

 one day lately in Wickham Wood, I thought I would look at the catkins of the sal- 

 lows, on which I had heard that the larvae of the Xanthiae fed. The greater part of 

 the catkins had fallen, but of those remaining on the trees nearly every one had in it 

 a caterpillar. To my surprise there were not only Noctuae, but Geometrae and Tor- 

 trices. Some of them had evidently fed on the catkin itself, others had only resorted 

 to it for shelter, in some cases attaching it to a leaf with a silken thread. I do not 

 know at all what are the species that have these habits, but as I got a good many I 

 hope to see, and I thought that some one else may like to try also. I also found, on 

 the same bushes, great numbers of Tortrix larvae rolled up in leaves ; altogether the 

 number on a single bush was immense : indeed I never saw so many small caterpillars 

 as there are this year. I think it worth while to call the attention of entomologists to 

 the ease with which Tortrix larvae may be obtained from many plants : in addition to 

 the knowledge we should get of the economy of various species, I think it very proba- 

 ble that many would be obtained that are now rare in collections. We know what 

 numbers of Peroneae Mr. Weaver reared, and yet he could take very few in the perfect 

 state. — J". W. Douglas ; 19, Nelson Square, Peckham, June 8, 1848. 



Nettles attractive to Moths. — Returning from mothing a few days since, I passed 

 by a large bed of sting-nettles, among a clump of firs, and observed several Noctuae 

 flying about. I stopped to see what insects these were, and I found the leaves of the 

 nettles swarming with Agrotis segetum and exclamationis, Triphaena pronuba, Gram- 

 mesia trilinea, Miana strigilis, Xylophasia rurea, Leucania comma and impura, Spilo- 



