1514 Insects. 



gust 5th to September 25th. My friend, Mr. George Fox, of Rose Vale Nursery, 

 Penzance, captured several hovering over the evening primroses, and Marvel-of-Peru, 

 which he kindly presented to me. — William Noye ; St. Just, near Penwith, October 

 8th, 1846. 



Note on Sphinx Ligustri. — Ou the 29th of May I bred a specimen of Sphinx 

 Ligustri, a female, which had remained two years in chrysalis, I having reared it myself 

 from eggs procured in 1844, (the remainder of the brood duly arrived at maturity in 

 June, 1845) and on June 2nd, another specimen appeared, which I had kept two 

 years in pupa. I have frequently had this insect remain two years in chrysalis, indeed 

 I have a specimen now, captured last autumn, which, having passed by the usual sea- 

 son of appearing, will probably remain in chrysalis till next year. I also bred a spe- 

 cimen on June 2nd, which did not change to pupa till the 2nd of December last. I 

 never before heard of the larva living till so late in the year. — P. H. Vaughan ; Red- 

 land, near Bristol. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Nerii near Hamburgh. — Twenty specimens of the larva of 

 this Sphinx were found at the latter end of last month (Angust) in the botanical gar- 

 den belonging to Mr. Rootsh at Flottbeck. All of them have changed into pupae, and 

 some will soon appear in the perfect state, as the eyes and antenna? are very distinctly 

 visible. About twenty years ago a single specimen of this Sphinx was taken at Burs- 

 cheid, on the Rhine, but this is the first instance of its occurrence so far north. — A. 

 Lamek ; Wandsbech, near Hamburgh, September \8th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Galii at Lewes.— A. specimen was found at Lewes in 

 June last, by Mr. Weir's uncle. — /. F. Stephens ; Eltham Cottage, Brixton. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Galii near F aver sham. — I may mention that I have cap- 

 tured a specimen of Deilephila Galii, hovering over the blossoms of Verbena in my 

 garden. — T. W. Horsley ; Dunkirk Parsonage, near Faversham, Kent, October 

 6th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Livornica near Lewes. — A pair was found in June last,"near 

 Lewes, Sussex, by some boys, and given to Mr. Weir, — J. F. Stephens ; Eltham Cot- 

 tage, Brixton. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Livornica near the Land's End. — Two specimens of this 

 scarce moth were taken about the middle of April ; one in a hay-loft at Penzance, and 

 the other resting on moss under a tree at Pendarvis ; the latter I possess through the 

 kindness of a friend. — W. Noye ; St. Just, near Penwith, October 8th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Livornica in London. — I captured a specimen of this rare 

 moth in a garden in which fuchsias were growing ; it was at rest on a wall which di- 

 vides the Old Bethnal Green Church-yard from the garden. — J. Bramley ; 9, Win- 

 chester Street, Waterloo Town, Bethnal Green. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Celerio near Leicester. — An immaculate specimen of this 

 rare moth was caught on the 24th of September, apparently just escaped from the chry- 

 salis in a garden on the outskirts of Leicester. — John Plant ; Leicester, September 

 28th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Celerio at Great Baddow, Essex. — A specimen of this fine 

 moth was taken at the end of April last at Great Baddow, a village near this town, by 

 a woman, who states she found it one morning on a mantel-piece in her cottage. 

 The insect, which appears to be a female is now in my possession, but is somewhat 

 worn through rough usage for a week before it was properly taken care of. At the 

 end of August last a second example occurred in the larva state, which I believe I am 



