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tion either from Mr. Gardner or I, if they will visit us again. — John E. Rob- 

 son, Hartlepool. 



C. Celerio at Crosley. — On the 17th September, one of the scholars at 

 the Merchant Taylors School, Crosley, told me that he had caught a hawk in 

 his garden, which he had never seen before, he described it as having a white 

 streak on its fore-wings, and black and pink under-wings. I expected Galii, 

 but was surprised when he brought to school a very fair specimen of Celerio. 

 He told me he found it on Wednesday, the 16th September, struggling in a 

 spider's web. The wings on one side are a little rubbed and there is a lot of 

 spider's web twisted about its thorax and legs, otherwise it is a good speci- 

 men, but, of course, impaled upon a large pin. As he is not a collecter he 

 presented me with the insect.-— G. A. Harker, Holden Road, Blundell 

 Sands, Liverpool. 



Sphinx Convolvuli and Ch^erocampa Celerio at Harwich. — On 

 31st August I secured a fine S. convolvuli at rest, and on the 13th September 

 I had a fine specimen of C. celerio brought home alive, it was caught whilst 

 flying in the bar of the " Queen's Head Hotel ?.? Dovercourt, it is in very 

 good condition. — E. Kerry, Harwich. 



Alni and Convolvuli &c. near Wellingborough. — I have had the 

 pleasure of taking a larva of Alni a few miles from here, I also obtained two 

 fine specimens of Convolvuli here. Several Edasa have been taken at North- 

 ampton. I think it has been a good season for insects. I have bred 36 or 

 37 species and have some 700 larvae still feeding. — J. Bates, Orchard 

 Terrace, Wellingborough. 



Vitality oe Larva of M. stellalarum. — The other morning when 

 giving larvae of this species fresh food, I accidentally dropped one of them 

 among some water ; about three-quarters of an hour afterwards I found it, 

 apparently quite dead, I took it out, thinking it would do to preserve, dried 

 it and laid it down. In about a minute I observed a slight movement, and in 

 less than five it was eating its breakfast. It had been totally emmersed all 

 the time. — John E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



Larva op Ch^erocampa Celerio near Tenbury. — A larva of this rare 

 hawk has been found in this neighbourhood. I hoped it would have come 

 into our possession, as the gentleman who has it is not an entomologist, but 

 but he is desirous of watching it through its changes. It is now a pupa, and 

 I hope to hear of it in the perfect state ere long. — (Miss) N. Prescott 

 Decie, Tenbury. 



