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JO, on an Oleander plant, at hjs residence, Maze Hill, St, Leouards-on-the-Sea 
ad presented to the British Mnsenm by ilr. Wood, of North Lodge, St. Leonards, 
send a notice of this capture, in order that a correct list of the specimens taken 
iring this remarkable season may appear in the Ent. Monthly Mag.— Fredeuick 
MITH, British Museum, 6th November, 1868. 
OJusrocampa Celeno near York. — A specimen of this rare species was taken by 
woman on the 2nd of October last. It was found sitting on the window bhnd 
side a cottage on Haworth Moor, near York, and was taken to Mr. Dosser, who 
)t it aKve : it is a very fan- specimen, and Mr. Dosser has since kindly added the 
tecimen to my collection. — W. Prest, York. 
Note on abwidance of 8pliingid<B in Japan during the past sunwier. — As I have 
sqnently noticed records of insects, generally more or less rare, being observed 
mnltaneously here and in England, I should like to note that the present season 
IS been most prolific in Sphingidw. Sphinx convolvuU has been exceedingly 
jundant in the imago state, and I collected 50 larvae of the " Death's Head," in 
n minutes, from a small patch of Sesamum orientale. It was equally common 
'erywhere on this plant. The " Eyed Hawk," and another Smerinthus very 
milar to it, but wanting the " eyes," have in the larval state stripped various trees 
their leaves. I cannot name others that I have found abundantly. A Japanese 
tist has figured the larv89 and pupae of 18 species ; and these, with two others, 
Inch I have not met with in their earlier stages, complete a list of 20 Sphingidce 
iticed this season in the immediate neighbourhood. All but three or four have 
curred in profusion.— G Lewis, Nagasaki, 10th Septemier, 1868. 
Sesia myopceformis f in Mountain-ash.— We have a Mountain-ash apparently 
tacked by this clearwing. Next season I propose to make certain of the species 
enclosmg the affected parts of the tree with network.— H. G. Kxaggs, Kentish 
iwn, N.W. 
Catocalafraxini near Manchester.— The records of 1868 certifying to several 
amples of this sensational species, perhaps the following authentic anecdote of a 
pture of a fine specimen may be new to many. Some five years back, a collector 
ar Manchester had an admirable example brought him, discovered by a little girl, 
10, being afraid to touch it, captured it safely and conveyed it some distance 
bh— a pair of tongs ! The bold and beautiful thing, experiencing, probably, a 
ise of intrusion, would seem to have fanned up its indolent wings at the moment 
3t suited to the fireside forceps.— Edw. Hopley, 14, South Bank, Eegent'a Park. 
Capture of Leucania alhipuncto.-, W.V., a species new to Britai»i.—l took one 
jcimen at Folkestone, at sugar, on August 15th, 186& A second, very much 
rn, example was taken at the same place, by my brother, on or about October 
5 5th. A third, supposed to be seen by my brother and myself in the same place, 
Japed.— T. H. Bkiggs, St. John's College, Oxford, November, 1868. 
[This insect is closely allied to lithargyria, and is more common than that 
icies in some continental localities. — Eds.] 
