THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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CAPTURES. 
Lepidoptera. 
Acherontia Atropos. — A tine specimen 
of this insect has just occurred here; 
I caught it flying, at sunset, inside our 
kitchen window. Last year several larvae 
and pupae were brought to me, but this 
year, although I have made many en- 
quiries, none have been found ; their 
place seems to have been supplied by 
Sphinx Convolvuli , for since my last 
notice (Intel, vi. 163) I have had brought 
me two specimens, and a friend has 
caught two, beautifully perfect, flying 
over Marvel of Peru. — E. Boscher, 
3, Prospect Villas, Twickenham ; Oct. 9. 
Acherontia Atropos. — About twenty of 
the larvae and pupae of this species have 
been found, during the last few weeks, in 
this neighbourhood, of which five have 
been brought to me. I know of no other 
instance of the larvae and pup® being 
found here. — J. Daniels, Lately Common, 
near Leigh, Lancashire ; October 13. 
Acherontia Atropos Sf Deilephila Galii. 
— On Thursday last I had the pleasure 
of setting a very fine female specimen of 
A. Atropos ; it was taken on board H.M. 
S.Y. “ Minx,” lying in the middle of the 
river: it is in good condition, and mea- 
sures 5J inches across the wings. At the 
beginning of last month a friend of mine 
had a fine larva of D. Galii brought him : 
it was found at Charlton by a little girl, 
crawling on the ground: it was full fed, 
and is now a fine chrysalis. — J. Potter, 
37, St. Mary's Street, Woolwich ; Oct. 1 3. 
Deilephila Galii. — On the 26lh of 
August last, whilst collecting Smerinthus 
Ocellatus on the Wallasey sand-hills, I 
found, amongst Galium verum, a full-fed 
larva of D. Galii, which went to earth 
the following day ; and, feeling an anxious 
desire after his bodily health (fearing he 
might be pierced), I this day brought 
him to light, and found him, to my great 
joy, alive and kicking in his new brown 
jacket. This is the second I have heard 
of being taken on these hills. — T. Gal- 
liers, 9, Bren ton Street, Park Road, 
Liverpool; Oct. 10. 
Catocala Fraxini. — I beg to record the 
capture of a specimen of this insect near 
this town : it flew into a cottage about 
three weeks ago, about nine o’clock in the 
evening. I had the pleasure of placing 
it in my collection last week. — Henry 
Stephenson, 39, Chorley Street, Bolton ; 
October 11. 
Capture of Camplogramma Jluviata at 
Hainaull Forest. — I took a specimen of 
this insect, while collecting the Buttons 
( Peronea Crislana), at Hainault Forest, 
on the 8th inst. — W. Machin, 35, William 
Street, Globe Fields, Mile End ; Oct. 14. 
Heliothis Armigera at Weston-super- 
Mare. — My brother has taken two speci- 
mens of this insect and I have caught 
one, but others are still on the wing, and 
I hope will yet find their way into one 
of our boxes. — W. D. Crotch, Uphill 
House, Weston-super-Mare ; Oct. 1 8. 
Heliothis Armigera. — I met with a 
good specimen of this uncommon Noctua 
a few days ago, near- here, at rest on some 
nettles, under an ivy-bush, on the blossoms 
of which it had no doubt been feasting 
the previous night. — H. Tompkins, 
1, Colonnade, Worthing, Sussex ; Oct. 17. 
Depressaria Cleodochrella. — I have also 
taken a fine specimen of this species and 
missed another since I have been staying 
here. This is the first time I have seen 
it alive since 1856, when I captured four 
or five examples of it in Dorsetshire. — 
Ibid. 
Depressaria Rliodochrella. — I captured 
twenty-eight specimens of this very dis- 
tinct species at Blackpool in the middle 
of August. — R. S. Edleston, Man- 
chester; Oct. 10. 
Phygas Birdella— During my stay at 
Blackpool, observing a solitary furze 
bush free from under-growth, I paid my 
respects to it almost daily ; out of this 
strange habitat I beat some three dozen 
specimens, chiefly females. — Ibid. 
