the ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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tcmber, as I was dipping water from a 
lank in ibe green-house, where I found 
it. I need not inform you that it had 
indulged in a good wash, and a great 
portion of its beauty was gone, and from 
the battered state of its wings it might 
be called var. obtusa. A friend of mine, 
Mr. W. H. Gower, has had the pleasure 
of seeing Vanessa Antiopa on the wing, 
on the 8lh of September, and to his great 
disgust it escaped him. — G. H. Shep- 
HEBD, 1 , Stafford Place, Fairjicld, King- 
ston-on-Thames ; Ocl.b. 
Acherontia Atropos in the City of 
London. — A. friend of mine captured a 
fine male specimen of the above species 
in Fenchurch Street, on Saturday, the 
9th inst. — H. Reynolds, 22, Three-Colt 
Street, Old Ford, Bow; Oct. 11. 
Captures near Exeter. — Amongst my 
captures this season are the following : — 
Sphinx Convolvuli (13). Some in good 
condition, some bad, the majority of 
them females, which were the first 
to appear. 
D. Livornica. Taken at rest. 
A. Saucia. Very common at sugar 
from the 31st of August to the pre- 
sent date. I have also bred several 
fine specimens of this insect. 
A. Agathina. Beaten at night from a 
willow bed. 
N. Depuncta. At sugar. 
T. Retu.sa. -At sugar, and also bred 
from larva; taken on the willow. 
Epunda Nigra. At sugar. 
I have this year again bred X. Petrifi- 
cata from larvae found feeding on the 
apple tree. The larvae of H. Pisi I have 
taken feeding on dock, and (in a clover 
field) on clover. Larvae of L. Rubi are 
very common in the stubble-fields, feed- 
ing upon clover. I have just heard that 
a specimen of D. Galii has been taken 
at Kingsbridge. — H. Dorville, Alph- 
ington, near Exeter ; Oct. 9. 
Eiptera, Ilymenoptera and Coleoptera 
near Lewes. — The following list of insects 
belonging to these respective orders will 
show some of my best captures (as far 
as I could satisfactorily determine their 
names correctly) this season in this 
district ; time ranging from March 22nd 
to August 3 1 ; locality embracing “the 
Downs,” woods, marsh and coast. 
diptera. 
April. 
Eristalis iutricarius. Not rare. 
Criorhina asilica. Common. 
9 ) 
Cheilosia albitarsus. Not com- 
mon. 
May. 
Syrphus corollte. Common. 
99 
„ mellinus. Rare. 
9 ) 
„ luniger. Common. 
June. 
Xylota sylvarum. Rare. 
99 
Volucella pellucens. Rare. 
99 
„ influta. Rare. 
99 
Chrysotoxum arctiatum. Rare. 
99 
Cheilosia funeralis. Common. 
99 
Eristalis reneus. Rare. 
99 
„ floralis. Rare. 
99 
Stratiomys chama;leon. Very rare. 
99 
„ longicornis. Rare. 
99 
„ tigrina. Frequent. 
99 
„ viridula. Common. 
J uly. 
Nemotelus uliginosus. Not un- 
common. 
99 
„ pantherinus. Less 
common. 
99 
Bombylius minor. Very rare. 
99 
Beris clavipes. Rare. 
99 
„ chalybeata. Rare. 
99 
Tachina grossa. Rare. 
99 
„ ferox. Common. 
99 
„ ursina. Common. 
99 
Conops rufipes. Rare. 
99 
Chrysops emeutiens. Rare. 
99 
„ relictus. Rare. 
hymenoptera. 
April. 
Halictus Xanthopus,(y,$. Com- 
mon . 
99 
„ 4-notatus, 9 • Rare. 
99 
Nomada borealis. Local. 
99 
Andrena Exiraia, 9- Very rare. 
99 
„ chrysosceles, ^ , 9 • Not 
uncommon. 
99 
„ mimitus, ^,9- Com- 
raon. 
