92 [September, 
I have also taken 15 Camptogra/mma Jluviata, 2 fine cream-coloured varieties of 
G. pa/pilionaria, and some other fair things, T. retusa among them. — John T. D. 
Llewelyn, Ynisygerwn, Neath, August, 1867. 
P.S. — I have the pleasure to announce the capture of another specimen of 
Sterrha sacraria. It came to light here on Aug. 15th, and was found resting with 
the wings arched, after the manner of Cilix spinula. She has since laid a batch of 
ova.— J. T. D. L., Aug. 16th, 1867. 
Note on Bedellia somnulentella. — The larva of this little uncertainty is about 
again this season. On the 28th of last month, when passing through Stroud Green, 
Norwood, I picked a leaf of Convolvulus arvensis growing in a cottager's garden, 
containing four larvse ; a week later they all entered the pupa state. Yesterday, 
being in the same locality, I noticed the larvae somewhat common on plants growing 
in the hedge-rows. — Chas. Healy, 74, Napier Street, Hoxton, 12th August, 1867. 
6^n«ral |nfoniiati0ir. 
Meetings of the Entomological Society. — -The meetings for the Session 1867-8 
are fixed for the following Mondays, at 7 p.m. : — Nov. 4th, 18th ; Dec. 2nd ; Jan. 
6th, 27th (Anniversary) ; Feb. 3rd, 17th ; March 2nd, 16th ; April 6th ; May 4th ; 
June 1st ; July 6th. 
Introduction of Bombyx Cynthia into Australia. — We read in a colonial news- 
paper that the Ailanthus silk-worm has been successfully introduced into our 
southern possessions, where, under the influence of a favourable climate, its culti- 
vation will j)robably one day form an important branch of industry. 
Collection from the Upper Amazons. — A large collection of insects (Lepidoptera 
and Coleoptera) has been received in London from the veteran South American 
collector, Mr. John Hauxwell ; together with a fine series of birds and some reptiles. 
The locality in which the collection was made is Pebas, on the northern bank of 
the Upper Amazons, in Peru, and interesting as being situated on a prolongation 
of the mainland of Equador, east of the Eiver Napo, into the alluvial plains of the 
Amazons. As a result of this geographical position, several species hitherto known 
only from the eastern slopes of the Andes, are contained in the collection, including 
one species of humming-bird. There is a large amount of novelty, however, among 
the insects, shewing the richness of the locality. Among the Diurnal Lepidoptera 
are two or three fine new species of Papilio, a superb addition to the splendid genus 
Callithea, three species of Pandora (one of them new), besides the rare Batesia 
hypochlora (Felder) allied to Pandora, and a fine series of Ageronice ; these three 
genera form a tolerably well-defined group of Nymphalidce, and Pebas seems to be 
their head-quarters. Mr. Hauxwell was previously known only as an ornithological 
collector ; it is to be hoped that he may continue his labours in all branches, and 
explore, for the benefit of science, the region of the Napo, one of the richest districts 
in tropical America. 
