mens have been founo near Perth. The first was found' 
in the autumn of 1862, near Craigie; another in July 
1865, in St John Street; one in October 1865, near Perth ; 
and another in Victoria Street, I believe. This one when 
found had its wings still undeveloped, so that it had just 
emerged, and, however it got to Perth, certainly had not 
flown there. The silver-striped hawk-moth appears not 
to be common in Europe generally. I believe it occurs 
abundantly in India, 
6. The Small Elephant Hawk-moth [Choerocampa Por- 
cellus) is a much smaller species, seldom exceeding two 
inches in the expanse of the wings, which are yellowish 
and rosy. The caterpillar feeds on the bedstraw, and is 
brown or green, with eye-like spots on the 4th, 5th, and 6th 
segments. There is no horn, but like other caterpillars 
of this genus the tail-end is much thicker than the head 
end. This moth, which seems to prefer the north to the 
south of Britain, is not uncommon near Perth but was 
formerly much more abundant Owing to the rapacity 
of certain collectors who tear up the food plant by the 
roots in case a single caterpillar should escape, its numbers 
have, I believe, been much diminished. The perfect insect 
is fond of frequenting honey suckle blossom in June. 
[The large elephant hawkmoth (Ch(Brocainpa Elpenor) 
has been reported to occur in Perthshire, and there is no 
great reason why it should not, but more evidence is re¬ 
quired before we can place it on oiir local lists. The 
caterpillar resembles the last mentioned, but has a horn. 
It feeds on the willow leaf as well as on the yellow bed- 
straw.] 
7.The Humming Bird Hawk-moth {Macroglossa stellata' 
rum) \& perhaps the most frequently seen and greatest 
favourite i f all the hawk-moths. This is the species which 
in hot summers appears like a beneficient fairy for the 
benefit of newspaper editors when the parliamentary 
session is over, and “ diabolical murders ” and “ enormous 
gooseberries” fill the columns of the “Dailies.” Then 
it is that paragraphs entitled “ The humming bird hawk- 
moth,” “ The humming bird moth,” or The humming 
hirdt^ seen in Sussex (or elsewhere, as the case may be), 
astonish the uninitated and cause the entomologist to smile. 
Not like the other species is this a lover of dewy eve or 
cool dawn—the hottest sunshine seems not to be too hot 
for it ; for then it darts among the flowers, or rashes at 
racing speed up and down in front of some stone wall or 
warm bank. The humming bird hawkmoth measures 
less than two inches across the wings, which are brown 
