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on Soptombcr lOth, the first I have over taken about here. The 

 second was caught on September 20th, just as I was about to post the 

 first. The last I took previous to these was at Swansea, in August, 

 1887.— Malcolm Buur, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Bellagio, East Grinstead. 

 Sei)temher 20th, 1898. [Mr, Burr has since sent a third specimen, 

 captured September 21st. — Ed,] 



Sphinx convolvuli in Dorking and London. — On Sept. 18th, 

 Dr. T. W. King took a specimen of Sphinx convo/vnli on a fence at 

 Dorking ; and on Sept. 20th, Mr. H, A. King took another on the 

 church of Allhallows, Barking, Gt. Tower Street. — F. W, Fuller. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Seaford. — A specimen of SpJUnx convolvuli 

 was brought to my friend Dr. Evans, of Seaford, having been taken 

 by a man in that town, on the 20th inst. It is not in good condition, 

 the thorax having sufiered considerably, probably at the time of capture. 

 The insect has been kindly presented to mc by the doctor, — H, Ainslie 

 Hill, F,Z.S,, F.E,S., 9, Addision Mansions, Kensington, W. Sep- 

 tember 12th, 1898. 



CoLiAS edusa in Surrey and Sussex. — As Colias edusa is so 

 uncertain in its appearance in this country, it may be interesting to 

 record a specimen which I saw at Riddlesdown, Surrey, on Saturday, 

 the 3rd inst., and also another, which I saw yesterday, between 

 Seaford and Bishopstone, in Sussex, — Ibid. 



Autumnal emergence of Spilosoma lubricipeda, — When I was at 

 Hythe in July last {Ent. Upc., x,, p. 228), I found a small batch of 

 eggs of Spilosoma lubricipeda, on dock. These hatched on July 14th, 

 and duly fed up on dock and lettuce. They pupated in the beginning 

 of August, and I placed a few in a small cardboard box, kept in a 

 room without a fire, and with a northerly aspect. I was much 

 astonished, on Monday last, September 12th, to find that 15 specimens 

 (one male and 14 females) had emerged, the females having deposited 

 quantities of ova on the sides of the box, and on the muslin covering. 

 I presume this is the result of the recent abnormal heat. — Ibid. 



Position of egg laid by Sphinx ligustri. — With regard to ]\lr. 

 Hill's query re the position of the egg laid by Sphinx li(justri (ante, 

 p. 288), I may say that I have found the ova and newly-hatched 

 larvic by looking on the undersides of leaves on the small shoots of 

 privet, near the foot of a hedge. I cannot say whether this be the 

 usual position, though I believe they are always (or at least generally) 

 laid on the underside of a leaf. All the young larva? of the species 

 that I have had, have rested on the midrib on the underside of a leaf. 

 —A. Bacot, 27, Walbrook, E.G. 



Abundance of Aglais urtice larv.e in Scotland. — On a visit to the 

 north in June last, I was much surprised to see such large numbers of 

 the larvic of Aglais urticae. 1 first found them at the Kyleof Lochalsh, 

 on June 23rd, nearly full-fed. On June 27th we went by coach from 

 Pitlochry to Kirk Michael, and in a lane near the hotel where the 

 coach stops, I could have taken some hundreds if I had wanted 

 them, but they were very small indeed, a fact that struck me as being 

 rather peculiar, as I had found them almost full-fed at the Kyle of 

 Lochalsh some days previously. — J. A. Clark, F.E.S., 57, Weston 

 Park, Crouch End, N. 



Sphinx lujustri in the Isle of Man. — On June 28th last, Mr. 

 S. Harris, vicar-general of the Isle of Man, very kindly sent to me 



