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a small plantation of oak, birch and willow. — A. Dkuitt, Christchurch, 

 Hants, (h-tobi'i- l.sf, 1898. 



CoLiAs EDUSA IN WiGTONSHiKE. — I havG vcry iiiuch pleasure in 

 recording the capture of a fine J specimen of (Jolias eilusa, taken this 

 side of the border. It was caught by my brother in one of the cottage 

 gardens on Lord Stair's estate, at Stranraer, Wigtonshire, on August 

 29th, and is in very fair condition, and quite fit for the cabinet, though 

 caught with his cap. — Andrew Adih Dalglish, 21, Prince's Street, 

 Poliokshields, Glasgow. Octobn- lltl,, 1898. 



Si'iiiNX coNvoLvuLi IN SouTii Devon. — Tliis luotli appears to 

 liave ))eeu unusually plentiful in South Devon during September. At 

 AVouford, near Exeter, I saw four or five specimens which had been 

 captured at the attractive flowers of the " tobacco " plant, while from 

 Sidmouth and Dawlish reports were to hand of similar hauls for the 

 collector. — H. Rowland Brown, M.A., F.E.S., Oxhey Grove, Harrow- 

 Weald. 



Sphinx convolvuli in the Channel Islands. — Sphinx con- 

 volvuli has been exce})tioually numerous this autumn. I did not notice 

 when it first a})])eared. and 1 have not seen it since September 22ud, 

 but it is fair to say I liave not looked for it. Between Se})tember 

 17th-22nd, I took, with the help of a young friend, Avhom i set to 

 watch, with net and cyanide bottle, over two dozen specimens at the 

 flowers of tobacco and petunias. — (Rev.) F. E. Lowe, M.A., F.E.S., 

 Guernsey. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Nunhead. — On September 22ud last, j\Ir. 

 Wood, a friend of mine, residing at Nunliead, brought to me an imago 

 of this fine insect, which had been foimd on the previous day by a 

 member of his family, at rest on the side of some stone steps leading 

 from his house to the garden. When the insect reached me it was 

 unfortunately in a very damaged state, owing, doubtless, to its having 

 been confined for some hours in a small cardboard box. — A. Russell, 

 Southend, Catford. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Ciiislehurst. — On the evening of Sep- 

 tember 17th, I captured two specimens of Sphinx convolvuli, one {S ) 

 was found flying in the dining room, having been attracted Ijy the 

 electric light, the second ( $ ) was flying around the light in the 

 porch of the house. Both were in fairly good condition, but as I had 

 a good series captured in N. Devon, I kei)t them alive in the hope that 

 they would pair, but in this I was disappointed, as both died after 

 spoiling their anterior wings. — W. Thornthw^^ute, F.R.M.S., Avon- 

 hurst, Ciiislehurst. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Chichester. — Several specimens of this 

 fine moth have been taken here during September, some in very tine 

 condition. The captor of one, which was brought to me, was a kitten. 

 It is almost superfluous to say that the condition of this insect was not 

 all that could be desired. — Joseph Anderson, Chichester. October 

 ot/i, 1898. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Christchurch. — Several specimens of this 

 insect were taken during the month of September, at Christchurch. — 

 A. Druitt, Christchurch, Hants. 



Sphinx convolvuli in co. Cork. — Two specimens of S. conrolndi, 

 both of which I have seen, have been captured in this neighbourhood 

 within the last few days, one near Mallow, and the other five miles 

 distant. Almost every year I have heard of this species turning up in 



