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Sphinx convolmdi In Gloucestershire.— On September 23i'd, a very fine speci- 

 men of Sphinx convoliui/i, eviflent.ly just emerged from the pupa, was found at rest 

 on the garden entrance of Mr. V. K. Perkins' residence, by his daughter, between 

 7 and 8 o'clock a.m., and is now on one of his setting boards. — V. Toulmin, 

 Wotton-under-Edge : September 21th, 1901. 



Sphinx convoliuili at Wol-ing. — One of \\\y sons found a very good example of 

 the above at rest on a paling close to my house on the morning of Thursday, the 3rd 

 instant. — Kdward Safndebs, St. Ann's, Woking: October Wi, 1901. 



Larva of Sphinx convolrnli at Guentllng, Sussex. — A larva of this species was 

 brought to me on August 24th, but I am sorry to say it escaped almost inuncdiately. 

 Although the perfect insect is not uncommon, the larva seems to be very rarely met 

 with in this country. It has, however, I believe been met with in several instances 

 this summer. — E. N. Bloomfirld, Guestling Rectory : September 25th, 1901. 



Clostera anachoreta at Walmer, Kent. — A young friend, Mr. Gordon Murray, 

 has shown me a short series of this species bred by him from eggs found on balsam 

 poplar at Walmer, in June last. He found more th!in 10 eggs, in two clusters, but 

 gave most of them to his friends, keeping only about a dozen eggs for himself, 

 nearly all of which fed up satisfactorily. — Id. 



Acherontia Atropos in Dumbartonshire. — With reference to Mr. Malloch's note 

 in the October number of this Magazine {ante, p. 258), it may be of interest to 

 some of your readers to know that I caught a Death's-head Hawk-moth at Ard- 

 peaton. Loch Long, on September 7th last. It was crawling over dead leaves at 

 the foot of a tree, quivering its wings, and making a squeaking sound. My atten- 

 tion was drawn to it by this last, which was distinctly audible from a distance of 

 ten or twelve yards. The moth was in beautiful condition, and evidently not long 

 emerged from the pupa. — W. Edgar Evans, 38, Morningside Park, Edinburgh : 

 October 5th, 1901. 



Additions to the Lepidoptera of Olanvilles Wootton since 1890. — Since the 

 publication of the 2nd edition of my " Lepidoptera of Dorsetshire," in 1891, 1 have 

 added the following species to the G-lanvilles Wootton list : — Lithosia aureola, 1901 ; 

 Rusina tenebrosa, 1899; Agrotis saucia,\di'i\5 ; Pachnobta rubricosa,\H91 ; Habro- 

 stola triplasia, 1899 ; Selenia lunaria, 1893 ; Fidonia piniaria, 1895 ; Emmelesia 

 unifnsclata, 1893; Botys lancealis, 1901; Oncocera aheneVa, ISQQ ; Penthina sel- 

 lana, 1892 ; Stigmonota punctivostana, 1892 ; Butalis fwicucuprella, 1899 ; Asy- 

 chna modestella, 1894 ; Elachista magnificella, 1896 ; E. Gleichenella, 1899 ; 

 Opostega salaciella, 1893. I have also taken the following of which previously 

 only solitary specimens had occurred: — JEchmia dentella, one in 1901; Sphinx 

 convolvuli, in 1898 ; Melanthia albicillata, in 1894 ; Hypena rostralis, several ; 

 Scopula lutealis, in 1893 ; Myelophila cribrella, in 1899, several ; Rhodophaa rti- 

 brotibiella, in 1901 ; OrthotcBnia ericelana, several, in 1895 ; Argyrolepia cnicana, 

 in 1899 ; Tinea albipunctella, in 1899. It must be remembered that Grlanvilles 

 Wootton has been almost continuously worked by my ftithcr or myself for ninety- 

 five years.— C. W. Dale, Glanvillcs Wootton : September 30th, 1901. 



