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everyone has right of usage. We always fixed our sheet on the main 

 drove when we collected there, and risked Mr. Aspland's threats. 

 Lepidopterists, to whom Is. 6d. per week is nothing, have made it harder 

 for their poorer brethren of the net, by paying this imposition without 

 thinking of the principle involved therein. Ed.] 



Sphinx coNVOLVULi at Chichester. — Had it not been for this moth, 

 which appeared in some numbers in this neighbourhood, the past 

 season would have been the worst for lepidoptera in my recollection. 

 The first record of its appearance which I have in my diary, is on August 

 12th, when a worn specimen was taken in a spider's wel) at the 

 museum ; after which the moths were not seen till September 8th. 

 No less than eighteen were captured by my young friend. Master John 

 Fogden, of Apuldrum, at the flowers of petunias in their garden. 

 Some of the insects have the cilia so perfect, and the colours so fresh, 

 that I think they must have been bred in the locality. I heard of one 

 collector who had obtained two larvae, which safely pupated. The 

 moth was noticed in our own garden hovering over the petunia flowers. 

 It is still on the wing at the date on which I am writing (October 

 3rd). My friend Dr. Crallan, of Bournemouth, tells me that the 

 moth is fond of resting on palings a short distance from the ground. 

 This habit is doubtless protective, the colours — of the anterior wings 

 especially — harmonising perfectly with weathered palings, like those of 

 CuculUa KDibratica, which has a similar habit. — J. Anderson, Aire 

 Villa, Chichester. October Snl, 1901. 



Appearance of Sphinx convolvuli at Angmering, at J^urgess Hill, 

 in Sussex, and at Hajvimersmith, London. — I had a full-fed larva of 

 Sphinx convolndi sent me from Angmering, near Worthing, on August 

 23rd, it is now in pupa. At Burgess Hill, Sussex, this insect was 

 constantly to be seen flying round the incandescent gas-lamps in the 

 London Eoad, on the evenings of September 14th and 15th. A dead 

 specimen of the same insect was picked up on September 17th, in the 

 playground of Colet Court School, Hammersmith, by one of the 

 scholars. — J. C. Dollman. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Warwickshire. — A fine specimen was brought 

 to me alive on the 28th inst. It had been taken at rest close to my 

 house, and had apparently only recently emerged. — G. W. Wynn, 

 Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire. September 30th, 1901. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Stratford. — It may be interesting to the 

 readers of the Becord to know that S. convolvuli has been rather 

 plentiful in this neighbourhood. I know, personally, of about two 

 dozen having been taken flying round the electric lights in Stratford 

 and Ilford. It seems that they are unusually abundant this year. — 

 Colin Murray, 9, Bedford Gardens, Ilford. October 6th, 1901. 



Sphinx convol\tjli in London Fields. — On September 25th, 1901, 

 I captured a specimen of Sphinx convolvuli flying around the electric 

 light at the Broadway, London Fields. — Joseph Alderman, la. Alias 

 Eoad, Mile End, E. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Folkestone.— I had a fine specimen of this 

 moth brought to me on October 1st, taken here at rest. Mr. Judge, 

 of this town, found, in September, a larva in his garden, which produced 

 a fine imago in due course. — Stuart S. Hills, Public Library, 

 Folkestone. October 6th, 1901. 



Sphikx convolvuli at Chelmsford. — Four specimens of Sphinx 



