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make a modern instance worthy of record in j'our pages. — (Rev.) 

 Gilbert H. Raynor ; Fairvievv, Brentwood, August 28, 1888. 



Thecla w- album in Gloucestershire. — I can corroborate 

 Mr. C. F. Thornewill's statement (Ent. 184) as to the abun- 

 dance of w-alhum. On Saturday, June IGth, I took fifteen larvie 

 of this insect, and Mr. E. B. Poulton and the Rev. A. G. Butler 

 took several more ; on Monda}', June 18th, I secured twenty- 

 seven larvse, nearly all full-fed ; and on Saturday, June 23rd, I took 

 one spun-up pupa, and saw several more out of reach. All these 

 were taken on wytch-elm, and they seemed to exhibit a decided 

 preference for the boughs bearing fruit. — M. Stanger Higgs ; 

 The Mill House, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire. 



Thecla w-album in Cheshire. — My son caught two bad 

 specimens of this butterfly on August 30th, in the parish of 

 Malpas, in Cheshire. As I have never read of its occurrence so 

 far west as this, I place the fact on record. — C. Wolley Dod ; 

 Edge Hall, Malpas, September, 1888. 



Epinephele hyperanthes, variety. — I captured a fine variety 

 of EjAnephele hyperanthes in North Kent on July 23rd. The right 

 anterior wing is of a pale whitish grey, almost to the base ; the 

 costa is especially pale. The cilia are perfect; and the specimen 

 had apparently but recentl}"- emerged when it was captured. — 

 J. W. Tutt ; September, 1888. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Sussex. — On September 2nd I took 

 a fine specimen of Spliinx convolvuli at rest on a fence at Polegate, 

 Sussex. — A. Aeercromby ; 41, Fairholme Road, West Kensington, 

 W., September 5, 1888. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Staffordshire. — A fine male speci- 

 men of this moth was captured here on September 1st, 1888, on 

 some linen that had been hung out to dry. It is now in my 

 possession. — E. P. Wright; Granville Terrace, Stone, Staffs. 



Sphinx convolvuli at York. — I captured here, on August 

 28th, a fine Sphinx convolvuli, vv'hich had been attracted by the 

 flowers of the sweet-scented tobacco plant. I took a second 

 specimen in the same place on August 30th, but not in such fine 

 condition. — Samuel Walker; 75, Union Terrace, York. 



Deilephila galii in Cheshire. — In addition to the numerous 

 captures of the perfect insect on tlie South-east coast, man}' 



