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brought to him by one of the men in perfect condition. He also 

 procured another a few days after the same way, both having been 

 caught in the huts about September 6th. — C. B. Lowe ; " F " House, 

 Marlborough College, Wilts. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Norfolk. — During the first few evenings 

 of September I observed several of these insects hovering over a bed 

 of tobacco-plants in a garden at Burnham Market, Norfolk. The 

 first night I secured one specimen, and later in the evening quite a 

 number were observed at one time. On two subsequent evenings I 

 secured two and three respectively, all of them being good specimens, 

 there being several of each sex. — A. Disney ; " B " House, The 

 College, Marlborough. 



Sphinx convolvuli and Acherontia atropos in Norfolk. — 

 During September my little son Eric brought a S. convolvuli in 

 which he had just taken off a wall in my garden. During October I 

 had six pupae of atropos brought in by potato pickers. — Robt. S. 

 Smith, Jun. ; The Laurels, Downham Market, Norfolk. 



Catocala fraxini in DuRHAiM. — The capture of a specimen of 

 Catocala fraxini at Sunderland during September last is recorded by 

 Mr. H. Hedley in ' The Field' for October 29th.— F. W. F. 



CoLiAs hyale AT Eastbourne. — During the first week of Sep- 

 tember last I ,captured a specimen of C. hyale, the only one seen by 

 me last year. — J, T. Dewey ; 79, Hurst Road, Eastbourne. 



Emmelesia unifasciata. — During the present autumn I was very 

 pleased to find the larvae of this insect feeding on Bartsia odonites 

 quite near to my own house here, and seeing that we have had no 

 record for the county for over fifty years, the occurrence is very 

 interesting. I cannot, however, but think that it has been much 

 overlooked, owing to its manner of feeding, and has always been in 

 the district since first recorded. — J. Gardner ; Laurel Lodge, Hart, 

 West Hartlepool. 



Bryophila perla in November. — Perhaps it is worth noting 

 that on November 19th I saw on the side of a wooden shed a good 

 specimen of Bryophila perla. It changed its position several times, 

 but remained practically in the same place until November 25th, 

 when the cold wind, from which it was not sheltered, came, and I 

 found it dead on the ground. Surely this is rather unusual. I 

 cannot find another record of this moth having been found so late 

 in the year before ; at first I thought it was hybernating, but, if so, 

 I should have thought it would have chosen a more sheltered spot. 

 I should also like to add that my friend Mr. H. Allport found large 

 numbers of .b'. ligustri larvae feeding on ash last summer. — A. O. 

 Beadle ; Donnington Dene, Newbury, Berks. 



AsiLus CRABRONiFORMis, ETC., IN Kent. — On August 1th Master 

 John Nowell, of Kingsdown, Deal, captured in Wye a specimen of 

 Asilus crabroniformis, which had not previously been recorded in the 

 locality. Mr. Theobald tells me that, so far as ho knows, the species 

 has only previously been recorded in the county from Maidstone 



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