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town. T wonder whether the experience of other collectors is 

 the same as his, as to the scarcity of the female of C. Edusa ; 

 but out of quite a large number of males he only succeeded 

 in taking one female. — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Alres/ord, 

 Hants. 



Lyccena Arion near Kingshridge. — The locality in this 

 neighbourhood for this handsome insect was first discovered 

 on the 30lh of June, 1856, by Mr. H. Young and myself, at 

 which time, and for many years subseqently, it was to be found 

 in very large numbers ; as many as three or four hundred 

 specimens of a morning might be seen sporting about, 

 alighting on the flowers of the wild thyme, and apparently 

 sucking the nectar therefrom. If you give chase for the 

 purpose of catching, it is necessary to be very quick, as they 

 have a peculiar habit of darting into the thick furze, and 

 creeping to its very centre ; and all your beating the bush fails 

 to again get them on the wing. Although their locality spreads 

 over many miles of slopes thickly covered with furze, inter- 

 spersed with wild thyme, facing the sea, 1 fear there is a great 

 probability of their becoming almost exterminated, for at the 

 present time their numbers are greatly diminished, chiefly 

 attributable to the practice of the occupiers of the land 

 annually burning patches of the furze for the purpose of 

 destroying rabbits, and also converting it into feeding-ground 

 for sheep and cattle. It seems a pity that so handsome an 

 insect before long should be lost to the British fauna, at least 

 in this district. — H. NicJiolls ; Boseland, Kingshridge, South 

 Devon, September 6, 1875. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Darlington. — We have taken nine- 

 teen Sphinx Convolvuli, flying over honeysuckle in our 

 garden, since the 12th of August. We also missed five 

 others. — JoJm Latv ; Elton Parade, Darlington, September 

 7, 1875. 



Sphinx Convolvuli in the North of Ireland. — I caught a fair 

 specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli in the village of Glenarm on 

 Thursday, September 9th, the first specimen 1 have seen in this 

 locality. — T. Br union ; Glenarm Castle, Lame, N. Ireland. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Bristol. — A damaged specimen of 

 Sphinx Convolvuli was brought to n)e this evening. It was 

 captured last Saturday. It flew into an open window in 

 Clifton Park ; and, as is usual in such cases, was placed 



