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fields, the weather all the time being very fine and warm. 

 This was early in June. We never caught a glimpse of 

 either C. Hyale, C. Edusa, or its var. Helice, for some days ; 

 after which, in the same fields, C. Hyale and C. Edusa made a 

 sudden appearance, C. Edusa being quite common ; C. Hyale 

 was scarce. But all the C. Edusa were miserable specimens, 

 and the C. Hyale were much rubbed. Does this not seem to 

 give one the idea that they had been hybernating, and were 

 merely waiting for the early summer's sun to induce them to 

 leave their winter retreats? — H. Ramsay Cox; Thornleigh 

 House, Forest Hill, September 11, 1876. 



SjihiiKV Convolvuli in Gloucestershire. — On the 7th Sep- 

 tember a very fresh specimen of S. Convolvuli was taken in 

 my garden, attracted as usual by the petunias. — V. R. 

 Perkins ; IVolton- under- Edge. 



Sphinx Convolvuli near St. Ives. — A Sphinx Convolvuli 

 was brought to me in perfect condition, caught in a cottage 

 in this parish, on the 22nd of x\ugust, 1876. — \_Rev.'\ J. H. 

 White; Hemingford Grey, St. Ives. 



Sphinx Convolvuli at Salisbury. — I took a very fine and 

 perfect specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli on a lamp-post, in 

 this town, on the 7lh of this month. — Henry Neale ; 22, St. 

 Martin'' s Church Street, Salisbury, September 23, 1876. 



Rare Lepidoptera in the Isle of Wight. — The season has 

 been a very uncertain one, but many good things have been 

 taken ; amongst them — Triphsena subsequa, Diphthera orion, 

 Leucania vitellina, Laphygma exigua, a specimen of the very 

 rareNoctuaflammatra, Agroiis cinerea,A.lunigera,A.obelisca, 

 Aporophila australis, Heliophobus hispida, Luperina cespitis, 

 Pterophorus spilodactylus, Sphinx Convolvuli, Colias Edusa 

 and its var. Helice common, and a few specimens of Colias 

 Hyale ; also many others. Mr. Buckmaster and Mr. Black- 

 burn have taken Leucania albipuncta. I hope next month 

 to give you a longer list, as there is every prospect of a fine 

 autumn. — H. Rogers ; Roseberry House, Freshwater, Isle of 

 Wight, September 19, 1876. 



Choerocampa celerio at Brighton. — A specimen of Choero- 

 campa celerio was taken at Brighton on the 13th of this 

 month by my brother, who brought it to me in splendid 

 condition. It is now on the selting-boavd. — C. Hamlin; 

 47, Viaduct Road, Brighton, September 25, 1876. 



