230 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Lyc^na corydon at Beckenham. — On August Gtli I took a 

 male specimen of the above in our garden. Is it often taken so 

 near London? — A. M. Reid ; The Avenue, Beckenham. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Essex. — I think it may be of interest 

 to know that I took a fine male Sphinx convolvuli here over a 

 bed of petunias last night (8th inst.), and saw, a day or two ago, 

 Mac7'oglossa stellatarum in the same place. I may add that we 

 are only seven miles out of London. — A. E. Tonge ; Limefield, 

 Ilford Park, Essex, August 9, 1887. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Windsor. — On Monday, August 29nd, 

 in the early part of the morning, I captured a male Sphinx 

 convolvuli. Half an hour later a boy brought me a fine female, 

 which he had caught in his cap not twenty yards distant from 

 where I obtained the male. Both specimens were on the wing. 

 Is not this very early ? — Alberto Edmonds ; 3, Park Street, 

 Windsor, Aug. 20, 1887. 



Sphinx convolvuli in France. — Whilst staying in Etretat, 

 a small village on the Normandy coast, I have been enabled, in 

 conjunction with my brother, to take twenty-five of these 

 magnificent insects. On the 18th inst. I was in the garden about 

 eight o'clock, when I chanced to look across to a large bed of 

 petunias, which seemed almost alive with them. I netted on 

 that night seven specimens only, but on the next night I was able 

 to take eighteen : they were all, with one exception, quite fresh 

 and very good specimens. Is not this a wonderfully large take ? 

 — NiEL H. Beid ; Beckenham, Kent. 



Callimorpha HERA AT ExETER. — I Write to mention the 

 occurrence of this rare moth in this neighbourhood. Its capture 

 near Starcross on the other side of the Exe, about eight miles 

 from this as the crow flies, has been recorded in your columns 

 during the two preceding seasons ; but when I went out to try 

 my fortune yesterday I had no expectation of meeting with 

 anything so rare. The specimen I took was perfect, but slightly 

 faded in the rich colour of the under wings, at least as compared 

 with those I have noticed abroad. Its size, however, is full}' up 

 to that of Swiss specimens. Tliere seems to be a very interesting 

 entomological fauna in this part of South Devon, judging from a 

 local collection I have had the jileasure of examining ; and I hope 

 to send a notice of the insects worthy of record, which I have met 



