304 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



fifty specimens of Sphinx convolvuli in m)' garden here, chiefly 

 over Nlcotina ciffinis which I had planted in large numbers to 

 attract them, but some over petunia and pink geranium. Last 

 year, at my old residence in Walthamstow, I captured nine 

 specimens; the year before, seven; and in 1875 seven speci- 

 mens, but none during the intervening period ; so that after an 

 interval of ten years, during which I failed to meet with a single 

 specimen, I have taken this beautiful insect freely for three con- 

 secutive years. It was especially abundant this year, when it 

 was not uncommon for a pair to be flying over the flowers at the 

 same time. — Sidney Cooper ; Hawkwood, Chingford, Oct. 10. 



Sussex. — Three specimens of this moth were taken in this 

 village during the first week of September, but all were worn and 

 faded, as if they had been flying some time, thus confirming the 

 view of your Windsor correspondent, that they have emerged 

 earlier than usual. — E, Bayley ; Keymer. 



Hampshire. — In my notice in last month (Entom. 274, line 

 10) the words should be "and took three," &c., not "saw." — 

 Waldegrave ; Bookham Lodge, Cobham, Surrey, Oct. 20, 1887. 



Dorsetshire. — A female Sphinx convolvuli was brought to me 

 early in September, crushed into a small flower-pot and nearly 

 dead ; three others have also been taken in this neighbourhood. 

 O. P. Cambridge ; Bloxworth, Oct. 5, 1885. 



Middlesex. — I took Sphinx convolvuli in Acton hovering over 

 a tobacco plant, to which it came and flew away several times in 

 one evening in August. — William Woodhams ; 18, Shaa Road, 

 Acton, W. A Sphinx convolvuli was brought to me by a young 

 friend on September the 7th. With the exception of a very 

 tattered specimen I found near Isleworth in 1878, this is the first 

 I have seen in this neighbourhood. I had not met with this 

 insect since I took three and saw others on the wing at Starcross, 

 over pentstemon bloom, one moonlight night early in October, 

 1857 ; the next evening our cat caught one. Another was 

 captured at light ; this one was left under a finger-glass all night 

 and laid a number of eggs : these hatched out shortly after- 

 wards, but the larvae died through a misadventure. — William 

 PowLEY ; Hounslow, October 14, 1887. 



Abundance of Sphinx convolvuli in France. —Referring 

 to my note about Sphinx convolvuli in France (Entom. 230), I 

 find I have recorded the capture of twenty-five only, but before 



