230 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Aegynnis aglaia ab. molybdina. — The name proposed for the 

 ab. of A. aglaia (antea, p. 307) should be ab. molybdina, and not 

 ab. molybdena, as given in last month's ' Entomologist.' — F. B. 

 Newnham ; Chm'ch Stretton. 



Polygonia c-album ab. — On August 16th last I captured a 

 female specimen of P. c-album in which the c mark is replaced by a 

 very distinct o. This I call ab. o-album. — F. B. Newnham, Church 

 Stretton. 



Sphinx (Heese) Convolvuli in 1917. 



Dueham. — I had brought to me a fine male Sphinx convolvuli 

 on August 26th by a friend of mine, who took it on a pair of bathing 

 wings in the yard. — W. Eichaedson ; 12, Salem Street South, 

 Sunderland, Durham. 



I captured a male specimen of S. convolvuli near the 

 gasworks, Sunderland, on August 28th. This is the second capture, 

 to my knowledge, within -ten days. — J. Dousey ; 147, St. Leonard, 

 Street, Hendon, Sunderland. 



S. convolvuli female captured on a railway sleeper by a 

 platelaver about one mile east of Barnard Castle Station on August 

 29th, 1917.— J. P. EoBSON, 10, Vane Koad, Barnard Castle. 



Yoekshiee. — I am writing to place on record the capture of a 

 female specimen of Sphinx convolvuli at Wensley, near Eichmond, 

 Yorkshire, on September 7th by myself and my sister. It was a 

 nearly perfect specimen and was caught at dusk while hovering over 

 tobacco plants. It measured 4| in. across the wings. — N. Oede 

 PowLETT ; Wensley Hall, Ley burn, Yorks. 



NoEFOLK. — It may be of interest to mention that I captured a 

 fine specimen of Sphinx convolvuli here yesterday. — J. Anthony 

 Plowman ; Clifton House, Victoria Street, Sheringham, Norfolk. 



Kent. — I have to record the capture of two female specimens of 

 Sphinx convolvuli in this town. One was taken at rest on a pave- 

 ment by Mr. F. Waghorn and brought to me ; the other w'as found 

 by my wife on a fence. The dates of the captures were August 27th 

 and 30th respectively. — E. D. Moegan ; 24, Queen's Eoad, Tunbridge 

 Wells, Kent. 



SuEEEY. — I have received an excellent specimen of Sphinx 

 convolvuli caught at Shirley, near Croydon, Surrey, last week. — 

 Ewan Close ; Woodcote, Camberley, August 26th. 



Sussex. — This species appears to have been of not at all 

 uncommon occurrence in this neighbourhood lately. On the 4th 

 inst. my attention was called to a large moth hovering at the 

 blossom of tobacco plants in the dusk of evening, but while I went 

 to get a net it disappeared. However, I had not to wait long before 

 another came along and was secured — a rather wasted individual. I 

 had no further opportunity of looking for them until the 12th, when 

 a couple more were seen, but a fitful wind and fast falling darkness 

 combined to frustrate an attempt at their capture. — Eobeet x\dkin, 

 Eastbourne. 



Someeset. — W^e have caught three specimens of the Convolvulus 

 Hawk Moth in two nights and have seen several others. The front 



