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of our house has a border of sweet-scented white tobacco plants, 

 and we caught two specimens in the front hall on the first night 

 (September 7th), and the second night we hunted the tobaccos with 

 ajantern. We saw several specimens and succeeded in capturing 

 one. The specimens comprise two females and one male. About 

 three years ago we took a specimen of this insect, but have never 

 seen them on other than these two occasions. — G. Theing ; Charlton 

 House, Charlton Mackrell, Somerset. 



Devonshire. — A specimen of Sj^hinx convolvuli (I believe a 

 female) was captured in a garden at Okehampton on August 29fch. 

 It was taken on some linen hanging out to dry by a maid-servant, 

 and was brought to me alive to identify. — (Eev.) E. T. Holmes, 

 1, Park Villas, Okehampton, Devon. 



I captured three worn specimens on verbena and 

 nicotiana blossoms in my garden here on September 6th and missed 

 another. The third I caught half an hour after dark with the aid of 

 a lantern. It was a still, cloudy, warm evening. On the following 

 evening I saw only one convolvuli and missed another, as the light 

 was bad, on September 11th. — H. M. Parish, Totnes, South Devon. 



N. Wales. — I beg to report the capture of two specimens of 

 S. convolvuli at Aberdovey, Wales, during a short stay in August. 

 The first was caught on August 27th resting on the door of a bathing 

 hut. On August 29th I w^as walking along the front, and was just in 

 time to rescue the second as it was being driven out of a cottage 

 by the scared housewife. Both were but very slightly damaged. — 

 Albert J. Barnes ; 1, Ashley Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 



Donegal. — On September 5th Mr. T. Patterson took a male 

 S})hinx convolvuli at Eamelton, co. Donegal. He very kindly brought 

 it to my father to send to me. The fore wings were badly frayed, 

 but when perfect it must have been a very large specimen. — G. 

 Coulter, Bank House, Eamelton, co. Donegal. 



Dublin. — On September 9th, 1917, I was given a living female, 

 Sphinx convolvuli, by Miss Flynu, Blackrock, co. Dublin. The insect 

 was in an exhausted condition ; one of its front legs was missing, 

 and almost all the scales were off its wings. Miss Flynn informed 

 me that her sister found it on the hall doormat. — G. Coulter, Bank 

 House, Eamelton, co. Donegal. 



Papilio machaon in 1917. 



Essex. — It may be as well to put on record the capture of a 

 perfect female specimen of this species on August Bank Holiday 

 last near High Beach. The specimen was recently shown to me 

 and appears to have been freshly emerged when caught. It is a 

 good example of the form with rusty spots at the apices of the 

 posterior wings. — C. Nicholson; 35, The Avenue, Hale End, 

 Chingford, E. 4. 



Sussex. — I was taking a walk over the downs on the path 

 leading from Eastbourne to Jevington on Sunday, August 5th, 

 about 4 o'clock in the afternoon when I saw a Papilio machaon 

 hovering over a gorse bush on the brow of the hill overlooking 

 Jevington. As I drew near to the butterfly, it settled in the centre 

 of the bush, and, waiting for a seasonable opportunity, I captured it. 



