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house door in our garden, exposed to the full blaze of the afternoon 

 sun. It was excessively sluggish, and I transferred it to the killing 

 bottle without the slightest difficulty. — Harold S. Leigh; Brentwood, 

 Worsley, near Manchester. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Moray. — Mr. W. Taylor, Lhanbryde, has sent 

 me a fine specimen of this moth, taken at Lossiemouth, in Elginshire, 

 about Sept, 12th last. — Henry H. Brown ; Cupar-Fife. 



Sphinx convolvuli in South Yorkshire. — On August 26th a fine 

 example of this species was captured on some linen left on a clothes- 

 line all night in a garden at Wincobauk, a suburb of Sheffield. It was 

 securely impaled on two large common pins ; the wings also were 

 slightly rubbed in the handling before it was given to me. — W. Brooks; 

 Thuudercliffe Grange, near Rotherham, Sept. 10th, 1904. 



Sphinx convolvuli, &c., in Surrey. — A fine specimen of Sphinx con- 

 vulvuli was taken recently on Xicotiana affinis, and one or two have been 

 seen since. The larva of Smeiinthus ocdlatus has been very plentiful 

 here this autumn. Eight or nine were taken on a small shrub of SalLv 

 alba, and single specimens seen frequently during first week in Sep- 

 tember. — Wm. Delves, Jun. ; Horeham Road, Sussex. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Wales. — On August 17th last I took two 

 specimens of S. convolvuli at Fairbourne, Merionethshire. On the 

 following evening I saw six more, all hovering over the flowers of 

 Xicotiana. Unfortunately tliey were all rather worn. Although I 

 saw a few specimens late in the evening, they were most frequent 

 about 7 p.m. — N. G. Hadden ; " St. Elmo," Avenue Road, Malvern, 

 Sept. 18th, 1904. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Walmer. — A fine specimen of the above was 

 brought to me to-day. It appears to be freshly emerged, though rubbed 

 from handling. Another was taken by a friend in Deal. — R. A. Jack- 

 son ; Chavily Farm, near Holliugbourne. 



CoLiAs edusa in Cornwall. — On Sept. 17th I took a female C'olias 

 edusa on some sandhills near the sea. It was in perfect condition, and 

 there had been a gale blowing for three days from the west, and the 

 wind was blowing very strongly when I took the specimen. It must 

 have been bred near the place where I found it, as it could not have 

 flown far against the heavy wind. The locality was about ten miles 

 north of Newquay. — L. A. M. Riley; St. Petroc Minor, St. Issey, 

 Cornwall. 



CoLiAs EDUSA var. HELicE, &c., IN Devon. — Whilst collecting at 

 Dawlish, South Devon, on Aug. 12th, I caught sight of a Colias edusa 

 perched on an oak-leaf in a lane, and to my surprise, on netting it, I 

 found it to be a magnificent specimen of the var. luiice. On searching 

 a good many clover-fields, I could not see any other example of the 

 species, although a small boy at Teignmouth told me he had taken a 

 few C. ediim and one specimen of helice in a clover-field near that town. 

 During my four days' visit I also obtained five Callimorpha hera, in- 

 cluding two of the yellow variety (lutescem), in grand condition, and a 

 nice set of Bryojihila qlandifer<t. — H. 0. Wells; 42, the Avenue, 

 Gipsy Hill, London, S.E., Aug. 30th, 1904. 



