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Sphinx convolvuli at Tunbridge Wells. — Mr, Chatfield, of this 

 town, brought rae a very fine specimen of S. convolvuli, which he took at 

 rest near the Toad Rock on Rusthall Common on Aug. 27th. As far as 

 I know, it has never been taken liere before. — R. A. Dallas Beeohing ; 

 Tunbridge Wells. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Aberdeenshire. — A specimen of S. convolvuli 

 was caught here on Aug. 31st; it was very much worn. A second was 

 caught on Sept. 9th, in fine condition, the tips of the wings a little touched 

 in capturing. — J.Salter; Strichen, Aberdeenshire. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Surrey. — I have much pleasure in recording 

 the capture of SjMnx convolvuli, male, in our own garden on the 12th inst. 

 It was apparently attracted by the tobacco plant. I also had a female 

 brought me which has deposited a number of eggs. — Geo. Stanley 

 Morley; Oakdene, Epsom, Sept. 19th, 1895. 



Leucania albipuncta near Ashford. — I captured a specimen of 

 L. albipuncta, at sugar, near here on August 24th. — D. Chittenden ; 

 Willesborough, Lees, Ashford, Kent. 



Xanthia qilvago in North Shropshire. — From a large number 

 of larvae, beaten on June 1st from the seed-vessels of the wych-elm, 

 1 have just bred two specimens of this Ipcal species ; the remainder (about 

 100 in number) turning out X. fernujlnea (circellaris). I believe this is a 

 new locality for the insect. — (Rev.) Chas. F. Thornewill; Calverhall 

 Vicarage, Whitchurch, Salop, Sept. 7th, 1895. 



Catocala nupta attracted by Cossus. — On Sept. 14th, about 11 

 p.m., when passing through Barnes, my attention was drawn to some 

 moths flying round the trunk of a large poplar tree, which on examination 

 proved to be inhabited by Cossus larvse. These moths turned out to be 

 Catocala nupta, evidently attracted by the effluvia of these larvse. I found 

 altogether nine females and one male, six of the former taken at rest; these 

 allowed me to approach and bottle them without trouble. I saw many others, 

 but failed to capture them. — H. W. Bell-Marley ; Ravenscourt Park. 



PoLiA flavicincta IN YORKSHIRE. — On Sept. 12th I found a fine 

 specimen of Polia flavicincta at rest on a wall in the town at Scarborough, 

 and on the 16th I found another specimen. I thought this worth recording 

 because I believe this species is not often met with so far north. — H. W. 

 Shepheard-Walwyn ; Bidborough, near Tunbridge Wells. 



Broscus cephalotes at Retford. — In my first year's collecting 

 Coleoptera I have made one " find" that may be worth reporting. I took 

 a dozen specimens of Broscus cephalotes at Retford. It is described in the 

 books as purely a coast insect. — Stephen Pegler ; Retford, Sept. 16th. 



COLIAS EDUSA IN BRITAIN IN 1895. — 



Berkshire. — On Aug. I8th I saw two male C. ediisa, and captured one, 

 in fine condition; and on Aug. 25th I captured one male very much 

 worn. — W. E. Butler; Hayhng House, Reading. 



Cornwall. — During a ten-days' visit to the far south and west of Corn' 

 wall I noticed six specimens of C. eclusa, all on the cliffs or on the sand- 

 hills (" towans " as we call them in Cornwall) of the spi -coast. Two of the 

 specimens were seen at Lelant on Aug. 27th, three at the Lizard on the 



