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South London Entomological Society on July 13th. A report will be found 

 Entom. xxvi. p. 254. — Chas. Oldham ; Woodford, Oct. 10th, 1895. 



Plusia moneta in Middlesex., — I should like to record the capture 

 of P. moneta here by myself on July '23 rd, 189-1, a fine specimen having on 

 that davcomeintothehouse tooneof the lights. — Francis C. Woodbuidge; 

 " Old Bank" House, Uxbridge, Sept. 27th, 1895. 



Plusia moneta in Surrey. — On July 2nd last I took with the net in 

 my garden a specimen of P. moneta, and on the following evening I captured 

 one more. This may be interesting, as I do not think the insect has been 

 recorded from so near Loudon. — JohnBerney; The Close, Chatsworth 

 Road, Croydon, Sept. 26th, 1895. 



Sphinx gonvolvuli in 1895. — The following additional records have 

 appeared in the ' Field ' : — " Nine or ten were killed by a cat last week " 

 (H. F. O. Kearny, Lochiar, Cork, Oct. 18th). " Since writing to the 

 ' Field ' we have increased our captures of this moth to eighteen " (J. F. G., 

 Benacre Hall, Wrentham). "Two dozen last week in August and first 

 fortnight of September, on the Holderness coast" (H. Bendelack Hewetson). 

 — F. W. F. 



Sphinx gonvolvuli in Devonshire. — On Sept. 7th last I found a 

 specimen of S. convolvuU on the beach of Braunton Burrows, N. Devon. — 

 Chas. Bartlett ; 62, Woodstock Road, Redland, Bristol. 



Sphinx gonvolvuli in Hertfordshire. — On Sept. 26th I had a 

 much-damaged specimen of this moth brought me, which had been captured 

 outside a wmdow here, it having been attracted by a bright light. — S. H. 

 Spencer ; Watford, Herts. 



Sphinx gonvolvuli in Cornwall. — On Sept. 2nd I had a freshly- 

 emerged specimen of Sphinx convolvuU brought to my home. It had been 

 seen crawling up a garden-fence here, and was put into a small tin box that 

 it might be brought to me. When I opened the box, on my return home, 

 I found that it had managed to effectually spoil itself as a cabinet specimen, 

 owing to the confined space. On Oct. 7th a lad saw another specimen 

 climbing a telegraph-pole, and with the aid of his cap caught it, and brought 

 it to me. One of its fore wings was sht lengthwise, and I deemed it best — 

 as it was capable of flight— to give it liberty. Two of the bindweeds, 

 Convolvulus arvensis and C. soldanella, are abundant all around. — Edward 

 Step; Portocatho R.S.O., Cornwall, Oct. 21st, 1895. 



Larv^ of Sphinx gonvolvuli in Cornwall. — From a non-entomo- 

 logical friend at Devonport 1 received a communication last Saturday 

 morning saying he had, the previous evening, sent off by parcel-post a box 

 containing four large caterpillars, which had been brought to him by a 

 fisherman of Port Wrinkle, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, a small fishing 

 hamlet a few miles from Looe; they were found feeding on " ground ivy." 

 Hoping they were a good sort, my friend had "rewarded the man, and 

 ordered a further supply if obtainable." Of course I expected rubi or some- 

 thing of that sort, but was agreeably surprised : the " ground ivy " in the 

 box was Convolvulus arvensis, and the larvae those of Sphinx convolvuU. 

 One, full-fed, went to earth the same afternoon, and was of a pale green 

 colour; another, nearly full-fed, is a dirty white; the other two, one about 

 half grown, the other three-parts, are of the brown type figured in Barrett's 

 book; these three are feeding freely ou the larger convolvulus. While 



