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geraniums. J tried to secure it, but was unsuccessful. The 
next evening it returned to the same spot just at the same 
time, and is now a specimen in my collection. <A few days 
after | heard of another being taken in the neighbourhood.— 
Rosa M. Sotheby ; Sunny Side, Ore Valley, near Hastings. 
Sphinx Convolvuli at Sheffield.—l have in my possession 
three specimens of Sphinx Convolvuli; one taken at Dore, 
Sheffield, by Mr. Wolstenholme; and the others at Edwin- 
stowe, by Mr. Fells. All found flying over honeysuckle ; 
taken September 25th and 26th.—John Clark ; 45, Church 
Street, Sheffield, Oclober 18, 1875. 
Sphing Convolvuli at Leeds.—On September 24th a male 
Sphinx Convolvuli, with the end of the wings split, very well 
marked, was taken off a gate-post at Wortley, Leeds. On 
September 25th another was brought me, a fine female; it 
was taken in a garden on a rhubarb-leaf, at Beeston Hill, 
Leeds.—C. Smethurst ; 25, Chatham Street, West Street, 
Leeds, October 20, 1875. 
Sphinx Convolvuli at Darlington.—Since the last captures 
I communicated to you of Sphinx Convolvuli we have taken 
fourteen more, making thirty-three in all, but some of them 
are rather worn.—John Law; Elton Parade, Darlington, 
October 20, 1875. 
Sphinx Convolvuli at Birkenhead.—On September Ist I 
had a very fine male of Sphinx Convolvuli brought to me, 
which was taken sitting on the railway-bank between Birken- 
head and Hoylake; it looked as though it had just emerged 
from the pupa.—James Povall; Heath Bank, Wallasey, 
Birkenhead, October 19, 1875. 
Sphinx Convolvuli at Lincoln.—On the 20th of September 
I had given me a specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli, which was 
taken on some wood by the river’s side at Lincoln.—J/. A. 
Trafford ; High Street, Lincoln. 
Sphinaw Convolvuli at Croydon.—On the 24th of September 
I took a fine specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli at rest on 
palings here—W. Frohawk; Wellesley Road, Croydon, 
October 5, 1875. 
Sphinx Convolvuli at Norwich.—On the 20th of Septem- 
ber a friend of mine took a specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli 
at rest outside this city.— Robt. Laddiman ; Cossey Terrace, 
Upper Hellesdon, Norwich. 
