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fields, the weather all the time being very fine and warm. 
This was early in June. We never caught a glimpse of 
either C, Hyale, C. Edusa, or its var. Helice, for some days ; 
after which, in the same fields, C. Hyale and C. Edusa made a 
sudden appearance, C, Edusa being quite common; C. Hyale 
was scarce. But all the C. Edusa were miserable specimens, 
and the C. Hyale were much rubbed. Does this not seem to 
give one the idea that they had been hybernating, and were 
merely waiting for the early summer’s sun to induce them to 
leave their winter retreats? —H. Ramsay Cox; Thornleigh 
House, Forest Hill, September 11, 1876. 
Sphinx Convolvuli in Gloucestershire-—On the 7th Sep- 
tember a very fresh specimen of S. Convolvuli was taken in 
my garden, attracted as usual by the petunias.—V. R. 
Perkins ; Wotton-under-Ldge. 
Sphinx Convolvuli near St. Ives.—A Sphinx Convolvuli 
was brought to me in perfect condition, caught in a cottage 
in this parish, on the 22nd of August, 1876.—[ Rev.] J. H. 
White; Hemingford Grey, St. Ives. 
Sphinx Convolvuli at Salisbury.—lI took a very fine and 
perfect specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli on a lamp-post, in 
this town, on the 7th of this month.— Henry Neale ; 22, St. 
Martin's Church Street, Salisbury, September 23, 1876. 
Rare Lepidoptera in the Isle of Wight.—The season has 
been a very uncertain one, but many good things have been 
taken ; amongst them—Triphena subsequa, Diphthera orion, 
Leucania vitellina, Laphygma exigua, a specimen of the very 
rare Noctua flammatra, Agrous cinerea, A. lunigera, A. obelisca, 
Aporophila australis, Heliophobus hispida, Luperina cespitis, 
Pterophorus spilodactylus, Sphinx Convolvuli, Colias Edusa 
and its var. Helice common, and a few specimens of Colias 
Hyale; also many others. Mr. Buckmaster and Mr. Black- 
burn have taken Leucania albipuncta. I hope next month 
to give you a longer list, as there is every prospect of a fine 
autumn.—H, Rogers; Roseberry House, Freshwater, Isle of 
Wight, September 19, 1876. 
Cherocampa celerio at Brighton.—A specimen of Chaero- 
campa celerio was taken at Brighton on the 13th of this 
month by my brother, who brought it to me in splendid 
condition. It is now on the setting-board.—C. Hamlin; 
47, Viaduct Road, Brighton, September 25, 1876. 
