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therefore that this record was perhaps worth sending. — F. J. Grimshaw ; 

 Carr House, Eawtenstall, Lanes, August 21, 1901. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Essex. — We caught an example of S. con- 

 volvuli at tobacco bloom last evening, and this evening we captured 

 two fine specimens. Each evening we missed one. — E. A. Fitch; 

 Maldon, Essex, Aug. 19th, 1901. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Sussex. — I have received a fine specimen of 

 Sphinx convolvuli, taken by Mr. Pullen in a cornfield at Eartham, 

 Sussex, on August 16th. — L. S. Giles; 1, London Koad, Norbury, 

 S.W., August 2oth, 1901. 



AcRONYCTA alni IN WARWICKSHIRE. — I fouud a Very fine larva of 

 this species on August 12th feeding on oak. It has now spun up in a 

 hollow stalk of broad bean. — W. Kiss ; Greenfield House, Dorridge, 

 near Birmingham. 



Plusia moneta AT BicKLEY, Kent. — I havc to record the capture of 

 yet another specimen, taken oflf a fence on July 27th, and brought to 

 me in very fine condition. This species appears to be fairly abundant 

 this year between here and Tunbridge Wells, this being the third 

 to enrich my cabinet during the present month. — A. J. Lawrance ; 

 Bromley Common, Kent, July 29, 1901. 



Plusia moneta at Eeadino. — On July 13th my son Douglas Harry 

 Butler, four years of age, boxed a specimen of the above in my back 

 garden ; it was at rest on an ivy-leaf. — W. E. Butler; Hayling House, 

 Oxford Eoad, Reading. 



Callimorpha HERA IN England. — Ou August 7th, Mr. W. W. Rhoades, 

 of Honiton Clyst, captured one specimen of C. hem within five miles of 

 Exeter, and saw another which he failed to take. This moth has been 

 occasionally taken in other seasons near Exeter, and, it is to be hoped, 

 has fairly established itself in the locality, — (Rev.) W. J. Leigh 

 Phillips; The Cottage, Tavistock, August 18, 1901. 



Sesia andreniformis in Kent. — Whilst my son and I were out 

 near here on July 17th, the latter took a clear wing which turns out 

 to be the rarest of the British Sesiae — viz. S. andreniformis. It was 

 settled on a leaf of the wild cornel or dogwood, Cornus sanguinea. I 

 should have recorded it sooner, but was loth to believe in our good 

 luck, though the insect corresponded perfectly with the description 

 given in Newman's 'British Moths,' but having now had the oppor- 

 tunity of submitting the same to my friend the Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, 

 the latter says there is not the least doubt as to the identity of the 

 insect. — H. Huggins, Jun. ; 13, Clarence Place, Gravesend, August 

 22nd, 1901. 



Larv^ of Nyssia lapponaria. — I think many of your readers will 

 be interested to hear that last year I took two larvae of Nyssia lap- 

 ponaria from which one imago, a female, emerged. Last July I again 

 obtained larvae in the same locality in Perthshire. I believe Mr. 

 Christy is the only other entomologist who has taken this insect 

 recently in Britain. According to Barrett, he found his larvae on 

 hawthorn and birch, whereas mine were feeding on low plants — ling. 



