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injured it. Since which time, two others have been found at this place ; one of which 

 was found by a lad, who carried it nearly all the day alive in his pocket, by which it is 

 greatly injured. — Thomas Goatley ; Chipping Norton. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli and Acherontia Atropos near Hull. — Sphinx 

 Convolvuli has occurred at Thorngumbald, about six miles from here, in considerable 

 numbers, a collector having taken six or seven specimens with his net as they were Hy- 

 ing round the flowers of the honeysuckle. This insect, to the best of my knowledge, 

 has not been noticed here previously. The same person had several larvae of Acheron- 

 tia Atropos, which were found towards the latter end of July feeding on the [tea-tree 

 or] boxthorn (Lycium europceum). They changed soon after, and the moths emerged 

 in August. The larvae, were in several localities quite common, particularly in the 

 north of Lincolnshire, about Brigg ; they were found chiefly on the boxthorn, sweet- 

 pea, jasmine, ash, and other plants ; seldom on the potato, which is mostly destroyed 

 by the prevailing disease. — G. W. Norman ; Hull, October 7th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli near Nottingham. — A specimen at Beeston, near 

 Nottingham, in the middle of September, and several others near Newark. I have 

 not seen more than half a dozen specimens taken in all previous years in this neigh- 

 bourhood. — John Wolley ; Beeston, near Nottingham, October 3rd, 1846. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli at Hythe, Kent, and at Chelmsford, Essex. 

 — I obtained at Hythe, in Kent, between the middle of August and the 4th of 

 September last, thirty specimens of this insect, seventeen males and thirteen females. 

 Of these, I took twenty-three hovering over a honeysuckle, in a little yard adjoining 

 my lodgings, where I mostly caught two each night. They did not seem to confine 

 their period of flight to dusk, but often made their appearance late in the evening, and 

 I took several at nine o'clock, when it was quite as dark as it would have been. The 

 other seven were brought to me, having been found at rest, on palings, &c. A few of 

 the specimens were fine, but the greater part more or less worn, the females generally 

 rather better than the males. Since my return to Chelmsford, I have obtained two 

 more, one of which, a male, caught on the 1st of October, was in good condition, 

 whereas those I took last, a month previously , were mostly broken. I took a tine pair 

 of S. Convolvuli in my garden in 1842, since which, I have not seen the insect alive 

 till the present year. — Alfred Greenwood ; Chelmsford, October 6th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli and Acherontia Atropos at Tooting. — Sphinx Con- 

 volvuli has appeared rather plentiful this season in the neighbourhood of London, up- 

 wards of twenty-four specimens have been taken in the nursery of Messrs. Rollissons, 

 of Tooting, they were taken at twilight, extracting honey from the flowers of Lilium 

 lancifolium, and varieties. I have also to record the appearance of Acherontia Atropos 

 near the same locality ; it was taken in the chrysalis state by Mr. Curtis, of Balham, 

 and by him kindly presented to me. — C. Wood ; Balham, October 5th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli near Faversham. — This evening I have seen quite 

 a swarm of Sphinx Convolvuli over my Petunia and Verbena beds, at least a dozen, 

 if not more : the females appear much more abundant than the males. — F. W. Horsley ; 

 Dunkirk Parsonage, near Faversham, August ISth, 1846. I have observed this insect 

 in greater or less abundance for the last six weeks : I have frequently had two, and on 

 one occasion, three specimens, in my net at once. — October 6th, 1846. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli near the Land's End. — Upwards of twenty speci- 

 mens of this fine species have been taken here, the greater number of which have fallen 

 to my lot, but many of them were much dilapidated. They were captured from Au- 

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