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(Convolvulus minor), wild balsam (Impatiens noli-mc- 
tangere ), &c. 
This fine insect was remarkably abundant in the yeais 
1846 and 1859,and several hundred specimens are on record 
as having been taken in various parts of the country. I 
myself took six in the former year, in the garden of 1ST af- 
ferton Vicarage, my then residence, and saw others. On 
one occasion I had one in the net, while two others were 
hovering on the plant on which I had taken it. 
SPHINX LIGUSTRI. 
PRIVET HAWK-MOTII. 
Plate II, Figure 3, 
This fine insect measures from about three inches and 
three quarters to four and a third. Male: front wings 
pale reddish brown, with a few black longitudinal streaks 
across a dark brown patch running from the whole of the 
middle of the lower margin to the tip; outside it is a 
dark line of the same. Hind wings pale rose red, with 
three black streaks, one small one near the base, the two 
outer ones following the course of the margin. The 
fringe greyish brown. 
Localities for this species are York, Kexby, Elvington, 
Doncaster, Nafferton, Eaversham, Wells, Kingsbury, Looe, 
Halton, Lower Guiting, Glasgow, Lewes, Ramsgate, Stow- 
market, Brigg, Truro, Wavendon, Winchester, Worthing, 
Burton-on-Trent, Epping, Falmouth, Brighton, Sudbury, 
Ely, Canterbury, Dartford, Chingford, Bisterne, Blandford, 
Barnstaple, Weston-super-Mare, West Looe, Teignmouth, 
Nunburnholme, Dorchester, Swinhope, Scarborough, Ten- 
terden, Plymouth, Exeter, Birkenhead, Bristol, Worcester, 
Bromsgrove, West Rasen, &c., &c. 
The situations where it is found are chiefly gardens. 
The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 
June, July, August, and September—June 27, August 
24, 31, September 13, 15. 
