150 [Deceiuber, 



Sipparchia Janira, Vanessa urticcs, Pieris hrassiccE, napi, and rupee, 

 Lyccena Alexis, and Polyommatus Phloeas, were the only butterflies I 

 saw in addition to those already mentioned. 



This list is very meagre, considering the excessively mild climate 

 of the islands, in which the plants of the Cape, New Zealand, Aus- 

 tralia, &c., flourish with almost native luxuriance ; but the flora, though 

 select, is not numerous. The past summer, too, has been cold and 

 ungenial, and the weather during my visit was very showery and 

 uncertain. From what I saw of the islands, I am inclined to think 

 that any one diligently working them in a good season from May to 

 October, would find himself amply rewarded. 



The Rectory, Drayton-Beaiichamp, Ti-ing : 

 October Z\st, 1877. 



THE EECENT ABUNDANCE OF CO LIAS ED USA. 

 BY C. G. BAEEETT. 



Notwithstanding the multitude of notices of the occurrence of 

 Colias Edusa that have already appeared, I feel constrained to add a 

 few remarks to those which I made earlier in the season {ante p. 64). 

 I then recorded the appearances of the first brood up to July 4th, and 

 suggested the probability that the habit of the species was not, as 

 usually supposed, to hibernate in the imago state. 



By the end of the first week in August, I began to hear from 

 friends in the South of England that Edusa was again out, and in 

 vastly increased numbers, but we were then enjoying our ordinary 

 Pembroke weather— wind and rain — and it was not till August 10th, 

 that the sun shone out sufficiently to bring out the first two or three 

 small males. Next day, both sexes were out, and we took a score, my 

 eldest little lad securing^ — and spoiling — the first Helice. From that 

 time, the species was evidently emerging daily, since fresh and perfect 

 specimens kept occurring in the clover fields, while the more worn 

 ones scattered themselves over the country. In size, none were equal 

 to the large June specimens, and the proportion of dark-hordered 

 females was (as in the previous autumn) larger. 



On September 1st, I crossed into Somersetshire, and there found 

 the species very much moi'e plentiful and variable than at home, in- 

 deed, the clov(^ fields were quite lively with them. Besides Helice 

 and the females ali'eady mentioned, in which the yellow spots in the 

 black border were few and small, I met with one female having an 

 uninterrKpted row of large yellow crescents»in the black border, another 



