188 ' [August, 



(an insect nsiially found in such places), vavioiis mnch smaller, narrower, wholly 

 red individuals, which at first sight appeax'od to be larvte of that species. Tliese 

 latter, however, when examined under a lens, proved to be fully winged and 

 undoiibtedly Pachycolexis. P. nifescens was introduced by myself as British in 

 1908 (Ent. Mo. Mag.. XLIV, p. 9), from specimens found at Dawlish by the late 

 P. de la Garde, Mr. Keys soon after (loc. cit. p. 42) recording it fi'om Loddiswell, 

 both in S, Devon. Most of the examples captured by Dr. Sharp and myself 

 were placed in a small tube for safetj', and, as not rarely happens in such cases, 

 the tube was subsequently lost ! Two specimens, however, placed in a separate 

 bottle, were secured. These are considerably smaller than all the others I have 

 seen from S. Devon, but they appeal- to belong to the same species. — 

 G. C. Champion, Horsell, Woking : July, 1913. 



Colias edusa in June. — It may interest your readers to hear that I have 

 to-day seen three examples of Colias edxisa on the wing. I was so surprised 

 that I stopped to Avatch them, and one settled close to my feet, I always look 

 out for them in August and generally see an isolated specimen, but have never 

 seen so many together since on one occasion about 40 years ago, when I saw 

 hundreds on the cliffs between Weymouth and Lulworth, in Dorsetshire, and 

 caught many specimens of C. edusa var. hclicc, and hyale. — Wm. A. Caret, 

 36, Devonshire Eoad, Bexhill-on-Sea : June I7th, 1913. 



%iv\nv. 



"A Catalogue of the Lepidopteea of NoRTHrMBERLAND, Durham, 

 AND Newcastle-on-Tyne." By John E. Robson, F.E.S. Edited by 

 John Gardner, F.E.S. 



The concluding part of this Catalogue is before \is. There has been con- 

 siderable biit unavoidable delay in its issue, owing to the death of Mr. J. E. Robson, 

 and still more so an account of the long continued and much regretted illness 

 of Mr. Eustace R. Bankes, who after Mr. Robson's death undertook to edit and 

 see the part throiigh the pi ess. When Mr. Bankes felt compelled to request the 

 Council of the Northumberland Society, under whose auspices all the Catalogue 

 has been published, to relieve him of the task, he suggested that Mr. Gardner 

 should be asked to take his place. That a more suitable selection could not 

 have been made is evident by the satisfactory way in which the work has been 

 finished. Mr. Bankes fortumxtely had made critical notes upon the whole of the 

 manuscript whilst it was in his possession, and which no doubt has been an 

 immense help to his successor. The part deals with the Tineiim and Pterophorina, 

 the latter group entirely by Mr. Gardner, as Mr. Robson had left no notes on 

 them ; whilst the concluding portion of the part consists of a short supplement 

 containing the additional species and records made since the Catalogue was 

 commenced, and so bringing the list up to present date. The entire Catalogue 

 records 1,169 species for the area included, or 56.7 per cent, of the British 



