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as liaTing been noticed. This appears usually to be the case, at all events in thia 

 district, in those seasons when C. Hyale occurs at all ; it was notably so in the great 

 "Hyale year," 1868, and again in 1872, 1875 and 1893 ; the exception being in 1892, 

 when C. Edusa abounded here, but only a very few C. Syale were taken. 



Pyrameis Atalanta is rather more common than usual, and fresh examples of 

 P. cardui have been noticed, but this species has not been plentiful at any time 

 during the present season ; while of J'atiessa lo, formerly one of our commonest 

 butterflies, but for some years past quite a rarity, not one has been observed in any 

 stage as far as I can ascertain. 



The present year is quite an exceptional one for Macroglossa stellatarum, of 

 which hibernated (or ? immigrant) specimens were frequently seen in June, and 

 later on the larvae were to be found not rarely on Qalium verum growing by the 

 roadsides. By the middle of August the moth was again on the wing, more nume- 

 rously than in any year since 1868, and indeed so commonly as to attract general 

 attention from non-entomological people. 



Worn specimens of Nomophila noctueUa {Stenopteryx hybridalis), another 

 moth which I strongly suspect is largely recruited in England by immigration from 

 abroad, were also frequently met with in June, and the new brood is now plentiful. 

 A few days ago I was greatly pleased to see Reliothis armiger in good condition, 

 flying very actively in bright sunshine among lucerne, and was lucky enough to 

 secure it after a hard chase ; this is the first example of the species which has come 

 under my notice in the Isle of Sheppey since 1872, in which year I took a ? speci- 

 men on ivy bloom in October. — James J. Walkee, 23, Kanelagh Eoad, Sheerness : 

 September 8th, 1899. 



Colias Edusa, Fab., in the Isle of PurhecTc. — Whilst at Corfe Castle for a few 

 hours on the 15th inst. I saw an example of Colias Edusa flying along the side of 

 the high road in the bright sunshine. Perhaps, in some parts of the south coast, 

 this has been no uncommon sight this season, but to me it was a particulary welcome 

 one, because I have had no opportunities for outdoor collecting, and it is the only 

 specimen of C. Edusa that I have observed this year. — Eustace E. Bankes, The 

 Close, Salisbury : August 2Wi, 1899. 



Epischnia Bankesiella, Rdsti., in the Isle of Purbeck. — It is very satisfactory 

 to be able to record the occurrence in the Isle of Purbeck of Epischnia Bankesiella, 

 which had previously only been found in Portland and at Lulworth. All three 

 localities are on the south coast of Dorset, and the insect has never yet been found 

 elsewhere. Acting on information about the food-plant. Inula crithmoides {vide 

 ante p. 210), kindly given me by Mr. Nelson M. Richardson, I last year succeeded, 

 after much fruitless searching, in finding some larvse and breeding the imagines. 

 The food-plant is decidedly local, and I believe that, even when the stations where it 

 grows have been thoroughly searched, the insect will prove to be very much more so. 

 The species and its life-history have been fully dealt with and beautifully illustrated 

 by Mr. and Mrs. Richardson respectively in vols, x, xv and xix of the " Proceedings 

 of the Dorset Natural Uistory and Antiquarian Field Club." — Id. : Sept., 1899. 



