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Tar^essa Aniiopa at Merton, Norfolk.-I saw a specimen of V. Antiopa in my 

 garden at Merton on September 0th last, but not having a net was unable to take 

 it.--J. Haetley Dukkant, Merton, Thetford: October \2th, 1900. 



Colias Hyale and Edusa in Dorsetshire, Hampshire, and Surrey, 1900.-During 

 the first ten days in August I saw specimens of Colias Edusa about Swanage, 

 Studland, Corfe, Langton-Matravers. and elsewhere in South Dorsetshire. From 

 the 11th to the 23rd August C. Edusa was abundant in clover fields and on the 

 cliffs between Christchurch and Lymington, Hants ; but after the latter date it 

 gradually disappeared. I also saw specimens of it on the heaths and in the woods 

 about Pokesdown, Hinton-Admiral, and in the south of the New Forest near 

 Holmsley, Wootton, and Sway. The variety Helice, in every shade of colour, from 

 pure white to light buff, was not uncommon, for I caught four specimens in two 

 hours on the 14th August, and five others in the course of the next three days. 



Colias Hyale was rare, and only nine specimens were seen and captured by me 

 on the Hampshire Coast in ten or twelve days. It was said to be commoner inland 

 at Old Sarum and elsewhere in Wilts, and North Hants. 



On returning home on the 1st September I found C. Edusa and C. Hyale in 

 the clover fields close to Surbiton, and about Hook, Chessington, and other places in 

 the neighbourhood. Neither of these species was abundant, but Hyale was at least 

 as common as, if not commoner than, Edusa, and it was quite possible to take three 

 or four specimens of it in a few hours. It seems strange that C. Hyale should have 

 been commoner far from the sea, in the suburbs of London, than on the coast of 

 Hampshire.— H. Goss, Surbiton Hill : Octoher Zrd, 1900. 



Colias Hyale and Edusa, and other Lepidoptera at Greenhithe, cf-c.-During 

 August both Colias Edusa and C. Hyale were not uncommon in this neighbourhood, 

 the latter the more frequent of the two. In South Devon C. Edusa occurred in 

 great numbers with its variety Helice, but I saw no C. Hyale. Both species were 

 still appearing at Broadstairs during September. One or two Vanessa Antiopa near 

 here have been reported. On September 20th I took in ray moth-trap a fair speci- 

 men of Tortrix semialbana, a most unusual date for the appearance of the species I 

 should think. Three worn specimens of Spilodes palealis on July 20th to 27th— 

 the first time this species has visited my trap. Camptogramma fluviata was again 

 . taken there, and Mamestra ahjecta occurred in unusual numbers.— A. B. Faen, 

 Mount Nod, Greenhithe : October 1st, 1900. 



Colias Hyale and Edusa at various localities, 1900.-I send you the following 

 records for C. Hyale and Edusa :— 2nd week in June at Beachy Head, both Edusa 

 and Hyale, worn, and no doubt the parents of those occurring now. July 30th, 

 C. Hyale at Worcester Park, Surrey. August 29th, C. Edusa on railway banks at 

 Whitstable ; C. Hyale plentiful in field of lucerne at Margate, fresh out. August 

 31st, C. Hyale and Edusa in lucerne fields and on railway banks, Folkestone, rather 

 worn. September 6th, C. Hyale and Edusa on railway banks at Sidcup and 

 Crayford. September 7th, C. Edusa at Eltham. September I7th, C. Hyale at 

 Heme Bay, rather worn._C. W. Coltheup, 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E. : 

 September 11th, 1900. 



