24 THE entomologist's record. 



Mdanarijia (jalathea made its lirst appearance in the district, and on 

 the third of the month a soHtary specimen of Iheda ir-alhnm was seen, 

 Coliax liijale was fairly common from the middle of August until the 

 middle of September, on the same rough hillside which it frequented 

 last year, and so far as I can learn nowhere else in the neighbourhood. 

 It was very restless, and, on the rare occasions when it settled, seemed 

 to prefer ragwort. C'olias ediiaa was not observed. Two Denms cnryli 

 Avere taken early in June. They were buzzing along not far from the 

 ground very much after the fashion of an ovipositing Cosmotriche 

 potatoria.—A. W. Clarke, F.E.S., 109, Warwick Road, S.W. 



Spread of butterflies into suitable localities. — It is curious 

 how butterflies manage to discover for themselves congenial localities. 

 The hill on which Pohjimivmtini bellari/va appeared for the first time in 

 1899, and on which it now'seems to have established itself, was, when 

 1 first knew it, covered Avith trees and dense underwood, on the outskirts 

 of which Brenthis eiijJtivfii/iie and Knodia Jn/pi'vantlnis used to roam, 

 and Dry as papJda was occasionally seen. In the seventies the 

 place was converted into cornland. Then the bad years came and 

 corn was no longer sown. Other crops were tried but nothing seemed 

 to answer, and for the last six or seven years the land has been left 

 uncultivated, and is covered in some places with heather, but princi- 

 pally with coarse grasses, bramble, marjoram, thyme, wild strawberry, 

 burnet, ragwort, and here and there Hipporrepis comosa. Brenthis 

 cnplirosyne, Enodia hyperanthns and JJryas jxiphia all disappeared 

 with the woods, and have not come back, although the two former, at 

 any rate, are common enough half a mile away. The first local butter- 

 fly to colonise the place was, strangely enough, Xisoniades taycK, which 

 must have travelled at least two miles. In 1899, a single specimen 

 of I'olyuiiniiatus curydon was seen, now it is abundant, P. hdlaryns 

 appeared as above stated in 1900, and is extending its range. In 1901 

 the place was prospected by Mdanaryia yalatlua, and it is to be hoped 

 that it will be found suitable. — Ibid. 



CoLiAS near CAMBRiD(iE. — Paying a visit to some chalk-pits near 

 Cambridge on a sunny forenoon last September, I did iny best to net 

 a light-coloured Colias that was flying about the edge of a sainfoin 

 field, but it would not settle, nor could I get near enough to strike it. 

 I afterwards saw another when fishing near Upware in the Fens, but 

 whether they were C. var. helice or ('. hyale I could not be sure. I 

 made the acquaintance of C. edum in numbers last year at Weymouth 

 for the first time, and was struck by the diflerent behaviour of the 

 insect in the morning, compared with that of later in the day ; in the 

 forenoon a few were caught by the expenditure of much energy and 

 a considerable drain on one's adipose tissue, owing to their indisposition 

 to settle, later in the day, however, they were constantly visiting the 

 clover heads and their capture was easy. — W. D. Carr, Sandhurst, 

 Oaklands Road, Wolverhampton. Novc))dH'r 29t/i, 1901. 



Luperina dumerili at Dover. — In the latter part of September 

 last, I had the good fortune to take a specimen of this rare Noctuid at 

 rest on a gas lamp in this town. The specimen, which I am told is a 

 female of the typical form, is now in the collection of Mr. Eustace R. 

 Bankes. It is best to mention this, to prevent any possible mistakes 

 in the future as to the whereabouts of the specimen.- — H. Douglas 

 Stockwell, 2, Albert Road, Dover. Deccvibcr l(jt/i, 1901. 



