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Abundance of Vknusia cambrica. — The season here has been a bad 

 one. Some favourite woods of mine in the Doncaster district appeared 

 ahnost tenantless. The only species I have noticed as being more 

 abundant than usual has been Vennsia canibrira. In a wood al)Out 10 

 miles from here I usually see one or two typical forms yearly, Init this 

 year they were on every tree-trunk and a good half of them the dark 

 melanic form, curious looking insects with white fringes. I have not 

 seen this form there before, though I suppose it must have occurred, 

 but nearer Sheffield, 90% of those I see are the dark ones. — Ibio. 



Time of appearance of Hesperia comma. — I notice (antm, p. 27'^) 

 that Mr. Lofthouse reports having taken fiesju-ria roiinna between .June 

 ISth and July 1st. Is not this an error, as I have never taken it 

 before August 1st? — W. E. Butler, Hayling House, Oxford Road, 

 Reading. October 20tli, 1902. 



CoLIAS EDUSA AB. HELICE AND CaMPTOGRAMMA FLUVIATA IN HERT- 

 FORDSHIRE. — On the morning of September 7th, I captured a beautiful 

 specimen of C. edusa ab. helire, at rest in a clover field, oft" the 

 Station Road. In the afternoon of the same day I netted a male 

 specimen of ('. cdusa, in an open space adjoining the canal bank near 

 Miswell, near Tring, which 1 found, however, after boxing, was 

 chipped, so set at liberty. It was the more surprising to me to find 

 < '. edusa this year, as, in 1900, it was not nearly so common as C. 

 Iiijale, whilst in 1901 it was not observed at all, and ('. hyale was 

 scarce. This year C. hyale is absent, C. eduaa reappears, but very 

 scarce, these being the only two seen or heard of in this neighbour- 

 hood, though I worked the clover and lucerne fields for a good way 

 round. I take this opportunity of recording also a specimen of 

 (\ii)iptufirai)ima jiuriata, a species that appears not to have been before 

 recorded for the county. It w^as netted at the Reservoir on September 

 21st, 1888, by myself, but only recently identified with other insects 

 by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild, to whom I tender many thanks for this 

 and other services in identifying difficult specimens. — A. T. Goodson, 

 18, Park Road, Tring. 



Notes on Lepidoptera from Burnley, 1902. — The principal 

 characteristics of the past season have been an ordinary experience up 

 to the end of April, followed by a cold May and June, with a good 

 deal of high wind, moderate July and August, and a stormy 

 September. In consequence many insects have been very scarce, and 

 most of them late in appearing, and only a few normal or more 

 abundant than usual as the following dates will show. Owing to the 

 weather being so bad I did not try for much until May 17th, when I 

 paid my first visit to the moors, but it was quite fruitless; I tried 

 again on the 24th and 31st, but the combined result was only two 

 lladena ijlauca, one Acroni/rta iiieui/anthidis, and one Parlumbiu 

 nihricosa. Hijpsiprtes inijdiiviata appeared in singles from .^lay 29th, 

 and was still emerging on June 2-lth, while a good specimen was 

 taken on July 1st. On June 7th two Aniji/iidasya hetidaria ab. 

 doubledayaria were taken in cop. on an ash trunk ; one emerged on the 

 15th, and one was taken on a trunk, just out, on the 18th, also one 

 Larentia fsalicata on a wall. Odontopera hidentata came to light on the 

 26th, and Rumia crataeyata was abundant and tine on the 27th ; 

 Kxbnlia palnvibaria, among forage on the 28th, was plentiful ; 

 Cahera exanthemaria, Melauthia ocellata, And Scleuia btnaria, on an elm 

 trunk, were also taken, the latter being an addition to our local list, 



