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district round Rugby, and to the May and the July broods. However, 

 P. rapae -was undoubtedly abundant here in September. In Greece, 

 during April, /'. rajiae and /'. hraiisicae were abundant, but P. 7Jfl;>/ was 

 only once taken. I3ut this may be owing to the fact that the weather 

 was very hot, and we were lazy and devoting such energy as we had to 

 other groups. — P. A. and D. A. J. Buxton, FairhiU, Tonbridge. 

 Sciiteiiiher 29th. 



Occurrence of Colias hyai e. — It may be of interest to state 

 that I have taken twenty specimens of ('olidn In/ale, all J s, in a 

 lucerne field of three acres, about a mile inland from Birchington Bay, 

 between September 30th and October 3rd of this year. The field in 

 question was used for grazing cattle. The withered and withering 

 flowerless tops of the lucerne bore a striking likeness to ('. Ju/ale when 

 at rest. Other insects in the field were the black-banded Sysipus fiy, 

 many specimens of Aricia vieilon [astrarclic) and Poh/oiiniiatiis icartts 

 and a solitary I'ien's rapae. Swallows and gulls were feeding over 

 the lucerne, but I cannot say that I saw either kind of bird catch C. 

 Injalc, but both were certainly attracted, and were actually feeding. 

 I saw no specimens rise over the part of the field where the birds were 

 feedmg though I watched closely. After the appearance of ( '. In/ale, 

 P. icartts, wfiich had been present in the field all the summer, kept 

 strictly to one corner. — A. Bernhard Smith, 26, Yeoman Row, S.W. 



Plusia moneta. — Has this species spread further north than 

 Cheshire and Lincolnshire and has it been taken in Ireland or the 

 Isle of Man ? I, for one, should be glad to have reports of the earliest 

 captures in any localities in these districts, which reports, I think, 

 should be placed on record for future use in relation to the spread of 

 the species. I shall also be glad to hear from any reader who knows 

 of any Essex captures of /'. vtaneta other than those already recorded 

 in the JvntoiiitAof/ist and this magazine. Postcards will do. — 

 C. Nicholson, 35, The Avenue, Hale End, Chingford. 



Vanessa antiopa at Folkestone. — On August 31st, as I was playing 

 the Ibth hole on the Folkestone golf links with Mr. Percy Greenstreet, 

 a specimen of the above butterfly Hew between us, and settled on a 

 (•o.s.s;(.s-infected ash close by. My friend undertook to sit down and 

 watch while I went home for my net. On returning in ten minutes 

 time the insect was still there, and was captured. The border, I may 

 say, is of a decidedly ochreous tinge, — Stuart S. Hill, Public Library, 

 Folkestone. 



Agrius convolvuli at Folkestone. — On September 25th a specimen 

 of this moth was brought to me, which was taken in this town. — Iuid. 



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Another portion of the collections of our late editor, Mr. J. W. Tutt, 

 will be sold at Stevens' sale rooms on December 19th. It will consist 

 of the finest portion of his European Rhopalocera, the greater part of 

 which was collected by himself or received from his correspondents 

 during the past decade. The collection is very strong in local varia- 

 tion, particularly from the alpine regions of Central and Southern 

 Europe, with many representatives of allied species or forms found 

 over the whole of the Pahearctic Region. The Lijcaeniilae were being 

 rearranged and their lines of variation were in process of being worked 



