206 THE entomologist's record. 



Middlesex. — The Rev. C. A. Lloyd, Rector of Rand, near VVragby, 

 informs me that he saw (at close quarters) a specimen of C. edusa at 

 Hampstead Railway Station on August i8th. — Id. 



Sevenoaks, — I had the good fortune to take i var. helice, though I 

 only netted a dozen typical Colias edusa at Sevenoaks. — A. J. Croker, 

 August 22nd, 1892. 



Cantedmry. — What numbers of edusa there are this year. I have 

 taken one with a silvery border instead of a black one, also several 

 females with almost spotless borders. — J. Parry. 



Clapto)i. — It may be interesting to note with regard to the appear- 

 ance of Colias edusa in London, that single specimens have been seen 

 by my brother in our garden at Clapton on July 31st, and on Clapton 

 Common on August 13th, and also by myself on the railway bank near 

 Hackney Downs Station on August 17th, on which date I also saw 

 Vanessa atalatita flying among the traffic on London Bridge. — R. W. 

 RoBBiNS, 79, Chardmore Road, Upper Clapton, N.E. August i?>th, 

 1892. 



Castle Cary. — Colias edusa, Cynthia cardui and other Lepidoptera are 

 frequent in this locality. I saw both the above species on the wing to- 

 day, though it was windy. — W. Macmillan, Castle Cary. August 6th, 

 1892. 



Reading. — It is a butterfly year this time. Most species have 

 been plentiful. Colias edusa was not uncommon here in the early 

 part of June, all worn though, so I let them pass on. Why will people 

 hunt these down, and call them fresh ? I am afraid a good many have 

 been slaughtered, and the chances of a good lot in the autumn so 

 much lessened. Cynthia cardui and Vanessa atalanta were swarming 

 at the same time. Nobody raises a doubt whether these were 

 hybernated. Limenitis sibylla has not been so abundant for years. 

 The same with Leucophasia sinapis, Nemeobius lucina and all the 

 Fritillaries. Apatura iris is in great force, often five or six to be seen 

 about one tree. Vanessa antiopa was seen twice in the beginning of 

 June, not taken, but unmistakably identified. The buckthorn is in rags, 

 the work of larvae of Gonepieryx rhamni. Larvae of Cynthia cardui and 

 Vatiessa atalanta are on the nettles and thistles everywhere. For the 

 moths the season is a good one all round. Crowds of Nocru^ and 

 Geometry showed up at sugar till July, when the quantity became 

 less but the quality better. Cosniia pyralina is on now, both here and 

 at Swansea. The latter place seems to be better for this species than 

 Reading, judging from the last night's sugaring I had there, when 

 Captain Robertson and I took fifteen specimens among the elms, on 

 which they probably feed. Some few species which were plentiful last 

 year have not yet appeared. Noctua stigmatica I have not seen yet; 

 but for the last day or so the wind is set dead east, and I don't expect 

 to see it much till we get a change. Is hornbeam the chief food plant 

 of Capua favillaceana ? I have reason to think it may be Spanish 

 chestnut, in some districts at least. This species is uncommon at 

 Reading. Out in the Hastings woods I found it very plentiful in May. 

 A large proportion of the undergrowth in the woods about Hastings is 

 chestnut, and favillaceana always turned up amongst this and not 

 among the hornbeams ; in one wood in particular the whole cover was 

 chestnut, and " the " only moth there was favillaceana, but this 



