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has already been directed, had attracted my attention; the rose trees 

 being especially affected. — C. F. Thorxewill, Bakewell. yuly \\ih, 

 1892. 



Morpeth. — This has not been a favourable season, either for collect- 

 ing larvge or imagines, in this neighbourhood. The weather in May 

 was dull, cold and wet ; June was the same, with the exception of two 

 or three days ; July no better. For the last ten da\s we have had 

 much better weather. In June, sugar was more attractive than it is at 

 present, the only insects which come to sugar at present being 

 Xylophasia polyodon and Triphcena proniiba. The blossom of the 

 heather is just now very attractive to Nodua glareosa. I was out on 

 the moors the other day and was very much struck with the manner in 

 which Larentia ccesiata, when at rest on stones, etc., assimilated with the 

 colour of the stones. Sometimes as many as five insects were at rest on 

 one large stone. — J. Finlay, Meldon Park, Morpeth. August 29///, 

 1892. 



Berks. — It may be of interest to record the capture of Cuspidia 

 alni both in the larval and imago state. On August 17th, 189 1, I 

 found a half fed larva on elm, but it proved to be ichneumoned and 

 died. On May 26th, 1892, I captured a freshly emerged imago at rest 

 on a tarred paling, close by where I found the above-mentioned larva. 

 Colias edusa has been plentiful round this neighbourhood. — W. P. 

 Blackeurne-M,\ze, Shaw House, Newbury. Septonber 29///, 1892. 



Keston. — Colias edusa has appeared sparingly in this neighbourhood, 

 but in the clover fields round Keston three or four could generally be 

 taken any bright morning since August 15th. On the ist September 

 my son took a nice fresh Colias hyale $ opposite the Salt Box on 

 the Westerhani Road ; this is the only specimen I have seen. — F. W. 

 BiDDLE, Beckenham. September 10///, 1892. 



Sa?ido7v/i. — No doubt you will have plenty of communications as to 

 the abundance of Lepidoptera in the Isle of Wight this season. I 

 have only been staying here for a short time, but have succeeded in 

 taking a good series of Colias edusa, and a fair number of helice, one 

 with pale instead of orange spots on the hind wings. Several hyale 

 have been taken, though I have not been kicky enough to meet with 

 them. I obtained a nice series of LyccRua adonis at Ventnor, the females 

 being especially rich in colour. Aspilates citraria has been common, 

 and I took a female, which has deposited some eggs. Most of the 

 common species have been also abundant. The weather last week was 

 bad, and put a stop to collecting. It is a curious circumstance that 

 the last occasion on which I remember C. edusa and var. helice to have 

 ceen anything like common (though they were not nearly so numerous 

 as now) was in 1885, in which year I was staying for a short time at 

 Deal. This would give to the seven years' theory some weight, as I 

 believe the previous abundance of the species was in 1878, or there- 

 abouts. — George Mollis, Sandown, Isle of Wight. September loth, 

 1892. [The last C. edusa year was in 1877 not 1878. The seven 

 years' theory has, I believe, nothing whatever in it. The appearances 

 oi edusa in abundance are most erratic. — Ed.] 



Dover. — Being at Dover last month for a few day, I had the 

 pleasure of spending two half-days (23rd and 26'Lh) on the East Cliff. 

 I found Colias edusa very common, taking about two dozen, eight males 



