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numerous, but females hardly out ; they abounded, however, around 

 Penzance throughout August, and were still numerous at Teignmouth 

 last week, but I never saw C. hyak. Bradley Woods, Newton, produced 

 me no Leucophasia sinapis this August, as the undergrowth was too 

 thick where I generally get it. Liparis tiwnacha was on tree trunks, 

 and Argyritiis paphia with Lycccna arf^iolus on the brambleF. Bryophila 

 glandifera I got every now and then, but only solitary specimens. I 

 got the first on the 25th of July, the last on the 21st September, and 

 still in good condition. — E„ A. Bowles, Waltham Cross. Oct. ']th, 1892. 

 [" Arion occurs chiefly beyond the Bolt to the westward, where, 

 between it and the next point, a slope sweeps down from the brow of 

 the high land to the edge of the cliffs below, and here, at times, when 

 the turf is dry and slippery, it is decidedly dangerous to approach too 

 near the cliffs." — Mathew, Entomologist, vol. x., p. 2,^. — Ed.] 



Epping Forest. — I first took Colias ediisa on August 14th, and found 

 the species plentiful. They were most plentiful at Hawkwood, where 

 one of the var. helice was taken. I have also seen or taken the species 

 at Chingford, Sewardstone, and Clapton. — Ambrose Quail, Stamford 

 Hill, N. 



Margate. — From September 3rd to September loth Colias edusa 

 (mostly males) were plentiful in the lucerne fields and were in an 

 exceedingly battered condition, one $ and $ I took in copula., 

 and although the typical ediisa were so battered, yet on the 9th I 

 took a perfect specimen of the var. htlice. Of C. hyale, I took fourteen, 

 of which one ^ and one $ (taken on the 9th) were in very good 

 condition. Is there normally a second brood of C. edusa on the 

 Continent? — Id. 



North Devon. — I stayed at Ilfracombe from the i6th August to the 

 2ist September, and did a little entomological work there. Colias edusa 

 were very plentiful on the railway banks going down, especially near 

 Templecombe and Yeovil, but only a dozen rewarded my endeavours 

 in North Devon. These are all males, the majority being small in size, 

 probably on account of the larvre feeding upon stunted plants of the 

 rugged hillsides. One var. helice was seen on Sunday, August 28th, 

 but as I was without my net it escaped capture. The Vanessidce. were 

 very plentiful, atalafita and cardui swarming on the flowery roadsides. 

 Thecla quercus were taken on 17 th August, in Chambercombe Woods. 

 They seem fairly easy to obtain late in the afternoon. Among Noctu^, 

 Agrotis suffusa, saucia, and segetum appeared in the largest numbers, 

 sugar only attracting for the last fortnight of my stay. Charceas 

 graminis occurred on Hillsboro' hill, flying over the short grass about 

 8 a.m. Three specimens oi Epunda lichenea came to sugar and one to 

 light, the latter being a female, and obliging me with a nice batch of 

 eggs. Single specimens of the following were also taken : — Noctua 

 c-nigrum and N. glareosa at sugar ; Heliophobus popularis and Triphcena 

 fimbria at light ; Xylophasia scolopacina, flying after dark in Score 

 Wood ; Cirrha-dia xerampeli?ia, at rest on an ash trunk at Clovelly, 

 and Stilbia anomala, "tramped" from bracken on Hillsboro'. The 

 Geometr^e show a resemblance to those of the chalk districts, Aspilates 

 citraria, Anaitis plagiata and Eubolia bipunctaria being noted. Gnophos 

 obscurata were plentiful on valerian blossom on Lantern Hill. Cidaria 

 russata occurred, including a very pretty yellow banded variety {comma- 



