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have never seen Edusa in Surrey. I could have caught five times the number of 

 Edusa, and possibly of Helice and Hyale, but was interfered with by men who were 

 cutting the lucerne and clover. Vanessa lo and V. Atalanta are both out in 

 unusual numbers, and also V. cardui. — Id., Sux'biton : August I7th, 1892. 



CoUas Hyale and Edusa at Tonhridge. — Between the 3rd and 8th of June I saw 

 six specimens of Colias Edusa, and this month it has swarmed in two clover fields 

 about 1^ miles from the town, but I have only seen about a dozen specimens else- 

 where. A friend of mine captured one specimen of the variety Helice on the 9th, 

 and I took a single specimen of Colias Hyale on the 8th. I do not think C. Hyale 

 has been taken here since 1868. My friend took one specimen of Edusa in 1887. — 

 P. L. Babington, Judde House, Tonbridge : August 13th, 1892. 



Agrotis ravida in Wiltshire. — In the third week of July I had some successful 

 sugaring in Wiltshire. I took several specimens of Noctua depuncta, and also a 

 good series of Agrotis ravida. This species appeared suddenly in fair numbers on 

 July 21st, and came to sugar pretty freely for the three nights following. It flew 

 early, and was as quiet when feeding as its common relation, Agrotis exclamationis. 

 — Mary Kimber, Cope Hall, Enborne : August, 1892. 



Capture of Erotesis haliica, McLach., in quantity. — This Trichopterous insect 

 has been known as British from a few specimens taken at Wicken Fen. This year I 

 went down to Cambridgeshire on June 30th with the hope of taking the species, and 

 upon the first afternoon of my visit to Wicken I was fortunate enough to take ten 

 specimens flying among the weeds which grow along the edge of the " lode " (a 

 canal which di'ains the Fen) ; and upon several occasions I took odd specimens at 

 the same place when we had favourable conditions, namely, a warm afternoon without 

 wind. On July l7th I went over to Fordham, and took a specimen upon the bridge 

 which spans the stream flowing through the town ; on the 22nd I again went over 

 to Fordham and Chippenham Fen, and at the latter place took two specimens by 

 beating bushes. 



The following week I removed my quarters to Fordham with the intention of 

 more thoroughly working Chippenham Fen, and on the evening of July 30th, after 

 a most unsatisfactory day's collecting, my wife, who had been sweeping the reeds on 

 one of the ditches, called my attention to some insects in her net, which proved to 

 be E. haltica. I then turned my attention to my own net, where I found a number 

 of specimens. We then worked the ditch, and in the space of about ten minutes 

 we had taken forty-four specimens, and might have taken moi'e, but that a cold gust 

 of wind swept over the Fen, and caused the insects to seek sheltered quarters ; we 

 seemed to have come across the insects during their evening flight, as many were 

 taken in copula. The insects were not at all scarce on the various ditches ; some 

 evenings I took as many as fifty specimens. Mr. McLachlan, who joined me for a 

 few days, was also able to take several specimens, although during his stay the 

 weather was not favourable for this insect. 



Mr. Albert Houghton gave me a specimen which he captured at light on the 

 11th of August at Wicken. I shall be glad to send specimens to Neuropterists, both 

 British and continental, who may desire the species. — Jambs J. F. X. King, 207, 

 Sauchiehall Street, Grlasgow : August, 1892. 



