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Pieris Daplidice at Folkestone. — On the lOtli inst., wliilc partridge shooting in 

 this neighbourhood, I saw an insect rise from a stubble field, which, from its dark 

 greenish appearance and heavy flight, I at once saw was not an " ordinary white." 

 It shortly settled on a leaf, where I had an excellent opportunity of inspecting it, 

 and I fully decided it could be nothing but P. Daplidice. It rose again, and I 

 followed it with the intention of knocking it down with my cap, but, in keeping it in 

 view, I had already forged ahead of the other guns, and now the climax came ; a covey 

 rose out of reach, and amidst the execrations of my friends, I had to return a 

 saddened man, for I fully i-ealizcd that for the first, and probably the last, time in 

 my life I had seen this insect in the flesli. I am still undecided whether " it is 

 better to have seen and lost, than never to have seen at all." [Excusable under the 

 circumstances. — Eds.]. 



They say misfortunes never come singly, and on this day, at all events, the old 

 adage proved correct in my case. While marking birds in that identical field my 

 groom saw Deiopeia pulchella fly past him. As he was stowed away in a hedge he 

 could not attempt to take it. As he has already brought me one, I have no doubt 

 of its identity. — CuAS. E. PAETEiDaE, 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment, Shorncliffe : 

 September Idth, 1892. 



Plusia moneta at Shorncliffe. — I saw one of this species on the boards of a 

 beginner who had taken it at light close to the Camp. — Id. 



Colias Hyale, C. Edusa, and Vanessa cardui in the Channel Islands. — Colias 

 Edusa has been extremely abundant this season in the Channel Islands. In Guernsey 

 and Jersey they have been accompanied by C. Hyale, but these have been scarce. 

 On visiting Alderney (August 4th to ILth) I found C. Edusa swarming all over the 

 Island, and several times took three or four specimens by one stroke of the net. 

 Most of the specimens captured were males ; females were very scarce. A young 

 gentleman residing in the Island, who has collected butterflies for several years, told 

 mc he had not seen the species before this season. Vanessa cardui was also ex- 

 tremely abundant on the thistles, which grow in such profusion in Alderney. They 

 were all in fine, perfect condition. — W. A. Luff, G-uernsoy : September \Oth, 1892. 



Colias Edusa (Eelice) in the Isle of Wight. — In the beginning of this month I 

 made a short stay in the Island, which (with the exception of half a day) I had not 

 visited for more than thirty years. The entomological results were practically nil. 

 A few notes on the butterflies that have made themselves conspicuous this year may 

 be of some interest. Colias Hyale was seen from the train at Sandown Station. 

 C. Edusa was widely spread, but not common, and mostly in a worn condition. Of 

 the form Helice a good example was secured on a dusty roadside near Blackwater in 

 the centre of the Island (I heard of another capture near Ryde). Vanessa Atalanta 

 was in the utmost profusion everywhere, whereas, to my great surprise, V. cardui 

 was observed only once, and V. lo not at all. Such was my experience; other 

 observers can perhaps tell a different tale. — R. McLachlan, Lewisham : Sep- 

 tember 12th, 1892. 



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