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Colias Edusa (Helice) near Plymouth. — On the 10th I was collecting in a field 

 about a mile from Knacker's Knowle, near Plymouth, when I had the good fortune 

 to catch one Helice ; there was very little clover in the field, but I was told that two 

 Helice had already been caught there this year. — D. P. Tuenee, 14, Havelock Eoad, 

 Tonbridge : September, 1892. 



Colias Edusa (Helice) in Surrey. — I observe that Mr. Gross states in this 

 month's Ent. Mo. Mag. (p. 245) that he has never previously found Colias Edusa 

 var. Helice in Surrey. In August, 1877, I captured a fine specimen of Helice a few 

 miles from Guildford. Although C. Edusa could be taken in dozens in tliat year 

 all round Q-uildford, I never saw a specimen of C. Hyale. Last month I saw several 

 specimens of C. Edusa (male) on the cliffs between Broadstairs and Earasgate ; also 

 Vanessa cardui and Atalanta. — Geoege W. Oldfield, 21, Longridge Road, Earl's 

 Court, S.W. : September 1st, 1892. 



[Mr. Goss stated his personal experience, which, we imagine, by no means ac- 

 cords with that of many collectors in the County. — Eds.]. 



Colias Edusa (Helice) on the Kentish Coast. — Between the 18th and 20th of 

 August I saw hundreds of Colias Edusa in splendid condition in the clover and 

 lucerne fields and standing wheat near Deal, Upper Walmer, Eipple, and St. Mar- 

 garet's Bay, and on the 20th caught a Helice settling on clover at the last named 

 place. Vanessa cardui accompanied them in thousands, but the other Vanessce 

 were conspicuous by their absence. I saw two urticce and only about half a dozen 

 Atalanta in places where they are usually countless. — G. W. Kiekaldy, St. Abb's, 

 Wimbledon : September Srd, 1892. 



Colias Edusa at Rugby. — This afternoon, whilst out with a net on the canal 

 bank near here, I saw a fair number of specimens of Colias Edusa, and netted two 

 males in very good condition. A specimen was also taken on the same spot last 

 May. As this insect is very rare here, I thought that perhaps this record of its 

 appearance might be interesting. — St. John W. Lucas Lucas, 36, Albert Street, 

 Eugby : August 26th, 1892. 



Colias Edusa in North Devon. — It is perhaps worth noting, to complete the 

 record, that Colias Edusa was frequently seen during August last on the close cropped 

 pastures of Morthoe and the golf links of Westward Ho ! I had not observed the 

 insect in that corner of North Devon since 1877. 



As regards other insects, C. cardui has been decidedly common this season, but 

 not nearly as abundant as in 1879 and 1884. Plusia gamma is always common here, 

 but not this year more so than usual ; on the other hand Vanessa Atalanta has been 

 commoner, especially on the flowers of Eupatorium cannabinum, than I ever re- 

 member seeing it, and Argynnis Paphia has also been exceptionally plentiful. 



Speaking generally the insect fauna of this parish is extremely meagre. 



Dr. F. A. Dixey kicked up a specimen of Stilbia anomala, an insect we had 

 long been on the look out for. Sugar yielded many common things, the best being 

 X. conigera, M. literosa, Agrotis valligera, suffusa and saucia, T. fimbria, and A. 

 pyramidea. — G. B, Lonostaff, Twitchen, Morthoe : September IQth, 1892. 



