286 " [November, 



very dark fuscous or black. Pronotum, with the anterior margin, sanguineous, which 

 is preceded by a broad black fascia. Base of pronotum — centrally joining the 

 anterior fascia —a broad, central, transverse fascia to corium, and the membrane pale 

 fuscous, the last with the basal angle pale greyish, and with a discal ochraceous spot. 

 Body beneath ochraceous ; head beneath, transverse fasciae to sternum, and the disc 

 of the abdomen, blackish ; anterior margin of presternum, posterior margins of meso- 

 and metasternum, and coxal spots, sanguineous. 



Var. a. — Head, antennae, and anterior fasciae to pronotum dull reddish, not 

 black. 



Var. h. — Very pale in hue, the membrane greyish, and the transverse fascia to 

 corium obsolete ; antennae dull reddish, with the apical joint much paler in hue. 



The second joint of the antennae is slightly, but distinctly, longer than the 

 third. Long., 12 to 13 mm. 



Hah. : Transvaal ; Pretoria. 



This species can be easily recognised in all its varietal forms by 

 the discal ochraceous spot to the corium. It constitutes a second 

 species of the genus which I recently described (Nat. in Trans., 

 Append., p. 253), and forms part of a collection of insects received 

 from the Transvaal since my return. 



Eussell Hill Eoad, Purley : 

 October, 1892. 



Colias Edusa (Helice) at Charmouth. — I was at Charmouth during August, and 

 throughout the month found Colias Edusa common, and at times very abundant in 

 a place on the cliffs just above the shore which abounded in the Melilot trefoil. We 

 captured two of the variety JTe/ice,and saw one other, and one was taken by another 

 collector. Coleoptera were extremely scarce, in fact, as a rule, August is, from my 

 experience, about the worst month in the year for beetles ; I only found a single 

 specimen of Lehia chlorocephala, var. chrysocepliala, and Trechus lapidosus, which 

 were abundant last year, seemed very scarce the only time I searched for it ; a single 

 specimen of Cassida murrcBa was the only other thing that occurred worthy of 

 record. I might add that I saw, but did not capture, a specimen of the rare 

 Hemipteron, Dercsocoris seticornis, of which I have only seen three living examples. 

 — W. W. FowLEE, Lincoln : October 1th, 1892. 



Colias Edusa (Helice) in the Isle of Wight. — My experience in the middle of 

 August was very different to that of Mr. McLachlan early in September. Between 

 Berabridge and Sandown I found Colias Edusa in great abundance ; I could have 

 captured scores of them, especially in a clover field just north of Whitecliff Bay. 

 I saw one Helice but missed it. Vanessa Atalanta was certainly extraordinarily 

 abundant, as, indeed, I have also observed it to be in the following places this year : — 

 Southwold, Suffolk ; Downham Market, Norfolk ; Outwell, near Wisbech in Cam- 

 bridgeshire ; Offley, near Hitchin, Herts. ; and at Grodalming, Surrey. It is curious 

 how Atalanta swarms round a wound in the bark of oak trees in spite of repeated 



