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disturbance. V. cardui I found tolerably abundant at Bembridge, particularly on 

 the Grolf Links, V. lo was certainly scarce, but I saw several specimens in the 

 Bembridge neighbourhood.— Oswald H. Lattek, Charterhouse, Grodalming : Octo- 

 ber 2nd, 1892. 



Colias Hyale atid C. Edusa {Helice) in SuffolTc. — As I have not yet observed 

 any record of these forms from Suffolk, it may perhaps be worth mentioning that 

 they were abundant at Southwold, Suffolk, all this August. I saw several C. Edusa 

 myself, and a boy in the house where I was staying caught numbers ; he also cap- 

 tured one Helice. C. Hyale was quite common, but apparently only over a limited 

 area in the low lying land close to the sea, just north of Southwold itself. I may 

 also mention that C. Edusa appeared in the neighbourhood of the places above 

 mentioned in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Herts, but was not plentiful, except near 

 Hitchin. At the same time it must be borne in mind that the weather was cold 

 and blustering when I was in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and therefore rendered it 

 improbable that many would be on the wing. — Id. 



Colias Edusa in Merionethshire, North Wales. — I saw a specimen of this but- 

 terfly in a clover field above the village of Harlech on September 13th this year, 

 within a couple of miles of the spot where I saw one in September, 1876. I also 

 saw two others near Maentwrog the following week, but I saw none in Carnarvonshire, 

 either at Capel Curig or Bettws-y-Coed, where I stayed about a week from Septem- 

 ber 21st. As usual, Lepidoptera were scarce in North Wales. Larvae of Cucullia 

 asteris, Botys terrealis, and a Tortrix, were found on golden rod, but very locally ; 

 one specimen of Stenopteryx hyhridalis occurred at Tan-y-Bwlch ; one Depressaria 

 Alstroemeriana at Harlech ; three Gelechia junctella were beaten out of oak at 

 Capel Curig, along with Cerostoma radiatella and sylvella -, Grapta c-alhum was 

 abundant near Trefriw, with the three common Vanessce ; and a few more common 

 moths, made up the remainder of a meagre result. — A. F. GtEIFFith, Brighton : 

 October, 1892. 



Plusia gamma. — The article by Mr. Gr. T. Porritt in the current number of the 

 Magazine on a probably hitherto undescribed form of the larva of Plusia gamma 

 immediately brought to my mind a similar experience during last July. On the 6th, 

 10th and 14th of that month ray boys discovered several small half looper larvse 

 whilst searching amongst Matricaria for those of Cucullia chamomillce. I was 

 much puzzled with these larvee, although I had a suspicion that they would produce 

 P. gamma, but they were so totally different from the usual form that I thought I 

 might be mistaken. Speaking from memory they exactly coincided with the de- 

 scription given by Mr. Porritt, and it was the dark olive-green colour of the stripes 

 that so especially attracted my attention and caused my doubts, which were increased 

 by the smallness of the larvse at the time of the pupal change. Only three indi- 

 viduals assumed the perfect state, the remainder of the larvae having died without 

 spinning up, although constantly supplied with fresh food. Two specimens emerged 

 on August 16th, and one later, but all were very diminutive, and had the same pale 

 silvery appearance tliat struck Mr. Porritt. Two by accident escaped, but the third 

 specimen is now in the cabinet. I may be mistaken, but I fancied that the usual 



