Collas Edusa and Uyale in the Isle of Wight. — On Monday, June 3rd, I noticed 

 a specimen of the former on Afton Down, near Freshwater, and on Sunday last, the 

 9th, while strolling along the cliffs between Ventnor and St. Catherine's, five speci- 

 mens were seen in all. Unfortunately the business-like pace at which the insects 

 were going, and that over very rough ground, rendered pursuit out of the question, 

 so I am unable to report certainly as to their sex or condition. They were large 

 examples, probably females. While standing on the edge of the cliff, directly under 

 the fog-horn station at St. Catherine's, a specimen of C. Hyale passed rapidly within 

 a few feet of me, underneath. Some remarkably fine and fresh looking examples of 

 Vanessa cardui were commonly seen on the same occasion. — R. M. Puideaux, 

 Newport, I. W. : June Mth, 1895. 



Habit of flifiht in Saturnia carpini. — Mr. Barrett, in his book on British 

 Lepidoptera, speaks of a habit of soaring which Endromis versicolor has when 

 Gtruck at with the net and missed. I have never observed this habit in E. versicolor, 

 though I have in the next species, Saturnia carpini, which frequently adopts that 

 method of placing itself beyond reach of danger. Whenever I missed an E. versi- 

 color it usually dodged, and always hurried its pace very much, so much that it was 

 difficult to catch it afterwards. <S. carpini occurs near Reading every year in more 

 or less abundance, in some seasons it is very plentiful, and males may be seen flying 

 swiftly over our commons in all directions. About mid-day, when E. versicolor 

 had finished its flight, I often left the birch plantation to go and have a turn with 

 iS. carpini. I had only fo walk well out on to the open heath where I could see 

 them coming from afar, and where there was plenty of room to run. I had nob 

 long to wait before several appeared at once and perhaps puzzled me which to go for. 

 The plan I found best was to get sight of one when distant, make out the way it was 

 heading, and then run and place myself in front so as to have one good stroke at it ; 

 if I missed, it either darted straight up into the air and soared till out of sight, or 

 rushed ahead faster than ever. My friend Mr. flamm tells me that it is not only at 

 the net that S. corpini will "sky" in this manner; he has seen it do exactly the 

 same on meeting with an obstruction such as a bush or tree. — W. Holland, 69, 

 Observatory Street, Oxford : June, 1895. 



Lita ocellatella, Boyd. — Mr. J. H. Durrant's admirable paper {ante pp. 82-84), 

 in which he clearly shows that the first published description of this species was 

 from the pen of Mr. Thomas Boyd has greatly interested me. It is not surprising 

 that I should have followed Mr. Stainton, who always regarded himself as the 

 insect's sponsor, because, not possessing either the Ann. and Mag. N. H. or the Ent. 

 Wk. Intel., I had never come across any of the passages that have shed so much 

 additional light on the subject, and had found no references to them. 



Mr. Durrant says there are "two" descriptions of Oelechia ocellatella by 

 Stainton, which, according to date of publication, will stand : — 



(1). Ent. Ann., 1859, 151-2 published Dec. 14th, 1858 ; 



(2). Ann. and Mag. N. H. (3 s.). Ill, 212 (1859) .. „ March, 1859; 

 but there are in reality three, all published within less than five months, for the 

 above were closely followed by another, which is not identical with either of 

 them, viz. : — 



(3). Manual II, 340 (18B9). 



