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kindly supplied me with a list of forty-nine specimens which he saw, 

 and most of which he captured, at tobacco, between Aug. 16th and 

 Sept. 23rd, a record for this neighbourhood. — G. T. Lyle ; Brocken- 

 hurst. 



Late Appearance of Colias edusa. — On Oct. 18th last, a fine warm 

 day, I saw, while shooting on the marshes at Wallasea, Essex, a male 

 C. edusa on the wing ; after watching it a short time it settled to feed 

 on yarrow-blossom. It was apparently in perfect condition. I hear 

 that other specimens have recently been seen in Devon, one as late as 

 Nov. 13th.— F. W. Frohawk; November, 1904. 



Late Appearance of Pyrameis atalanta. — Owing to the recent fine 

 warm weather, P. atalanta has been putting in a late appearance. On 

 Nov. 13th my wife saw a specimen on the wing, in the finest condition, 

 at Rayleigh, Essex, and daring the past week specimens have been 

 emerging. The larvae were found quite young at the end of Septem- 

 ber and beginning of October, which were obviously from eggs deposited 

 during September by specimens which emerged during August or 

 September. Although it is generally believed that only one brood 

 emerges in the year, I am convinced that usually, if not every year, 

 there are two broods, the first appearing in July and August, and the 

 second continuing through the autumn. — F. W. Frohawk; Nov., 1904. 



Colias edusa, C. hyale, &c, at Felixstowe. — On Aug. 10th and 

 11th last I took, at Felixstowe, two female specimens of C. edusa, on 

 open land, fluttering over patches of red clover. I saw six altogether, 

 but these two alone gave any chance of capture. I also saw two speci- 

 mens of C. hyale in the public road, but my net was disconnected, and 

 they flew almost at once into private grounds. I was only able to spare 

 two days for collecting out of my brief vacation, and then found the 

 following plentiful but much worn ; only a small number of the speci- 

 mens captured were worth retaining: Pieris brassica, P. rapce, P. napi, 

 Vanessa urtica, V. polychloros, Pyrameis atalanta, Pararge egeria, P. 

 megara, Satyrus semele, Epinephele ianira, Ccenonympha pamphilus, and 

 of Lycana icarus I obtained a large series, both males and females. 

 I may perhaps note that I did not see a single specimen of P. cardui, 

 neither have I met with this species during the year in or near 

 London.— W. T. Page, F.Z.S. 



Lepidoptera at Kingston, Surrey. — Cheimatobia boreata is simply 

 swarming at the lamps here just now. It is no exaggeration to say 

 that one might easily take hundreds each evening. Previous to this 

 year I had only one specimen taken in Kingston, although I have 

 often searched for it. I may also mention that Chesias spartiata, Opo- 

 rabia dilutaria, and Hybernia defoliaria have been extremely abundant, 

 and some beautiful forms of the latter have been obtained. I have seen 

 a specimen of Asteroscopus sphinx (cassinea) which was taken on the 

 hill, also a few Diloba cceruleocephala. I have not seen H. aurantiaria 

 at all this year. — Percy Richards; " Wellesley," 11, Queen's Road, 

 Kingston Hill, Nov. 18th. 



Species of Plusia visit Flowers of Stachys. — When capturing 

 insects on the wing at dusk this year, I noticed a fact which may not 



