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gradual increase during a series of years, the result, no doubt, of a 

 succession of seasons that have been specially favourable to the de- 

 velopment of the species. — Robert Adkin ; Lewisham, Aug. 5th, 1901. 



Entomolooical Fauxa of Berkshire. — Will Lepidopterists, Coleo- 

 pterists, Hymenopterists, or Hemipterists who have collected in Berk- 

 shire be kind enough to communicate, as early as possible, with W. 

 HoLLAXD, or A. H. Hamm: ; University Museum, Oxford. 



BuFF-coLouKED Amphedasys betulakia. — I am much obliged to Mr. 

 Pierce and Mr. Mason, and also to Mr. South, that they should have 

 taken sufficient interest in my note on the buff form of Am/i/ndasys 

 hetularia to write the interesting notes they have written on the 

 subject. I may say, however, that if these buff specimens were pro- 

 duced artificially by chemical means, and were not productions of 

 nature, that fact rather detracts from their interest to me than other- 

 wise. Eeferring to Mr. South"s remarks, in the current number of the 

 ■ Entomologist ' (xxxiv. 228), as to the coloration of the antennae, I 

 have examined my specimen, which is a female, and I find that the 

 usual black portions are inconspicuous, and distinctly of a buff' colour, 

 though perhaps hardly so pale as the coloration of the wings. — 

 H. Aixslie Hill. 



IxsECTS OF Malta. — I should be much obliged to any reader of 

 the ' Entomologist ' who can refer me to any published information 

 on the insects, especially the Lepidoptera, of Malta. The only infor- 

 mation I can find is comprised in Messrs. G. F. Matthew's and P. de la 

 Garde's lists in Entom. vols. xxxi. and xxxii. and a few brief notes in 

 Prof. Leith Adams' book ' Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and 

 Maltese Islands.' Will anyone who can help in the matter kindly 

 communicate with me direct, as I am desirous of making as complete 

 a list as possible ? — T. B. Fletcher ; H.M.S. ' Gladiator,' Malta, 

 August 16th, 1901. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



PiEBis DAPLiDicE AT DovER. — On the 11th inst., while coliectiug 

 with my Mend Mr. Wood, of Ashford, I had the good fortune to take 

 two very good specimens of this rare insect. Both are unfortunately 

 chipped in the left hind wing, otherwise they are in good condition. 

 Tills is the first time I have taken F. daplidke, and I thought when I 

 :aw the first one flying that it was an old .specimen of Melanumi 

 •j'l.aUa. but on closer observation it turned out to be a surprise in tl. 

 shape of a ''Bath white." This led to further search, and I wa. 

 rewarded with the capture of another specimen. There is no mi- 

 taiiing d:n/iii<:^' for the other '* whites " when on the wing, as their 

 flight is heavier, and they seem to keep closer to the flowers, and d' 

 not fly any distance before settling. I should mention that both the- 

 specimens are now in the collection of Mr, Sabine. — H. Dougl 

 Stocswell ; 2, Albert Boad, Dover, August loth, 1901. 



PlERIS DAPLIDIC£, GoLIAB EDUSA, AXD C. HYALE AT EaBTBOUE.VE. 



^Tiile eollectins' on the Downs near Eastbourne this morning I had 



