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Two friends and myself captured thirty-three specimens of Colics 

 /ii/al,' and two of C. edusa, over lucerne at Sheerness, on August 24th 

 last. I have now several larva3 feeding of the former species from 

 ova deposited during the last week of August. As usual, we found the 

 females much scarcer than the males ; in fact, excepting four or five 

 all were of the latter sex.— F. W, Frohawk ; September, 1901. 



CoLiAs HYALE IN SuRREY.— I saw a uice specimen of C, lujale here on 

 Aug. 31st. I was particularly pleased at seeing it, since, although I 

 kept a sharp look-out, I did not see one last year.— L. M. Seth Smith- 

 Alleyne, Caterham Valley, Surrey. ' 



Vanessa antiopa in Bucks.— Two young entomologists, Messrs. 

 Clavell and Ruthven Hore, of Dulwich College, have shown me a fine 

 male specimen of the Camberwell Beauty, which they captured in a 

 garden at Gerrards Cross, near Uxbridge, Bucks, on Sept. 7th. It is 

 in very good condition, so that, according to current theories, I 

 suppose that it was born and bred in England from Continental 

 parents that came over in the spring. I may mention that the borders 

 of the wings are completely white, although this character is now con- 

 sidered insignificant for distinguishing English from Continental 

 specimens.— Geoffrey Siiith ; Ivy Bank, Beckenham. 



Vanessa antiopa in Essex. — Mr. A. W. Taucock, writing from 

 Chelmsford, records in the 'Field': "We had a Camberwell Beauty 

 {Vanessa antiopa) here on Sept. 7th. We saw it sunning itself on a 

 wall of the stable for several minutes shortly before one o'clock, and 

 could easily have caught it if we had wished. It was seen in the 

 kitchen-garden later in the afternoon. It was a fairly good specimen." 

 F. W. Frohawk. 



Vanessa antiopa in Sussex. — A specimen was seen settled on a 

 sunflower at Southwick, Sussex, on Aug. 26th last. My informant 

 almost succeeded in capturing it, having placed a net over both flower 

 and butterfly, but it managed to escape by darting downwards through 

 the foliage.— F. W. Frohawk; September, 1901. 



Limenitis SIBYLLA IN WooLMER FoREST. — On July 17th of this year 

 I had the pleasure of seeing this insect in abundance, in the glades 

 between the Portsmouth Road and Waggoner's Wells, near Grayshott. 

 A. 0. Rowden; 6, Eastgate, Exeter. 



Apatura IRIS in Sussex. — A splendid example of A. iris was taken, 

 near Heathfield, on July 22nd last. It is a male insect, and is in perfect 

 condition. — W. Delves, Jun. ; Maynards Green, HorehamRoad, Sussex. 



Cyaniris argiolus abundant at Southend. — This species has been 

 very abundant here at Southend this season. It frequents my garden 

 and other localities in the district every year, but this year we have 

 seen it everywhere. The second brood has been specially noticeable 

 by the unusual number of specimens, and even now, in the first week 

 of September, some stragglers are left. I noticed a specimen about the 

 second week of August, flying down Arundel Street, Strand ; perhaps 

 the species has established itself in the Temple Garden. — (Rev.) Henry 

 C. Lang ; All Saints Vicarage, Southend. 



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