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again no more. It might be interesting to note that one still afternoon, 

 while watching this insect at Wisley Pond, in Surrey, myself and companion 

 were able to hear the stroke of its wings a dozen or more yards away, while 

 it was hunting aloft far out of reach. — W. J. Lucas. 



Notes from Holsworthy, N. Devon. — I have taken L. sinapis by 

 the roadside from April to Aug. 11th, but find them very scarce. A. rjalatea 

 is fairly plentiful, but difficult to get in good condition, owing, I suppose, 

 to the very bad weather we have experienced this summer. Vanessa cardui 

 is very common in the larval state ; I have taken them from three distinct 

 species of thistle, and one on the common nettle. — S. Kipping; Hols- 

 worthy, N. Devon, Aug. 18th, 1894. 



Nemobius sYLVESTRis. — On Aug. 15th last this little brown cricket was 

 in plenty near the Lymington River, in the New Forest. — W. J. Lucas. 



CiRRHCEDIA XERAMPELINA IN SoUTH ARGYLLSHIRE. — Seeing that this 



species is reported from Ayr (ante, p. 273), and that it is considered to be 

 rare in the West of Scotland, it may be well to mention that C. xerampelina 

 occurs about the Kyles of Bute, South Argyllshire, some fifty miles further 

 north. Mr. King, in his published list of the Lepidoptera of the Clyde and 

 district, does not mention this species. — W. M. Christy; Watergate, 

 Emsworth, Hants. 



CiRRHCEDLV XERAMPELINA IN AYRSHIRE. — After workiug the lamps 

 constantly for a fortnight, I was fortunate enough to take Cirrhcedla 

 xerampelina on Sgt^L 4:th. — William C. S. Fergusson ; Glencoy, Ayr, 

 Sept. 14th, 1894. 



Colias edusa in 1894. — Bucks. — I secured to-day four male specimens 

 of C. edusa nearlvinghoe (Bucks). Two of the specimens are in good con- 

 dition, while the other two are rather worn. — Charles Rothschild ; Tring 

 Park, Tring, Sept. 1st, 1894. 



Dorsetshire. — From Aug. 14th to Sept. 11th C. edusa was decidedly 

 scarce at Weymouth. I never saw more than six or took more than three 

 on any one day, and it required hard work to get them, as they appeared 

 unusually lively. Has anyone noticed that edusa flies nearly always from 

 east to west, rarely harking back, or is this my fancy ? Other butterflies, 

 I take it, remain in the place they were born, but not so edusa; at least, 

 80 it seems to me. — (Rev.) W. Claxton ; Hartley Wiutney, Wiuchfield. 



Huiupskire. — On August 16th a male specimen on the coast near 

 Christchurch, and another on the 24ih, not far from the same spot. — W 

 J. Lucas. 



Middlesex. — On the morning of Sept. 14th, while giving orders to ray 

 men at the Harrow Metropolitan Coal Wharf, I saw a specnuen of C. edusa 

 flying up and down the railway bank. To the surprise of the " coalies," I 

 instantly gave chase, and captured the prize with my hat — a fine male. I 

 returned in the afternoon with my net, but only caught a few "blues" and 

 " coppers." — C. Rhoades Smith ; Greenhill, Harrow, Sept. 14th, 1894. 

 I saw a fine specimen of the vaf. helice in Acton on August 26th last. Not 

 having ray net with me, I was unable to make a capture. — St. W. Bell- 

 Marley ; Hammersmith. 



Surrey. — On Sept. 10th a female example at Oxshott, and a male at 

 Cobham on Sept. 11th. — W. J. Lucas. 



Sussex. — C. edusa appears to have been fairly common in the Eastbourne 

 district this autumn. My attention was first called to it on the '^nd inst., 



