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when one was seen near Billing Gap, and one or two others (it may have been 

 the same one seen at two different times) in the hollows to the east of Beachey 

 Head. On the 5th one was flying on a sunny bank in front of the Con- 

 valescent Home, but as no net was at hand on either occasion none of these 

 were taken ; they were, however, to all appearance freshly emerged. On the 

 6th an hour's ramble through the hollows under Beachey Head procured 

 three specimens, two of which were captured and found to be in fairly good 

 condition ; but the sky assuming its usual cloudy aspect, further search was 

 useless. The morning of the 9th broke with brilliant sunshine, and 

 appeared to offer a good opportunity for a further investigation of the likely 

 spots for the species ; the wind, too, was favourable, for although N.E. and 

 chilly, it had, by reason of its direction, no effect upon the hollows under 

 the downs, all of which were well sheltered from it by the higher ground. 

 Accordingly, an early start was made, and having compassed the length of 

 the " parade," one of the first insects seen was edusa, and it was promptly 

 secured. Continuing on through Holywell, which, although at one time a 

 particularly rich little bit of collecting ground, appears now to be almost 

 bare of insect-life, we struck inland across a clover-field, but failed to dis- 

 cover any edusa upon it. I was not altogether surprised at this, for I have 

 usually found that where the cultivated clover is surrounded by down-sides 

 not under cultivation, the waste land has a greater attraction for this species 

 than the clover-fields. But we soon reached the rough ground beyond, and 

 there was edusa flitting about, first one, which was soon secured, then 

 another at a little distance ; but as at this moment the clouds came over the 

 sun, and a sharp shower swept across the downs, soaking the herbage, and 

 bidding one seek any scanty shelter that could be found, operations had to 

 be suspended. Fortunately the rain did not last long, and, the sun shining 

 forth again, the butterflies were soon on the wing, flitting over the wet 

 herbage as merrily as if nothing had happened; but chasing edusa over 

 soaking ground is not the most pleasant occupation one can imagine, and 

 as the rain soon came down again with renewed energy, the chase had to 

 be abandoned, but not until we had made up our total for the morning to 

 half-a-dozen specimens. That evening I returned to town, but enough has 

 been said to show that edusa has been by no means uncommon in the East- 

 bourne district. — Robert Adkin ; Lewishara, September, 1894. 



Catocala feaxini nkar Norwich. — I have to record the capture this 

 morning of a male specimen of the rare Catocala fraxini, L., which I found 

 at rest on the trunk of a small alder-tree on the banks of the Wensum, some 

 two miles above Norwich. The insect was unfortunately rubbed in the 

 catching. — E. W. Carlier; 60, Unthanks Road, Norwich, Sept. 18th. 



PiERis DAPLiDiCE AT Ramsgate. — During my holidays this year at 

 Ramsgate I was fortunate enough to capture a Pieris daplidice. — H. 

 ViNCE, Jun.; 6, Paragon Row, New Kent Road, S.E., Sept* 17th. 



SOCIETIES. 



South London Entomological and Natural History SociETYi — 

 Aiif/ust 23n^, 1894. — E. Step, Esq., President, in the chair. Mr. Hall 

 exhibited two cabinet-drawers of Diurni, captured in Switzerland 

 during a fortnight in July, comprising about 100 species, among 



