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diiferent parts, seems to be more abundant farther westward than I 

 formerly found it. — J. Jager; 180, Kensington Park Eoad, Netting 

 Hill, Sept. 1894. 



Exhibition of Tropical Lepidoptera. — The collection of tropical 

 butterflies and moths exhibited by Mr, Wm. Watkins at 21, Piccadilly, 

 was inspected by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on October 12th. His 

 Eoyal Highness expressed his surprise at the extraordinary beauty of 

 the specimens, and cordially thanked the exhibitor for the interesting 

 details he gave concerning them. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN 1894. — During a stay at Clare, Suffolk, this sununer, 

 I saw three specimens of C. edusa — a male ou Aug. 31st, in a clover-tield ; 

 another (sex doubtful) on the following day, in the same place ; and a 

 male on Sept. 11th, on a rough pasture. — D. P. Turner; 14, Havelock 

 Road, Ton bridge. 



On September SOth, at Dorchester, Oxon, I saw, but failed to secure, a 

 single example of this butterfly. It was a rather small male, very fresh 

 and bright, and of a deeper orange colour than usual. — F. W. Lambert ; 

 70, St. Giles, Oxford. 



C. edusa has been fairly common on the coast, and a few specimens 

 have occurred inland, near Colchester. — W. H. Harwood ; Colchester. 



On Sept. 10th I saw a specimen of C. edusa ^]ust outside Dulvvich Park ; 

 on Sept. 19th my brother saw one near Croydon. On April 28th last I 

 found a wing (left primary) of LojjJiojHeryx carmelita ou a fir tree at West 

 Wickham. — T. B. Fletcher ; 78, Thornlaw Road, West Norwood, Oct. 19. 



Early Occurrence of Hybernia defoliaria. — I can give an earlier 

 date for the capture of H. defoliaria than that mentioned by Mr. G. S. 

 Robinson [a7ite, p. 205). 1 took a female specimen ou September 8th near 

 Knutsford, Cheshire, and a male the same night in Dunham Park, Bowdon. 

 — Lionel Stones; Northwood, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester, 

 Oct. 10th, 1894. [Mr. W. E. Butler, in 1892, observed this species in the 

 Reading district on Sept. 26th (Entom. xxv. 287). — Ed.] 



Plusia moneta near Tunbridoe Wells. — It may interest some of 

 your readers to know that I have again had the pleasure of breeding 

 P. moneta, but I must confess I have not found it nearly so plentiful this 

 season. — M. M. Phipps; Victoria Road, Southborough, Sept. 19th, 1894. 



Ennomos tiliaria in Sussex. — I should like to note the very unusual 

 manner in which these pretty moths have occurred here this year. They 

 were much more common in August (their proper season) than I have ever 

 seen them before, but I found it very difficult to obtain any good specimens; 

 in fact, they had the appearance of being hybernated insects. But now 

 comes the extraordinary part of my story, for on Sept. 19th (quite three 

 weeks after the first lot had died out) they reappeared in as great abundance 

 as before, and this time in perfect condition. They remained with us until 

 Oct. 6th. I have never seen Ennomos tiliaria in such profusion — two or 



