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of these I submitted five to Mr. F. N. Pierce for examination, and 

 he considered them all crinanensis. 1 think, therefore, we may 

 consider this species is well established here, at least in this par- 

 ticular district. Only one, from Bolton, has been previously reported 

 from Lancashire. — W. G. Clutten ; 132, Coalclough Lane, Burnley. 



Pyeameis atalanta in January.- — Yesterday (January 25th) the 

 weather being warm and sunny, I saw a specimen of P. atalanta 

 flying about the ivied side of a liouse having a southern aspect. 

 The insect, which appeared to be in good case and strong on the 

 wing, came down and settled within 6 ft. of me, a fairly good specimen. 

 I am wondering whether this appearance at such a date will help in 

 any way to determine the much-discussed question as to whether it 

 does or does not hibernate in this country. Very few weeks out of 

 the fifty-two can have failed to show an odd specimen of lo, Urtica, 

 or Polychloros in this mild climate, but Atalanta in mid-winter is at 

 least new to me. — R. H. Fox; Nuthatch, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. 



Colias edusa in Essex. — On September 8th I went with my 

 friend, the Rev. G. H. Raynor, to Purley, in Essex, to hunt for Colias 

 edusa, and found the species in some numbers. Mr. Raynor succeeded 

 in inducing one of them to lay a batch of ova and sent them to me 

 to rear. Having on a previous occasion had a partial failure when 

 attempting to rear some late in the year in a vinery where the 

 temperature was comparatively low, I determined to use more heat 

 after the outside temperature became cold. The ova were placed on 

 potted clover in outside temperature and hatched on September 18th. 

 Shortly afterwards the larvJB were transferred to a hothouse having 

 a temperature of 80"^ Fahr. October 13th pupating commenced. The 

 first larva3 had fed up in tw'enty-five days. October 25th first butter- 

 fly emerged. Time in pupa stage twelve days. November 8th last 

 butterfly emerged. Total, 9 ^ , 12 $ . I only lost three and these 

 by accident. — E. E. Bentall, The Towers, Heybridge, Essex. 



Is Gypsonoma aceeiana Double-beooded? — If Gypsonoma 

 aceriana has a partial second brood the larva may feed in the way 

 suggested by Mr. A. Thurnall {a7itea p. 43). What follows supplies 

 my reason for so thinking. In the early summer of 1915 I found a 

 larva of this species in a shoot of Lombardy poplar. As the shoot 

 was partly destroyed in getting a view of the larva, another shoot 

 bearing two young leaves was placed in the box. On opening this 

 the next morning, I was surprised to find the larva feeding on the 

 leaves, and on leaves it was ultimately reared. — iVlfeed Sich ; 

 February 5th, 1918. 



Inceease of the Black Foem of Hibernia defoliaeia in 

 Epping Forest. — In the May, 1917, number of this Journal (No. 

 648), I gave a few notes regarding the occurrence in Epping Forest 

 of a black aberration of $ H. defoliaria, the percentage of which, as 

 compared with the typical mottled form, I found to be about 1 per 

 cent. In order further to investigate the distribution of the black $ 

 examples in the Forest I searched for about four hours on two 

 successive day, viz. December 25th and 26th last, these being favour- 

 able days, as they were comparatively mild, following a spell of cold 



