278 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



2. With an t-n-like mark and darker central area, = var. 

 secalina, Haw. 



Var. secalina, Haw. — Ground colour of anterior wings dark umber-browu, 

 with tlie transverse lines as in the type. The claviform developed into 

 an i-H-like mark, which reaches from the transverse line before, almost, or 

 quite, to that beyond the stigmata ; the central area between these transverse 

 lines, and above and below this dark mark, darker than the ground colour, 

 forming an incomplete band from the costa to the inner margin. Hind 

 wings grey-brown (as in type), with a distinct discoidal spot. The 

 description of Haworth's secalina, var. j3, is as follows: — "Alls anticis 

 lineola longa nigra in medio fasciae ut in sequente, stigmate antico oblongo 

 magis antrorsum inclinante ; posticis fuscis, ciliis rufo-cinereis " (' Lepi- 

 doptera Britannica ' pp. 210, 211). 



(To be continued.) 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



DoRiTis APOLLO AT DovKR. — During our recent visit to Dover one of 

 my sons was collecting along the edge of the cliff, some distance beyond 

 the Convict Prison, when he was startled by the sudden appearance of one 

 of these fine insects. It flew from the bank (which hereabouts closely abuts 

 on the path) across the path to the edge of the cliff, where it hovered for 

 several seconds, and then slowly sailed downwards out of sight. Owing to 

 the precarious nature of the ground my son was unable to take a step 

 forward to secure it (which otherwise he could easily have done), but he had 

 a splendid view of the insect. On his return he informed me of the 

 occurrence, minutely describing the specimen, mentioning its colour, the 

 rounded wings, and red ocelli. Naturally he waited long in the hope that 

 it might reappear, but it was not to be : and we visited the spot afterwards 

 several times, but without avail. Whence the insect came, and how it 

 arrived there, I of course cannot say; I merely record its occurrence. The 

 date was the 28th of August last. I greatly regretted having that morning 

 gone in another direction ; had we been together, perchance we might have 

 secured it. — E. Sabine ; The Villas, Erith, October, 1889. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN 1889. — lu addition to the records of last mouth we 

 have received the following : — 



Kent. — I may mention that I saw a male taken at Folkestone, and 

 know of many others that were captured there by visitors during August. 

 I also saw a fine specimen of the var. heJice that had been taken there by 

 Mr. Austen of that town. — J. R. Wellman ; 8, Medora Road, Brixton 

 Hill, Oct. 4, 1889. — I am able to add that my brother and I saw several 

 specimens of this species in clover and lucerne fields near Broadstairs, 

 Kent, in August last. We captured two good males, but did not take 

 any females. — Henry A. Hill; 132, Haverstock Hill, London, N.W., 

 Oct. 3, 1889. 



Cambridgeshire. — On the 31st August, whilst out hawking near Great 

 Chesterford, in Cambridgeshire, I saw eight Colias edusa, seven on a piece 

 of waste ground, and one in a stubble-field near some lucerne. As 1 had 

 not my net I was only able to take one. — Harold Mann; Houghton, 

 9, The Drive, Brighton, Oct. 4, 1889. 



