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agree with the spirit that suppresses all notice of deformity 

 among mankind, and am well pleased to see the same for- 

 bearance exercised towards the world of animals. — Edward 

 Newman.] 



Abundance of Colias Hyale in Suffolk. — I have been sur- 

 prised not to see your natural-history columns crowded by 

 your entomological correspondents with notices of the occur- 

 rence of that, to me, rare butterfly, Colias Hyale. Both it 

 and its near relative C. Edusa have occurred abundantly — the 

 former exceedingly so — in East Suffolk during the last three 

 weeks. A brother of mine, who is collecting, took several 

 specimens of each. I am curious to know if East Suffolk is 

 the only district that has been visited. — //. J. Rope ; Blax- 

 hall, Wickham Market. [From the ^ Field.'] 



Colias Edusa, C. Hyale, Spliinx Convolvuli, and Catocala 

 sponsa, near Petersjield. — I took here, on September 30th, a 

 rather worn specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli : it was at rest in 

 some long grass when I found it. 1 also took at sugar here, 

 on August 9th, a fair specimen of Catocala sponsa; and on 

 September 18th, about five miles from here, a good female 

 Colias Hyale. 1 have also taken this autumn ten specimens 

 of Colias Edusa, of which only two were females. — Walde- 

 grave ; Blackmoor, Petersjield, Oct. 18, 1875. 



Colias Hyale and Sphinx Convolvuli near Birmingham. 

 On the 13th September I captured a good specimen of Colias 

 Hyale near the Ran Dan Woods, about thirteen miles from 

 Birmingham, while out shooting; and on the 23rd I saw one 

 on the wing at Shirley, about six miles from Birmingham. 

 On the 24th I had brought to me a very large specimen of 

 Sphinx Convolvuli, having been captured in a greenhouse in 

 some neighbouring nursery-gardens ; and two others at the 

 same time were captured on the outskirts of the town. Both 

 species are exceedingly rare in this neighbourhood, and I 

 never remember having seen either before. — Walter Ludlow ; 

 Solihull, near Birmingham. [From the ^Field.'] 



Colias Hyale, C. Edusa, and Sphinx Convolvuli, at 

 Hitchin. — Seven specimens of Colias Hyale and four of 

 C. Edusa have been taken by the boys in this school within 

 the last month. They were all taken on the Midland and 

 Great Northern Railway embankment, a little to the north of 

 Hitchin Station. Two gentlemen have taken specimens of 



