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bad condition, it having by some injury lost almost the whole of the 

 right secondary, otherwise it would have been a good insect, being 

 without the usual copper band on the secondaries ; two such varieties 

 I took in 1893. I might add that Pyrameis atalanta appears unusually 

 abundant already this season ; besides the perfect insects, which are 

 now daily emerging, I have found lame in various stages on almost 

 every patch of nettles examined. — F. W. Froeawk ; July 31st, 1899. 



American Notes. — In the ' Scientific American' (1899, lxxx., pp. 

 75-6), Prof. L. 0. Howard records an Ephydrid (Psilopa petroles, 

 Coquillet) as breeding in large numbers in crude petroleum pools in 

 California. N 



The Diptera certainly do not intend to be left behind in the struggle 

 for existence, as there is scarcely any situation in which they cannot 

 exist. It is well known that their larva? are not uncommonly found 

 in urine under certain conditions, as also in various parts of the 

 human frame or in that of other animals. I myself have also found 

 the larvae of Helophilus (?) in the sea near Deal, and kept them alive 

 for three days in sea-water. 



In the ' Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington ' 

 (1899, iv., pp. 265-91), Mr. C. L. Marlatt's presidential address will 

 be probably interesting to British entomologists. It is entitled "An 

 Investigation of applied Entomology in the Old World." — G. W. K. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Colias edusa IN Wiltshire. — On Aug. 14th I saw a male specimen 

 of C. edusa in the Stonehenge district. — John Henry Leech. 



Colias edusa in Co. Waterford. — On the 10th of this month I saw 

 four specimens of this butterfly, and succeeded in capturing one, a male. 

 On the following day I saw another. The clouded yellow is decidedly rare 

 about here in most seasons, and many years pass without my being able 

 to see a single specimen. — William W. Flemyng ; Coolfine, Portlaw, 

 Co. Waterford, Aug. 15th, 1899. 



Colias edusa in Co. Cork. — On Aug. 1st a specimen of C. edusa is 

 reported in the ' Field ' as having been seen at Glengarriff Harbour, and 

 another at Skibbereen, on Aug. 10th last. — F. W. F. 



Deilephila livornica in Surrey. — Mr. W. C. Patterson records in 

 the ' Field ' of Aug. 19th, the capture of a specimen of this rare moth at 

 Limpsfield, during the previous week ; it came to light. — F. W. F. 



Vanessa atalanta in London. — On Aug. 18th last I was very pleased 

 to notice a beautiful specimen of V. atalanta sitting on a white dahlia- 

 flower, in a garden on the Victoria Embankment, near the Temple Station. 

 I may mention that I have seen odd examples from time to time during the 

 month, both at Balham and in Chelsea. — Richard South ; 96, Drakefield 

 Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 



Argynnis latona in Hampshire. — Miss Ethel Urquhart sends the 

 following cuttiug from ' The Times,' Aug. 17th last : — 



