248 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CoLTAS EDUSA IN OXFORDSHIRE. — On Aug. 9th I cauglit, in a field 

 near Charlbury, Oxfordshire, a fine female C. edusa. Is it not very unusual 

 to find them so far inland? — Gwendaline Mathew ; Sandford Mount, 

 Charlbury, Aug. 20th, 1897. 



[Although it is not altogether unusual for this species to be observed in 

 our inland counties, especially in what are known as "edusa years " — that is, 

 years when the species is plentiful — its occurrence in Oxfordshire this year 

 is an interesting fact to record. — Ed.] 



Lycena argiolus in CfliswiCK. — I am glad to state that this handsome 

 little butterfly has by no means been an uncommon visitor this season. It 

 was Easter Day when first my attention was called to its appearance ; this 

 was in Hammersmith. Only on the same morning, in Chiswick Lane, was 

 I able to testify to the fact that they were distributed, flying, then settling 

 on the ground. This was the first brood, according to Mr. W. F. Kirby. 

 I saw no more until to-day (Aug. 1st), when in the same lane there were 

 about five, settling as before on the ground ; one I caught as it was drinking 

 from a puddle. — H. W. Bell-Marley ; Ravenscourt Park, W. 



CiciNDELA GERMAN iCA IN DoRSKT. — Mr. Pickard-Cambridge will 

 doubtless be glad to know that this local beetle is still to be found in the 

 locality recorded by him (between Bridport and Lyme Regis) in 1888 

 (Entom. xxii. 214). On July 18th I took forty examples in the course of 

 half an hour, and might easily have obtained twice the number. It 

 appeared to be confined to one damp place, but was plentiful in that spot, 

 some four or five specimens being often seen at the same moment running 

 swiftly among the scanty herbage and over the loose earth. There is, 1 

 think, small fear of its being exterminated for many years. — F. W. 

 Lambert ; 70, St. Giles, Oxford. 



Callimorpha HERA. — On Aug. I8lh I took in my garden at Alphington, 

 near Exeter, at 8.30 in the morning, a fine female specimen of C. hera ; 

 hind wings orange, inclining to red. The moth was flying in the sunlight, 

 and had settled on the head of an aster flower. — (Rev.) Albert Bonus. 



[The first capture of this species in South Devon was at Alphington 

 about twenty-eight years ago. — Ed.] 



Entomology in Merionethshire. — During a stay at Barmouth from 

 July 10th to 24th, I chiefly occupied myself in collecting and observing the 

 insects of the surrounding country. The following is a complete list of the 

 insects which came under notice ; when no locality is specially mentioned, 

 Barmouth is intended : — 



Lepidoptera : Pieris brassiccB, rapcE, and napi. All common. — Epine- 

 phele {Hipparchia) ianira. Very common; many of the females weie 

 unusually large and bright, and the ocelli on the under side were especially 

 finely developed. — E. {H.) tithonus. Not common. — E. {H.) hyperanthus. 

 Varies considerably in the ground colour of the under side, and in the 

 number and development of the ocelli ; not met with at Barmouth, but 

 common at Tan-y-bwlch. — Sattjrus [H.) semele. In perfect condition at 

 Barmouth ; much darker than those which 1 have taken on limestone in 

 other parts of Wales. The rock here is a dark slate, so the intensity of 

 colour is probably for protective purposes. — Ccenonympha pamphilus, 

 Pararge (Lasiommata) ecferia. Scarce. — P. (L.) meycEra, Argynnis paphia. 

 Woods about Barmouth, Tan-y-bwlch, and Dolgelly, but not plentiful, — 



