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July I was walking along the Ickleton Road, leading to 

 Wa'ntage, in Berkshire, when 1 observed, near the edge of a 

 small stream, crowds of the common while butterflies ; num- 

 bers of them settled on a small spot of damp ground, the rest 

 hovering above as though waiting for their share of the feast, 

 if such it was : I should think there must have been at least 

 fifty. What made the circumstance the more strange was 

 that when I approached close to them they remained per- 

 fectly still, without appearing in the least alarmed. I should 

 very much like to know the reason of this singular occur- 

 rence. — Lizzie C. Godley ; Jersey, September 5, 1868. 



Pleris KapoB in ahundance. — On Saturday, July 11th, I 

 observed eighty-seven specimens of Pieris Raj^ae on fifty 

 yards of railway-bank. I leave those who are great at 

 statistics to show how many this would give for a mile and 

 three-quarters, over which space they seemed equally abun- 

 dant. — E. Newman. 



Pieris Daplidice at Margate. — I have the most un- 

 questionable information that two specimens of Pieris Da- 

 plidice, a male and female, have been taken above the cliff 

 at Margate during the first week in August. The writer will 

 not allow the publication of his name, as he does not desire 

 applications for them. — Id. 



Colias Hyale at Aldehurgh. — This day (August 15th), 

 between the hours of 11 a.m., and 1 p.m., I captured no 

 less than eighteen specimens of C. Hyale in a clover field 

 near the church : they were all in the most beautiful and 

 perfect condition possible, and amongst them are some good 

 varieties. This butterfly is generally scarce in this neigh- 

 bourhood. I am sorry to see it is attempted to make another 

 s])ecies of Colias under the name of " Helice," as it is 

 evident, upon careful examination, there exists no sufficient 

 difference between them to justify this alteration. — N. Fen- 

 wick Hele, in the ' Field." 



Colias Hyale near Graveseud. — Mr. P. B. Smith, in the 

 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine ' for September, records 

 the capture of fifty specimens of Colias Hyale near Gravesend 

 on the 5th of August. 



Colias Hynle near Ramsgale. — Mr. A. H. Jones, in the 

 same journal, records the capture of twenty-two specimens of 



