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I saw one male specimen of C. edusa here (Burton), on September 6th, 

 flying along the roadside. — (Rev.) C. A. Sladen ; Burton Vicarage, 

 Chester. 



Cornwall. — C. edusa was very abundant at Bude, males preponderating. 

 Also at Boscastle and Tintagel. — L, G. S. Raynor ; 22, Gordon Place, 

 Kensington, Sept. 13th, 1900. 



Devon. — A fine male C. edusa was taken at Weston, near Sidmouth, 

 on June 17th, 1900.— H. 0. Wells ; Hurstfield, Gipsy Hill. 



C. edusa common almost everywhere. Have seen no C. hyale in my 

 district, but have taken fourteen fine specimens of G. edusa var. helice. — 

 (Rev.) W. J. Leigh Phillips ; The Cottage, Parkwood Road, Tavistock, 

 Sept. 17th. 



During a visit to South Devon, from Aug. 9th to 18th, C. edusa was 

 abundant at the following places : — Newton Abbot, Bovey Tracey, Star- 

 cross, and Dawlish, and with it the var. helice occurred sparingly. C. hyale 

 was not seen. — A. H. Hamm ; 52, St. Mary's Road, Oxford. 



My friend Mr. E. Hill, of Lee, spent a few weeks at Ilfracombe, and 

 in the course of four mornings' collecting took twenty C. edusa (seventeen 

 males, three females) and no C. hyale. He said C. edusa was very common, 

 as were also Vanessa io and V. cardui, of each of which he showed me 

 about twenty examples. Macroylossa stellatanmi was also common. — 



F. M. B. Carr. 



C. edusa was common near Clovelly, Holsworthy, Crediton, Honiton, 

 and Axminster.— L. G. S. Raynor, Sept. 13th, 1900. 



Devon and Cornwall. — On July 24th I noticed a couple of fine male 

 C. edusa on the Cornish coast, a few miles west of St. Ives. The insect 

 was fairly common during the second and third weeks of August at Taunton, 

 sufficiently so to seem to point to a Colias " year." With the exception of 

 one specimen seen last September, I am not aware of its occurrence there 

 for the last seven years. — J. B. Tetley : 5, Wilkinson Street, South 

 Lambeth, S.W., Sept. 13th, 1900. 



Dorsetshire. — On August 16th I found C. edusa very common along 

 the coast between Abbotsbury and Bridport. I took one example of var. 

 helice, and saw two other insects, which were either helice or C. hyale. — 

 W. J. Lucas. 



C edusa was present in large numbers during the early part of this 

 week at West Lulworth, Dorset, where I took a good series of both males 

 and females, the former being, however, much more numerous. I also 

 took in the same place one specimen of var. helice, and two specimens of 



G. hyale. This last was far from common. — T. Goddard Williams ; 

 The Neuk, Danehill, Sussex, Sept. 18th, 1900. 



G. edusa was observed near Weymouth, Bridport, and Dorchester ; not 

 common. — L. G. S. Raynor; Sept. 13th, 1900. 



Essex. — These butterflies have appeared in the clover and lucerne fields 

 here — G. hyale in considerable numbers, but G. edusa has been rarer. I 

 took my first specimen of each on August 2nd, and they have occurred 

 almost every day until the present date. My boys and self have captured 

 about thirty G. hyale and ten G. edusa, including a fine primrose var. helice. 

 I have a considerable number of eggs from two female G. hyale, laid on 

 white clover. — Edward A. Fitch ; Maldon, Essex, Aug. 25th. 



My earliest date of capture for each of these species was Aug. 11th. 

 Since then up till to-day, August 18th, I have taken in various lucerne and 

 clover fields round here thirty-four G. hyale and ten G. edusa. Most of 



