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of the two. In a clover field here I took one var. helice. — Arthur Cottam ; 

 Eldercroft, Watford. 



Kent. — I captured a worn specimen of C. hyale in the Warren at 

 Folkestone on July 3rd last. — W. E. Butler; Hayling House, Oxford 

 Road, Reading, Aug. 12th, 1900. 



C. hyale is certainly much more common this year than I have ever 

 known it to be before, for altogether, at different times, I have counted no 

 less than twenty-seven on one small lucerne field, and eleven of these 

 were netted. I have not seen C. edusa yet this season. — A. J. Mann ; 

 Lindenthorpe, Broadstairs, Aug. 13th, 1900. 



My brother and myself were at Heme Bay the early part of this month, 

 where we took C. hyale, which was in great profusion, and C. edusa in some 

 numbers, flying over lucerne fields. It was surprising to see how the male 

 C. hyale outnumbered its fellows. We only took eight females, although 

 we could have captured any number of males ; and out of a dozen or so of 

 C. edusa, only two were females. We did not meet with var. helice, which 

 we took here in 1892, when C. edusa was so abundant. My brother also 

 captured a fine pair of C. edusa at Weymouth about June 15th. — G. Ernest 

 Peachell ; High Wycombe, Bucks, August 26th. 



On August 29th C. edusa were flying freely on railway banks at Whit- 

 stable, and on the same day I had the pleasure of taking eight freshly 

 emerged C. hyale from a field of lucerne near Margate, where they were 

 plentiful, but unfortunately kept to the centre of the field, and as a man 

 was working there, I had to take them as opportunity offered. Journeying 

 on to Folkestone, I found, on August 81st, that both C edusa and C. hyale 

 were plentiful, but worn. On Sept. 6th C. edusa and C. hyale were both 

 flying on railway banks at Sidcup and Crayford ; and on the 7th, when I 

 went to the latter place specially to take them, not one was to be seen, 

 although I saw them on the banks between Eltham and New Eltham 

 Station as I passed in the train. By this it seemed they were gradually 

 working up towards London. Railway banks seem to be a good medium 

 for distributing them about the country. — C. W. Colthrup ; 127, Barry 

 Road, East Dulwich, S.E. 



C. edusa is fairly common on the chalk-hills about Maidstone. C. hyale 

 is very abundant, preferring the flowery meadows and waste places of the 

 river valley (Medway).— J. L. Saxby ; Larkfield, Maidstone. 



I obtained eight examples of C. edusa, six of C. hyale, and two of 

 Vanessa cardui in a lucerne field situated between Hithergreen and Bromley 

 on August 18th. — D. Chittenden ; Court Hill Road, Lewisham, S.E. 



I noticed a male specimen of C. edusa in a railway cutting near Heme 

 Bay on September 9th.— J. B. Tetley ; 3, Wilkinson Street, South 

 Lambeth, S.W. 



On August 17th I saw a specimen of C. edusa flying along the road- 

 side near Cranbrook; and on the 20th of the same month I had the pleasure 

 of seeing two specimens of C. hyale at Horsmonden. One of the latter was 

 disporting itself in a field of mixed growth, among which was a good deal 

 of clover in patches ; the other was in a partly cleared clover field on higher 

 ground. They both managed to elude the net, and flew away into adjoin- 

 ing hop fields, and I saw them no more. — Richard South ; 96, Drakefield 

 Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 



C. edusa is now (Aug. 28rd) out at Folkestone, flying along the cliffs 

 below the Lees and at the Warren. — George W. Oldfield ; 21, Long- 

 ridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W, 



