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taken occasional specimens since in the same place, the last on the '23rcl 

 inst. At Upraiuster, Essex, six were netted on the 9th inst., and two on 

 the 11th. They were curiously local here, being confined to a railway bank 

 over a length of about two hundred yards ; some clover and patclies of 

 lucerne, apparently wild or self-sown, were growing on this bank, which 

 may account for the insect being confined to this particular spot where I 

 found them. At Stanford-le-Hope, in the same county, seven were 

 secured on the 17th inst., in a large field of lucerne close to the railway 

 station. My opportunities for collecting during the last fortnight in 

 August — which is, I think, the best period for C. liyule — were very 

 limited ; otherwise I believe a large number could have been taken. The 

 insect has evidently occurred in some plenty and over a wide area in 

 Essex. — G. Harold Conquest; 58, Hatherley Road, Waltharastow, 

 September 26th, 19U0. 



CoLEAS EDUSA AND C. HYALE IN HERTFORDSHIRE. — Both these species 

 were fairly common here in August and September, and especially so in 

 Bucks. One example of the var. helice was also taken. — N. Charles 

 Rothschild ; Tring Park, Tring. 



Colias HYALE IN Kest. — This species has been fairly common in 

 most of the lucerne fields at Erith and the surrounding district. I also 

 met with it at Folkestone, where I heard a good number had been 

 captured, and at Dover also. I found nothing specially striking, but a 

 female from Folkestone is of a very vivid yellow, and the spots on the hind 

 wings are large and highly coloured. The " whites " seem to have a great 

 antipathy to this species, and hardly let them have any peace, and some- 

 times render their capture tedious and difficult, often preventing it altogether. 

 C. edusa has occurred also, but, as far as my experience goes, much more 

 sparingly than its congener. — E. Sabine ; Erith, October, 1900. 



COLIAS EDUSA AND C. HYALE IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. — On AugUSt 18th 



I took a large number of C. ediisa in splendid condition, and saw others fre- 

 quently up to September 0th. On August oOch I obtained two C. hyale, 

 both of which were of the pale form. — A. Simmons ; Rutland House, West 

 Bridgford, Nottingham. 



Between August l-2th and ^4th last, six specimens of C. hyale were 

 taken by myself and two friends. I also took, within the dates mentioned, 

 twenty-four examples of C. edusa, and my two friends more than double this 

 number between them. I believe that C. hyale has not been recorded from 

 the county for thirty years. — G. Henderson ; Arnold Road, Old Bash- 

 ford, Notts. 



COLIAS EDUSA AND C. HYALE IN SOMERSETSHIRE. — On AugUSt 18th my 



aunt and myself captured six Colias edusa, one var. helice, and two C. hyale 

 at Huish Chainpflosver. Wiveliscombe. During the following two days we 

 secured eighteen C. edusa. — W. H. Tapp; The Hill, Bromley, Kent. 



CoLiAS EDDSA IN SuRRET. — Oue morning in August my sister saw a 

 Colias edusa on Epsom Common. She caught it, and I find it is a female 

 specimen. — Robert Schaw More ; Woodcote End House, Epsom. 



Colias edusa and Acherontia atropos in Kendal District. — 

 Since my contributions to the October ' Entomologist ' on the above 

 species, further records have come to hand. During the latter half of 

 September and the first part of October the weather in this locality was 



