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capture is about two miles from the coast. It thus resembles 
very much the Cornish localities for this insect.—CLENNELL 
Winxrson ; Castlemartin Vicarage, Pembroke, Nov. 16, 1886. 
EPINEPHELE IANIRA var. HISPULLA AT Hayiine Istanp.— 
Mr. W. Butler, of this town, has shown me a variety of a female 
Epinephele ianira, taken by him last July at Hayling Island. 
The primaries are suffused with fulvous colouring to such an 
extent that, had the specimen come from a more southern 
latitude, I should have felt no hesitation in naming it var. 
hispulla, Hiib. I think this varietal name might be added to the 
British list.—H. C. Lane; Western Elms Cottage, Reading, 
Berks, November 22, 1886. 
Conias EDUsA.— The following records have been received of 
the occurrence during the past season of Colias edusa.—J.'T. C. 
I took a male specimen of Colias edusa here on August 31st 
last. It was so much worn as to suggest the idea of its having 
hybernated for two or three seasons. I never remember a year so 
devoid of butterflies, even of the commonest species. I did not 
see a single Vanessa cardui.—JosrPH ANDERSON, jun. ; Chichester. 
As this insect appears to have been scarce during the past 
season, it may be of interest to record the capture of a fine 
specimen at Mumbles, near Swansea, on August 24th.—C. J. 
WatnweicHt; 147, Wall Road, Wandsworth Common, Nov. 9. 
THe VANEsSIDA IN THE Mripnianps.—It seems strange that 
in the Forest of Wyre, in Worcester, where the Vanesside are 
usually to be met with in great abundance, there is an almost 
entire absence of nettles. On the other hand, it is still more 
astonishing that in the Valley of the ‘l'ame, where nettles are 
exceedingly luxuriant and plentiful, the Vanesside are com- 
paratively scarce.—W. Harcourt Batu; Birmingham, Oct. 9. 
UNUSUAL ABUNDANCE OF THE LARVA OF PIERIS BRASSICH.— 
Have any readers of the ‘ Kntomologist’ observed the larve of 
Pieris brassice in greater numbers than usual this year? For my 
part, I hardly ever remember having seen them in such 
extraordinary abundance, unless it was in the autumn of 1884, 
when they appeared in great plenty, but in nothing like the 
numbers of this season. I was staying at Groombridge during 
August and also the greater part of last month, and first observed 
some larve in a garden on September 11th. In this garden there 
