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198. Butterjlies in Devon. — Butterflies have been very 

 early this season, and also very plentiful. Vanessa Carclui 

 and Melitaea Alhalia have appeared in great numbers. Colias 

 Edusa has also put in a goodly appearance : in fact all our 

 usual butterflies have been al)iindan{, as well as two others I 

 have never previously seen here, namely, Arge Galathea and 

 Melitaea Artemis. — John S. Dell; 121, Navy Row, Morice 

 Town., Devon, September 11, 1865. 



199. Colias Edusa and C. Hyale. — So little is known of 

 the life-history of this species tliat it will be a great boon to 

 Science if any Entomologist will endeavour to preserve living 

 specimens throughout the winter. It is probable both spe- 

 cies hybernate in October, and that those which survive the 

 winter copulate in the spring, and deposit their eggs as soon 

 as the young leaves of the clover are ready to receive them. 

 The larvae probably feed during June and July, undergo pu- 

 pation in July and August, and appear on the wing in Au- 

 gust and September ; the same individuals, as in the case of 

 Gonepteryx Rhamni, reappearing in the spring. — Edward 

 Newman. 



200. Colias Ednsa at Plymouth. — Colias Edusa is very 

 plentiful with us this season. I captured my first pair on 

 the 24lh of July, and about a fortnight after I could have had 

 any quantity. I have not been ibrtunate enough to see 

 C Hyale this season, but have seen the variety Helice. I 

 may observe that C. Hyale is very rare with us, but it has 

 been taken at Whitsand Cliffs. — G. C. Biynell ; 8, Clarence 

 Place, East Slonehouse, Plymouth, September 14, 1865. 



201. Autumnal Brood of Anthocliaris Cardamines. — I 

 have seen, for the second time, an autumnal specimen of An- 

 thocharis Cardamines : this was quite at the latter end of 

 August, and last year I saw one in September. How this can 

 be accounted for 1 know not : I do not believe the species is 

 double-brooded. — Jolin S. Dell; September 11, 1865. 



[I have no doubt whatever that the specimens seen by Mr. 

 Dell were part of a second brood, but I do not hence infer 

 that the species is double-brooded. Exceptional weather 

 produces phenomena, both in the world of insects and of 

 plants, equally exceptional ; thus during the present summer 

 that pretty annual, Reseda luteola, has a third time matured 

 its seed, and yet we should all continue to regard it as an 

 annual. — E. Newman.^ 



