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It is a female with an expanse of 3^ in., and is in beautiful condition 

 — Donald Townee; 26, Mill Eoad, Eastbourne, August 21st, 1917. 



Kent. — On August 13th I captured a fine specimen of the 

 Pavilio machaon near White Hill Woods, Canterbury. The speci- 

 men is in perfect condition. I saw one a week previously in the 

 same locality, but failed to capture it. I believe that only one 

 has been caught in Kent before. Since that date I have taken 

 two "Clouded Yellow" butterflies (Colias edusa). — Geoffrey 

 Stanbridge ; St. Paul's School House, Canterbury. 



Kent. — A fine freshly-emerged female Swallow-Tail {P . machaon, 

 L.) was caught by the Eev. C. B. Woodruff in the Eectory garden at 

 Godmersham, near Chilham, on August 5th this year. Stragglers 

 have been caught at times, according to the ' History of Kent 

 (Insects),' at about Heme Bay, Eamsgate, Deal, and Dover. Knaggs 

 (1870) says : " Machaon have been met with year after year on the 

 Bast Cliff, Dover, beyond the Castle," and in the same history a few 

 larvge are recorded as found in 1874 at Stone, near Dartford, and 

 that larvae have also been found in the neighbourhood of Faversham. 

 The specimen from Chilham was evidently hatched out locally owing 

 to its excellent condition, and I know of no one likely to have turned 

 out any in the neighbourhood. — Fred. V. Theobald ; Wye Court, 

 April 20th, 1017. 



CoLiAS hyale, and C. edusa in 1917. 



Oxfordshire. — The frequent occurrence of Colias edusa in the 

 spring was a sure sign that a considerable immigration had taken 

 place from the Continent, and the expectation that this insect 

 would be common this autumn has been fully realised. I have 

 just returned from Milton in Oxfordshire, where I had been staying 

 for a fortnight, and was much struck by the unusual abundance 

 of editsa in that locality. It seems to show that this insect is able 

 to penetrate with ease, after an immigration, to those parts of 

 England most remote from the coast. The Vanessids {atalanta, 

 io, and urticoi) were also extremely common in that part of Oxford- 

 shire.— H. G. Q. Wales ; August 6th, 1917. 



Middlesex. — I noticed, on August 29th, at Wood Green, 

 Middlesex, a specimen of Colias edusa. It was in excellent condi- 

 tion and was flying about some waste ground. I note this as being 

 rather unusual, as this is not a very productive neighbourhood for 

 butterflies, being so near London. A list of the species I have 

 noticed in this district (Highgate) may not be uninteresting : P. 

 hrassicce, P. rapcB, P. napi, E. cardaviines, G. rhamni, A. urticcB, 

 P. atalanta, E. ianira, C. phlceas, P. icarus, C. argiohis, some eleven 

 species. — W. S. Thomson ; Highgate, Middlesex. 



On September 11th I caught a good specimen of Colias 

 hyale on the Chiswick Park Cricket Club ground. The same after- 

 noon one of my friends, Mr. K. Horton, caught two specimens of 

 C. edtisa on the same ground. Another one had been reported from 

 there on the 8th, but was not captured. I also caught one Pyravieis 

 cardui, and have seen several P. atalanta there this month. — Edric 

 Butler ; 81, Sutton Court Eoad, Chiswick. 



