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Essex. — This morning I visited two lucerne fields in Purleigh, 

 about a mile apart. In the first one I found Strenia clathrata 

 abundant, but not variable, and also saw such common butterflies 

 as P. atalanta, V. io, and A. urticcR, as well as Bumicia phlceas, worn, 

 Canonympha pampMlus in abundance, and a few belated Adopcsa 

 lineola, but no trace of either species of CoUqs. I had, however, 

 no sooner entered the other field than I immediately saw several 

 Colias edusa on the wing at once, and succeeded in catching a 

 dozen specimens in about half-an-hour. They were all males, and 

 flew very swiftly, not condescending to settle at all. In the afternoon 

 I visited the same field, and in an hour captured sixteen specimens — 

 again all males. Towards 4 p.m. (summer time) they settled a 

 good deal, but generally low down among the lucerne, so as to be 

 difficult to detect. The last one seen on the wing was at 4.45 p.rii., 

 thus corroborating a note about C. hijale which I made in my 

 diary in 1900 to the effect that this insect flies from 10.30 a.m. to 

 3.30 p.m. (Greenwich time), but rarely settles before 1 o'clock. The 

 male C. edusa I took this morning were mostly in fine condition, 

 but did not vary except in size.— (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor; 

 Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, Essex, September 4th, 1917. 



Kent. — On August 26th my brother and I saw three specimens 

 of Colias hyale flying in a chalk pit near a clover field. Of these my 

 brother was fortunate enough to capture one, a male. We have also 

 seen several specimens of Colias edusa flying, and Pyravieis cardui 

 has been quite common here this year. — R. M. Nowell ; Chester 

 Cottage, Kingsdown, near Deal, Kent. 



Surrey. — On September 3rd I saw in Bromley High Street a 

 male specimen of C. edusa, and a little further on in a turnip field 

 a male C. hyale. Since then, while walking through Cheam village 

 (September 8th), a fine specimen of C. hyale settled just in front of 

 me in the road (male). As soon as I approached it was off like a 

 bird. Since then I have made a thorough search of four clover fields 

 near Sutton, and was rewarded with one female C. edusa. — Norman 

 C. Pilleau; c/o T. Knight, Esq., The Beeches, Carshalton. 



I saw, but failed to catch, a couple of G. edusa near 

 East Horsley to-day (September 16th). They were flying over a 

 rough field of sainfoin, etc. — Leslie C. E. Balcomb ; 26, Hardman 

 Road, Kingston-on-Thames. 



Hampshire. — On September 8th two male specimens of C. edusa 

 were seen by the side of the railway near Wood Fidley, in the New 

 Forest. Mr. Lucas reports a male taken on September 11th at 

 Fletcher's Thorns, also in the New Forest. — Richard South. 



On September 12th I saw a male C. edusa flying over the 

 golf-course at Shawford, and on the 15th I saw five C. edusa, one 

 of them a female, flying over the Hockley golf-course, by St. 

 Katharine's Hill. All of these seemed to be perfectly fresh. — Harold 

 Hodge. 



Cornwall. — A young friend of mine reports the capture of a 

 male and female C. edusa at Constantine, near Padstow, in 

 August. — H. Rowland-Brown. 



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