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obscured the sun, so I returned, taking in some rough Down land, 

 beloved by the species, on my way. Here during a spell of perhaps 

 ten minutes' further sunshine, three more specimens were seen, of 

 which two were captured. Of the three taken two were males and 

 one a female, all being in quite good condition, suggesting that they 

 had not been very long on the wing. Odd specimens have also been 

 frequently seen about the parades and adjacent Downs, and reports 

 of not infrequent occurrences have reached me from other places 

 along the coast. — Egbert Adkin ; Eastbourne, October, 1917. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN HAMPSHIRE. — CoUcts eclusa has appeared in this 

 neighbourhood in fair numbers this autumn. During September on 

 Portsdown I took forty specimens, the great majority being males, 

 and saw about thirty others. I was fortunate, however, in taking 

 two perfect and very fine var. helice ; a third specimen, though the 

 first actually caught, was so battered that I had to let it go. I have 

 not, however, seen a single G. hyale. — Eev. J. E. Tarbat ; Fareham, 

 Hants. 



Euvanessa antiopa in Essex. — In the 'Field' for September 15th 

 Mr. J. W. Bertram-Jones records the capture of a specimen of 

 Euvanessa antiopa in his garden at Brentwood on August 7th. Mr. 

 Bertram- Jones informs me the butterfly was captured by his gardener 

 in the conservatory. Except for a shght rubbing caused by the 

 means of capture it is perfect. This is the fourth example of 

 E. antiopa which has come under my notice during last August — 

 viz. two seen in Yorkshire (one of these also on August 7th), and one 

 in Surrey during the first week of the month. — F. W. Frohawk. 



Euvanessa antiopa in 1917. — Antiopa is reported (' Field,' Sep- 

 tember 29th) at Middleton, near Pickering, N. Yorks, on August 7th, 

 1917, by Mr. J. W. Stanchffe. Mr. 0. F. Johnson, writing to me on 

 October 5th from Stockport, says that he has heard of two specimens 

 of antiopa in Lancashire this year — one being seen just outside the 

 outskirts of Manchester, the other near Bolton. I expect that the 

 latter is the one reported in ' Country Life ' of October 7th to have 

 been taken near Boltou, and now in the museum of that town. — 

 H. Eowland-Brown. 



PoLYGONiA c-ALBUM, ETC., IN Wales. — I Spent the aftemoon of 

 September 5th at Ehydymwyn, Wales, where I was struck by the 

 enormous number of Vanessa io which were on the wing. I was in 

 a ravine called "The Leet," the sides of which were swarming with 

 them. I noticed two, specimens of Polygonia c-album, one of which 

 I captured. Pieris brassiccB and Pyrameis atalanta were to bo found 

 in small numbers. — Leicester Payne ; Sheffield. 



Sphinx convolvuli in Yorkshire and Cheshire. — I beg to 

 report the capture of a fine female specimen of Sphinx convolvuli 

 by a friend of mine who took it at rest on a wall at Loxley, Sheffield, 

 during the first week of September this year. About the beginning 

 of September a specimen of S. convolvuli was taken by a gardener 

 on the estate of the Duke of Westminster at Eaton, near Chester. 

 This specimen was perfect when captured, but damaged itself in the 

 box in which it was confined. I think it was a male. It may be of 



