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along the roadside about six miles away. They were apparently all hyber- 
nated specimens, being much worn; and the two I saw flying and also 
the one brought to me were females, so T hope they will turn up in this 
district in August. I would like to know if other entomologists have 
noticed edusa so far inland this season? I do not think it has occurred 
here since the great “ edusa year.” which must be nearly twenty years ago. 
—Wit1am H. Epwarps; 11, Tything, Worcester, June, 1892. 
London.—I was sitting in the Temple Gardens to-day, about 2 o'clock, 
when I saw a fine male Colias edusa fly across the lawn. The excite- 
ment among the sparrows was simply immense, but I am glad to say 
that the butterfly proved a match for his innumerable pursuers, and 
sailed calmly over the railings towards the city. I do not know whether 
this insect ever penetrated so far into London in 1877, the great ‘“ edusa 
year.” I took it continually in North Middlesex at Harrow-Weald, but 
never to my knowledge has it been seen in the metropolitan area. It is 
quite possible that in some way or another it had been imported with the 
bedding-plants which have lately been put in, but I think its appearance 
sufficiently remarkable to call for special mention. I mav add that I was 
with a friend who has considerable entomological knowledge, and he had 
no hesitation in immediately fixing the identity of the strange, yet very 
welcome, visitor.—H. Rownanp-Brown; Oxhey Grove, Harrow-Weald, 
June 22, 1892. [This species was seen in London during August, 1877. 
Mr. J. H. Jones states that he saw “several specimens in the gardens on 
the Thames Embankment, near Charing Cross”; and Dr. Lang mentions 
seeing ‘‘ one in a street leading out of Tottenham Court Road, and another 
in the neighbourhood of Russell Square ” (vide Extom. x. 253).—Eb.] 
South Devonshire. — It may be worth recording that on May 31st, this 
year, L saw, at a place in South Devon, a fine specimen of C. edusa. 
The insect was a female, and was flying over a flowery meadow. It 
frequently settled, and I was able once to approach within a yard of it, 
and so was enabled to see that the wings were very bright in colour and 
in perfect condition. On June 3rd I saw, in my garden near Exeter, a 
male of C. edusa; this specimen also was in good condition. — ALBERT 
Bonus; Exeter. 
Surrey.—On May 30th I saw a female specimen of Colias edusa, in fair 
condition, on Mickleham Downs; and I saw another, yesterday, near 
Leatherhead station. Vanessa cardui is common; and I have seen three 
V. atalanta.—T. H. Brices; Surrey House, Leatherhead, June 9, 1892. 
Hampshire.—I learn from Mr. C. Gulliver that Colias edusa is now 
common near Brockenhurst and “at Ringwood in dozens.” This augurs 
well for another “ edusa year.” Mr. J.N. Young, of Rotherham, Yorks., also 
informs me that he saw a specimen of this insect near that place on 7th of 
June last.—Rosrt. Apxin; Lewisham, June 16, 1892. 
On the Borders of Hampshire.—On the last two days of May I saw five 
C. edusa, and my brother saw two others. ‘They were all observed in 
different places, some of them many miles apart, and were flying straight, 
fast, and appeared to be actuated by a common desire to get on and away 
to some other part of the country. Not one of them, unfortunately, gave 
us a good chance of capturing it, but I have not the least doubt about 
their identity —W. M. Curisty; Watergate, Emsworth, Hants. 
Sussea.—Several seen in the early part of June, by Mr. Tugwell, in the 
neighbourhood of Abbott’s Wood (ante, p. 157), 
