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COLIAS EDUSA IN ENGLAND. 209 
Severn, I fancy near a clover field, where they swarmed last September. 
Vanessa cardui was plentiful in June here, and Plusia gamma extremely 
abundant. I had not seen V. cardui since 1889, when it was very common. 
Some C. edusa were taken that year, but I was not fortunate enough 
to capture it myself. — H. J. Burxitt; 3, Royal Parade, Cheltenham, 
August 20, 1892. 
Kent.—On Saturday, August 6th, I succeeded in taking fifteen speci- 
mens of Colias edusa in a field near Strood, and on Monday, August 8th, 
twenty-nine specimens more from the same place, all in good condition ; 
there were six males to one female. I may add that Vanessa io, V. atalanta, 
V. cardui, V. urtice, Pieris napi, P. brassicae, P. rape, and Pararge 
meg@ra were exceedingly abundant in Chattenden Wood.—G. Krppine ; 
13, St. Giles, Oxford, Aug. 12, 1892. 
Colias hyale is beginning to appear at Folkestone; three specimens 
were captured there at the end of last week, and yesterday eleven others were 
taken.—R. Apxin; Lewisham, Aug. 23, 1892. 
One specimen of C. edusa seen in field close to the railway station at 
Broadstairs, Aug. 21st. Vanessa cardui common along the edge of the cliffs. 
—GrorcEr W. OLDFIELD; Earl’s Court. 
I understand from Mr. Adkin that C. edusa is common at Folkestone, 
and that several examples of the var. helice have been taken.—R. 8. 
Middlesex. — Walking along the railway bank near Pinner Station 
(L.N. W.R), on the afternoon of July 29th, I was surprised to find a 
female C. edusa resting on the flowers of the purple vetch, which grows 
there in great abundance. It was slightly rubbed, but otherwise a perfect 
specimen; and, as I took it just three hundred yards on this side the 
county stone, I may fairly claim it as a Middlesex insect. I have not seen 
C. edusa in this neighbourhood since 1877.—H. RowLanpD-Brown ; Oxhey 
Grove, Harrow-Weald, Aug. 5, 1892. 
I noticed a fine male C. edusa on the railway embankment near North- 
wood Station (Met. Rail.) on the 14th of August. — Ricnarp SovurH; 
12, Abbey Gardens, N.W. 
I saw two Colias edusa near Bowes Park Railway Station about 
9.30 a.m.—H. Wipe; Enfield. 
The following specimens of C. edusa have been taken in the neighbour- 
hood of Harrow :—One worn female, June 8th; two fresh males, July 
20th ; and one fresh female, July 23rd.—J. Lewts Bonsore; Harrow, 
July 31, 1892. 
Somersetshire.—I observed C. edusa on the railway banks in Somerset- 
shire, while travelling down from Chester. C. cardui I saw several times, 
and Vanessa atalanta very plentifully, and occasionally V. io. — (Miss) E. 
CLARIBEL Tomuin ; Long Ashton Vicarage, Clifton, Aug. 13, 1892. 
On the bank of the River Barle, near this town (Dulverton), I saw, a 
few days ago, a perfect specimen of C. edusa (male), but as I was fishing at 
the time, I much regretted being unable to capture it, though it allowed 
me to go close to examine it.—PHiLip DE LA GARDE; Dulverton, Somerset, 
Aug. 9, 1892. 
Surrey.—Colias edusa is fairly common at Haslemere this year. The 
males are much more plentiful than the females, having been taken in the 
proportion of about five to one.—T. P. Newman; Hazelhurst, Haslemere, 
Aug. 12, 1892. 
On August 4th, I saw a male specimen of Colias edusa, which I failed 
to capture, near Oxted. In the neighbourhood of Purley I captured one 
