276 THE ENTOMOLOGIs?. 
English, and Flete, of this town. C. edusa is still flying in good condition. 
—W. Farren; Fern House, Union Road, Cambridge, Sept. 19, 1892. 
Cheshire.—My brother saw a specimen of C. edusa flying by a roadside, 
but, being on a tricycle, he could not secure it.—S. Rensuaw. 
Whilst hunting to-day (Sept. 17th) for dragon-flies, on the heaths at 
Oakmere, in the Delamere Forest district, I saw a C. edusa coming straight 
towards me. It settled for three or four minutes on a blade of grass, nearly 
in the centre of a moss or bog, just a few yards away. I got almost within 
striking distance, and then it rose and continued its straight flight to the 
east, in which it seemed considerably helped by the western breeze. I need 
hardly say I got a good wetting, and when I got free of the bog, and to the 
top of the hill beyond which the butterfly had disappeared, the mysterious 
insect was nowhere to be seen. It was a brilliant and perfect specimen, 
evidently fresh from the chrysalis. I am not aware that C. edusa has been 
observed in the Chester district since 1877. Vanessa atalanta occurred 
plentifully to-day, not only on the heaths (on ragwort flowers), but also in 
the forest on the ferns aud oaks. Plusia gamma was on the wing all day, 
and, I should think, all night, as it was very busy when I left, after dark. 
I took some fine specimens of Hadena protea from the oak-trunks. My 
dragon-fly captures were A’schna juncea and Sympetrum scoticum.—J. 
ARKLE ; Chester, Sept. 17, 1892. 
Cornwall.—On the 25th of August last, while staying at Falmouth, I 
had the pleasure of capturing a fine specimen of C. edusa near the Castle 
Drive. I saw many others, but, having no net, I was unable to capture 
more. V. atalanta and V. io were also very plentiful— Bertram TAa.tin ; 
41, King Street, Plymouth, Devon, Sept. 17, 1891. 
Devonshire.—C. edusa is very plentiful here. I took a few isolated 
specimens prior to August 10th. On that day, in rather over an hour, I 
took fifteen, including one var. helice, in a small clover field of eight or nine 
acres. J went there the next moming for an hour, and took ten more 
C. edusa, including two of var. helice. Again, in the same field on the 20th, 
I took twenty-three, and two more of helice. C. edusa can now be taken 
anywhere and everywhere in this neighbourhood, and the bulk of the speci- 
mens are still fresh, as if just emerged. Other collectors round here have 
been equally fortunate with C. edusa, and I have heard of two or three 
more specimens of var. helice. C. hyale has not been seen, so far as I can 
learn. Cynthia cardut is fairly common here this season, but not plentiful. 
Plusia gamma a perfect pest.— KE. F. Srupp ; Oxton, Exeter, Aug. 26. 
Whilst staying at Lynton, in N. Devon, I succeeded in capturing twelve 
male specimens of C. edusa during the month of August.—S. RensHaw. 
During my stay at Budleigh Salterton, S. Devon, I found C. edusa 
fairly plentiful, the insect making its first appearance on July 28th. I saw 
three specimens of the var. helice, of which I succeeded in capturing two, 
both fresh and in capital condition —-Hersertr F. Hunr; 14, Thistlewaite 
Road, Clapton, N.E., Sept. 13, 1892. 
Since my return from Cornwall, I have seen C. edusa and JV. atalanta 
very common in the neighbourhood of Plymouth.—Bzrrram Tatiin; 41, 
King Street, Plymouth, Devon, Sept. 17, 1892. 
I found C. edusa very plentiful at Teignmouth, S. Devon. Lalso caught 
one example of var. helice. — E. H. Worsey; Woodlands, The Park, 
Cheltenham, Oct. 6, 1892. 
C. edusa was fairly abundant in the neighbourhood of Braunton Burrows, 
amongst ragwort, during the last fortnight in August, in the proportion of 
