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- about one female to six males. — Cuas. Bartitetr; Branscombe, Redland 
Green, Bristol, October, 1892. 
I hear that C. edusa was common at Instow, N. Devon, and my brother 
writes me that he has frequently seen it in his garden at Buckland 
Dinham, near Frome, Somerset.—Gurvase F. Matuew, H.M.S. ‘ Tyne,’ 
Chatham, Sept. 20. 
Dorsetshire.—C. edusa has been excessively abundant at Weymouth. I 
saw them the first day I went out there, 27th July, a few, and on many 
subsequent days by hundreds. The var. helice occurred sparingly. — W. 
Craxton ; Hartley Wintney, Winchfield, Sept. 3, 1892. 
Visiting Swanage, Aug. 15th and 19th, with my friend Mr. S. Kipping, 
we found C. edusa fairly plentiful, taking between us some sixty odd 
specimens, seven of which were females. The only example of the var. 
helice noticed fell to my net.— FEF. W. Lampert; 17, Woodstock Road, 
Oxford. 
I saw C. edusa for the first time this year on May 25th at Blandford. 
I noticed it in that neighbourhood from that day till the 17th of June, and 
again on the 25th of July and 3rd of August, during which month the 
butterfly appeared in much greater numbers than before—J. H. Warp; 
Rectory, Gussage St. Michael, Dorset. 
Hssex.—On August 12th I saw one example of C. edusa on the rifle 
range at Rainham, Hssex.— WanpEGrave; 20, Bryanston Square, W., 
Sept. 2, 1892. 
On the 23rd of August I captured four C. edusa, two males and two 
females, and saw about forty others, on a piece of rough ground near the 
rifle range at High Beech, Epping Forest. On the 24th I saw another 
fly across the road near the ‘Wake Arms.’ The greater proportion of 
those seen appeared to be males. — R. Lappiman; 25, Hellesdon Road, 
Norwich. 
C. edusa and C. hyale have been fairly plentiful here this year during 
the latter half of August, this being the first time I have seen C. hyale in 
the neighbourhood. The males of gdusa were much in excess of the 
females, the average being ten males to one female. The variety helice was 
not seen.—F’.. Kerry; Harwich. 
My brother observed C. edusa in plenty and one C. hyale at Southend. 
—CHARLES SPELLER; Hornsey Lane, N. 
C. edusa was not uncommon at Walton-on-the-Naze in August, anda 
fresh female specimen of C. hyale was taken by Master Egbert Smith, a 
young friend of mine.—(Rev.) F. A. WALKER. 
During the past week I caught, besides many good specimens of 
C. edusa, a fine example of the var. helice.—J. BernarD ARGENT; Wood- 
ford Wells, Aug. 23, 1892. 
I have taken C. edusa commonly here during August and September, in 
clover fields and on the railway bauks. I have taken altogether between 
forty and fifty C. edusa, one var. helice, and seven C. hyale, which is, 
unfortunately, rather damaged. All over this part of Essex, and further 
down the line, it has occurred commonly.—H. Baxter; The Park, Hutton, 
near Brentwood, Essex, Oct. 7, 1892. 
Gloucestershire. — Several specimens of C. edusa have been taken at 
Stoke Gifford, in Gloucestershire.—Cuas. Bartietr; Branscombe, Red- 
land. Green, Bristol, October, 1892. 
Hampshire.—I have noticed a great number of specimens of C. edusa 
here since the beginning of August, but have not come across any hyale or 
