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males; Sept. 5th, one male; 8th, four males ; 14th, two males, two females. 
—F. L. Bratawayr; Hereford, Sept. 14, 1892. 
C. edusa appears to have been fairly common, during August and 
September, in this county; a friend informed me it was first observed 
during the early part of July. Two brothers stated that they captured, in 
two days about the middle of August, about one hundred specimens, and I 
have heard of smaller numbers having been taken by other collectors. I do 
not think the species was so abundant as it was in 1877. There was then 
no occasion to seek for it; it was to be seen on every railway embankment, 
or even in the streets of a town.—J. B. Prrtey; 2, High Town, Hereford. 
Hertfordshire.——C. edusa has been fairly common here during the month 
of August. A friend of mine has also collected, at Sandgate, a number of 
C. edusa, one of the var. helice, and one specimen of C. hyale. Vanessa 
cardut, V. to, and V. atalanta were common here during August, V. atalanta 
being exceedingly abundant._- R. Dymond; Ferney House, Southgate, 
Herts, Sept. 14, 1892. 
One example of each sex of C. edusa taken near Harpenden on the 8th 
of September, and a female on the 14th.—E. R. CHamBers. 
Kent.—I witnessed the capture of three specimens of C. hyale in a field 
of lucerne. The insect was fairly abundant, but before to-caay (with one 
doubtful exception) I have not seen it, though C. edusa is plentiful in this 
locality. My son, who captured them, had to give smart chase, as their 
flight was rapid. — M. CHampnrys; Tankerton-on-Sea, Whitstable, Keut, 
Aug. 26, 1892. 
C. edusa has been abundant in the marshes in this district during the 
past month, but one particular clover field, some acres in extent, has been 
the most highly favoured. My son and I have taken a long series, much 
varied both in colour and markings; also about twenty-five of the var. 
helice, including a few grand intermediate forms. One of the male C. 
edusa that we have captured is of a pale lemon colour (the under side being 
lemon-green), and a female is primrose coloured, quite distinct from either 
the type, var. helice, or intermediate forms. I may add that most, if not 
all, are in “‘ bred” condition, and that the majority of the males have the 
hind wings much suffused with rosy purple. It has evidently been an 
** edusa year.” Many hundreds might have been taken in this field alone. 
We occasionally, of course, visited other spots in the neighbourhood, but 
did not find the species so numerous, although there were a good many 
about, and an occasional helice was met with. — EK. Sapine; The Villas, 
Hrith, September, 1892. 
While walking on Blackheath this afternoon my son saw a specimen of 
C. edusa fly leisurely by, but, not having a net at the time, he was unable 
to secure it. I have no previous record of the species in this immediate 
neighbourhood since August, 1877.—Rosr. Apxin ; Lewisham, Sept. 10. 
C. edusa has been fairly common at Ashford and district. I captured 
some fine females, which sex was common in clover fields. I also took two 
examples of var. helice, and I succeeded in capturing eight specimens of 
C. hyale on Aug. 20th., Vanessa cardui and V. atalanta were fairly common 
in clover fields. — D. CutrTENDEN ; Willesborough Lees, Ashford, Keut, 
Oct. 1, 1892. 
On Sept. 3rd I saw one C. edusa on the sand-dunes at Deal.—A. Sicu; 
Villa Amalinda, Burlington Lane, Chiswick, Sept. 21, 1892. 
I have not seen many C. edusa around Bexley Heath myself, but while 
I was on my second visit to Sussex, a friend worked a patch of clover near 
