282 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
A long series of C. edusa has been taken by a working engineer between 
Willesden and Sudbury. A fine specimen was taken in the garden here on 
the morning of September 28th.—H. Rownanp-Brown; Oxhey Grove, 
Harrow-Weald. 
During the months of July and August I captured many perfect speci- 
mens of C. edusa, but only one C. hyale, a female. Vanessa (Cynthia) 
cardui were plentiful in early summer, but have now disappeared ; while 
V. atalanta and V. 10 are still on the wing. All these insects have been 
very numerous in the neighbourhood of Harrow, and to my knowledge over 
fifty C. edusa specimens, chiefly males, have been secured.—Cuas. RHoaDEs 
Smita ; Greenhill, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Sept. 14. 
Norfolk.—On Aug. 17th I saw a specimen of C. edusa, a male, at rest 
on a knapweed flower (Centaurea) in a lane near South Walsham, but 
failed to capture it.—R. Lappran ; 25, Hellesdon Road, Norwich. 
Northamptonshire.——C. edusa was out very early in fields near the road 
leading from Olney to Yardley, Hastings, on Aug. 7th. — H. W. Tomiin- 
son ; 52, Chaucer Road, Bedford, Sept. 6, 1892. 
During the ten or twelve years I have been collecting, I have only 
known of one specimen of C. edusa caught in this county before this year. 
Now, however, they are abundant in almost every clover field I have 
visited. The first I saw was on Aug. 22nd, a much worn male. On 
Aug. 28rd my brother caught several (only two females), all in splendid 
condition, except one female, which was most dilapidated. Since that time 
we have caught as many as we require, including one var. helice, and have 
seen many more. They are all perfect, most of them having the beautiful 
iridescent bloom still on them. ‘The males seem very much more numerous 
than the females. Along with edusa an enormous number of Vanesside 
and Plusia gamma were at the clover. — Eustace F. Watuis; Inglenook, 
Kettering. 
Notts.—Two males were taken by my brother and myself near Edwin- 
stowe on Aug. 25th and 26th, and a good many specimens have been 
captured in gardens and fields in and around Nottingham. —J. W. Carr; 
University College, Nottingham, Oct. 3, 1892. 
A male specimen of C. edusa was captured on August 21st at Cotham, 
near Newark, Notts. — Wititiam G. Netson; Shelton Hall, Newark, 
Sept. 20, 1892. 
I saw a specimen of C. edusa here on August 28th, which is the first I 
have noticed since 1877, when they were fairly plentiful—Doueras H. 
Prarson; Chilwell, Notts. 
Oafordshire. — During August C. edusa was not uncommon in the near 
vicinity of Oxford, and also in various parts of the county. On the 26th, 
Mr. O. V. Aplin, of Bloxham, near Banbury, wrote me, “C. edusa in 
numbers in clover fields just outside village; netted seven, including one 
female, in less than an hour on the 24th; saw agreat many.” I also have 
specimens from Bletchingdon and near Stow Wood. Between Shabbington 
and Waterperry Woods, about eight examples were noticed by a friend of 
mine. Of some sixteen specimens I took, two only were females. — F. W. 
LamBert; 17, Woodstock Road, Oxford. 
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