310 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
tinuous series of spots; the margins of the wings also appear to be rather 
more rounded than usual.— Henry D. Syxes; he Cedars, Enfield. 
At Bognor, Sussex, during August, C. edusa was very abundant in most 
of the fields where the ragwort was in flower. Of forty specimens of Colias 
that I took, eighteen were males, sixteen females, four very good specimens 
of var. helice, and two of C. hyale. One of the females was without the 
usual yellow spots on the border of the wings. One male measured a little 
over an inch from tip to tip of its wings. Macroglossa stellatarwn was very 
abundant also. Vanessa atalanta, V.io, and V. urtice were very plentiful, 
but V. cardui was very scarce. Plusia gamma was extremely abundant. 
Among the geometers, I took Hupithecia coronata, Thera firmata, Melanippe 
procellata, M. unangulata, M. galiata, and a rather worn specimen of 
Anticlea derivata, &c. Of the Noctue, Triphena interjecta was fairly com- 
mon in a lane near Bognor. — Hrersert OC. Gentry; Marian House, 
Goulton Road, Lower Clapton, Sept. 3, 1892. 
I found C. edusa very plentiful during August in a clover field at Forest 
Row, on the borders of Ashdown Forest, Sussex, and I caught over two 
dozen, four being females; but no helice or hyale. Mr. B. C. Hartley, of 
West Dulwich, showed me one specimen of helice and two of hyale caught 
by him near Washington, Sussex. — R, A. Datias Bexrcuine, F.E.S. ; 
Tunbridge Wells. 
On the Sussex coast, between Worthing and Littlehampton, C. edusa 
has been very common throughout August, my brother and I netting a nice 
long series, including four var. helice, on the morning of the 10th, all in 
perfect condition. They were about in hundreds, and we had no trouble in 
capturing them, as they were continually flying past—Hueu HK. Hopxins ; 
153, Camden Grove North, Peckham, 8.E., Sept. 38, 1892. 
I had the good fortune to take two specimens of C. hyale in the neigh- 
bourhood of Eastbourne last week. 1 also saw two more specimens in the 
boxes of other collectors, captured in the same neighbourhood.— Henry D. 
Syxes; The Cedars, Enfield, Aug. 23, 1892. 
In such a truly “ edusa year” as the present one has provea, it may 
perhaps be hardly worth while recording the appearance of this butterfly. 
I had heard the reports during the summer of the unusual abundance of 
specimens in various parts of the country, but was quite unprepared, when 
J arrived here about the middle of August, to find them in such phenomenal 
numbers. On the downs they seemed quite as plentiful as the common 
whites, and I was frequently gladdened by the sight of a clouded yellow 
careering along the Brighton streets. I have only had three or four days’ 
collecting, but was fortunate enough to secure a lovely example of the 
female yariety helice at Polegate, and two more in this neighbourhood. 
Vanessa cardut has turned up again in great quantities after an absence of 
several years. — W. H. Briaper; 34, Cromwell Road, West Brighton, 
Sept. 17, 1892. 
C. edusa has been very common here in the meadows and gardens on 
the downs, especially near Beachy Head, and it has even been seen in the 
centre of the town. Hybernated specimens were fairly common in Abbott’s 
Wood in the spring, but I have seen none here. Of the var. helice, I have 
taken eight specimens, but in rather poor condition, owing to the fact that 
I discovered their haunt rather late. C. hyale has by no means been so 
plentiful, one specimen captured by my brother at Abbott’s Wood being 
the only one seen. —'T. Bromuey, Jun.; Bineham, St. Leonard’s Road, 
Lastbourne, Sept. 2. 
