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with occasionally all over the Downs: these were met with from the 7th to the 21st 

 instant, the soil chalky. A friend of mine has captured forty-one specimens at St. 

 Osyth, Essex ; these were taken in the red and white clover fields between the 6th and 

 18th instant: soil heavy clay, occasionally gravel, no chalk. — Alfred Lambert; 6, Tri- 

 nity St., August 30, 1842. 



My dear Friend, — In answer to your enquiry respecting Colias Hyale, I may say 

 that I saw the first specimen on the 10th of this month, and about the 15th they seem- 

 ed the most abundant, and on that day I took twenty-one specimens ; altogether I 

 have obtained forty-three. They seemed scattered about some large, open and rather 

 barren fields, and were flying over a small patch of clover adjoining. I have never seen 

 the insect in this neighbourhood before. I have not seen Colias Edusa this season. — 

 Henri/ Douhleday ; Eppiny, August 30, 1842. 



Colias Hyale. — This usually rare butterfly I saw and took several specimens of at 

 Riddlesdown, near Croydon, on the 14th of August. They were feeding on clover 

 and scabious, which grow freely on the chalky soil of the district. I saw one on the 

 railway at New Cross, and another that was taken at Peckham. — J. W. Douglas; Co- 

 burg Road, Kent Road, August 24, 1842. 



My dear Sir, — Of Colias Hyale, — which seems to prefer chalky districts, and to 

 make its appearance after a fine and hot summer, — I saw seven specimens in a deep 

 chalk-pit on the southern side of the down near Guildford, on which the semaphore is 

 erected, and about a quarter of a mile south of the building. I secured four only, 

 owing to the insects choosing to select the face of the precipice for their haunts. — J. 

 F. Stephens ; Shalford Vicarage, near Guildford, August 31, )842. 



In conclusion, T beg to thank those gentlemen who have so kindly 

 assisted me with information on this interesting subject, and to soli- 

 cit every additional record of capture that can be procured, stating 

 the date, number of specimens, county, precise habitat, flowers upon 

 which it settles, and every other particular. Any memoranda confirm- 

 atory or otherwise, of Mr. Desvigne's suggestion of its being a sep- 

 tennial visitor, will be most acceptable. Edward Newman 



Art.XCIX. — List of Lepidoptera captured in the vicinity of Teign- 

 mouth. By W. R. Hall Jordan, Esq. 



Teignmouth, Devon, August 9, 1842. 

 My Dear Sir, 



Thinking that a list of some of the rarer Lepidoptera 

 which have been taken in this neighbourhood, together with their lo- 

 calities, may not be unacceptable, I venture to send you one. 



Yours truly, W. R. Hall Jordan. 



To the Editor of ' The Entomologist.' 



