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CoLiAs EDUSA IN HAMPSHIRE. — A passing example was seen on 

 August 21sfc last between Eomsey and Cadnam, Hants. — L. C. E. 

 Balcomb ; Kingston-on-Thames. 



CoLiAS EDUSA NEAR ABERDEEN.' — A fine male specimen of this 

 erratic insect was captured by me at Burnbanks, Kincardineshire, on 

 August 3rd this year. It was flying with Pieris napi. I secured it 

 in one of the guUeys facing the sea as it alighted on Trifoleum medium. 

 Colias eclusa had been previously recorded in the ' Entomologist ' 

 (vol. xxii, p. 279) as taken at Denmore near Aberdeen, which is more 

 inland. It is interesting on account of its capture so far north. — 

 James Duncan ; 13, Northfield Place, Aberdeen. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN EssEX.— Yesterday, when travelling home from 

 London, I saw two G. edusa flying on the railway-bank- — one near 

 Ingatestone, the other near Hatfield Peverel. — Percy C. Eeid ; 

 Feering Bury, Kelvedon, September 5th. 



Colias edusa and C. hyale near Maldon. — On September 5th 

 I saw about a dozen C. edusa flying in a lucerne field near here, 

 apparently all males. The strong wind and great heat made it a difficult 

 matter to chase them successfully, and I failed to secure more than 

 three. I also saw two C. hyale, one of which I caught. This 

 latter species I haven't seen here since August, 1902. — (Rev.) 

 Gilbert H. Raynor ; Havsleigh Rectory, Maldon, September 16th, 

 1919. 



Colias edusa in Surrey. — I took a nice male Colias edusa 

 yesterday afternoon flying across our lawn. This is the second 

 specimen I have seen in our garden this year. The insect was in 

 perfect condition, and rather larger than any previous male I have 

 taken, measuring 5-8 cm. across the wings. — M. C. McLeod ; The 

 Fairfields, Cobham, Surrey, September 20th, 1919. 



Variation of Dryas paphia. — During the past two seasons 

 Dryas iMphia has been subject to variation to a very remarkable 

 degree in the New Forest, which is 'of such unusual occurrence that 

 it is of some interest to place on record the capture of some of the 

 more marked aberrant types which have taken place this year. But 

 an almost similar phenomenon occurred thirty-eight years ago — i. e. 

 in 1881 — respecting this species in the New Forest, although since 

 that date until last year aberrations were but seldom met with ; so 

 scarce were they that during seven successive years when I visited 

 the Forest from 1888 onwards, as well as three or four subsequent 

 visits, I did not capture a single striking variety, excepting the 

 white-spotted forms, which were tolerably plentiful in the early 

 nineties, as well as the var. valezina, which was especially numerous 

 in 1893. Last July, during my ten days' collecting, I found paphia 

 fairly abundant, but nothing like the numbers that sw^armed thirty 

 years ago, and, according to reports, very much less in number than 

 last year. Notwithstanding this comparative scarcity aberrations 

 occurred in unusual quantity. Among the finest examples I captured 

 are two exceptionally beautiful females, almost similar in pattern and 

 depth of markings, having the greater portion of the wings richly 

 clouded with black due to confluence of the markings, while the basal 



