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uncut fields of corn on either side of the road, and it escaped into 
one of them. The day was delightfully fine with strong sun- 
shine, and many Silver-Y and other moths were flying about 
where disturbed. 
Dr. F. Buchanan White, in his Butterflies of Perthshire, states 
that C. edusa has occurred both in Dumfriesshire and in Ayrshire. 
This butterfly is common in the South of England, especially 
in Cornwall, where, in one season, from August to 14th October, 
as many as 346 specimens have been taken by a single collector. 
