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species also occurred at Effingham Common and EastHorsley in 

 Surrey on June 11th (Lucas) ; males near Drumreaske from 

 June 8th to 16th (Goodman) ; near Hawkshead plentifully from 

 June 19th till July 15th (Whittaker) ; at Boldermere on June 21st 

 (Lucas) ; in Alice Holt on June 28tli and at Kingsley Pond on 

 July 11th (Stowell) ; and at Wicken Fen on August 4th (Lyle). 

 One of the specimens taken at Alice Holt had the black spot on 

 the second segment of a very strange shape. It consisted of a 

 somewhat coarse U as in A. piiella, with an elliptical spot nearly 

 filling up the space between the prongs. It somewhat suggested 

 a combination of^l. puella and E. cijathigernm, which, since both 

 were present at the same pond, is just possible but not very 

 hkely. 



28, Knight's Park, 



Kingston-on-Thames. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 

 CoLiAS EDUSA, ETC., IN Hampshike. — On Sunday, August 8th, I 

 took a specimen of G. edusa near Winchester, also a splendid specimen 

 of var. helice, the hind wings of which are unusually blue. Atalanta, 

 lo, and Gardiii are very abundant this year, and Pohjchloros is also 

 quite in evidence. I have bred a large number of lo (wild), and not 

 one has been ichneumoned. — Wm. Pierce ; Queen's Eoad, High 

 Wycombe, Bucks. 



Colias edusa in South Hampshire. — Colias edusa has been 

 quite abundant on the downs here during the past week. On 

 Sunday, August 8th, when I was cycling in another locality twelve 

 miles away I observed several in the lanes. Only two C. hyale have 

 come to my notice. — A. T. Postans ; 148, Fawcett Eoad, Portsmouth, 

 August 12th, 1920. 



Note on Pieris brassic^. — I wish to mention the finding of 

 P. brassiccB on two occasions in my house. Whilst clearing an 

 upstairs room on May 12th (1920) I found a male specimen, and on 

 May 25th I fouad a female specimen on the curtains of the front 

 room. Both were perfectly fresh specimens, and the dark marking 

 on wings a very deep black. Both forms were large. It seems 

 strange to account for them being in the house, for I have not bred 

 the species this year, and gardens are scarce in the middle of the 

 city. A. urticce was seen flying in Abbey Park, Leicester, on April 

 24th (1920).— G. U. Warner ; 47, Chester' Street, Leicester, July 9th, 

 1920. 



LiMENiTis SIBYLLA IN SuRREY. — On July 27th I took a specimen 

 of Limenitis sihylla^y\ng around the birches on Wimbledon Common. 

 — L. CoucHMAN ; Beechworth Lodge, West Heath Eoad, Hampstead, 

 N.W. 3. 



Limenitis sibylla, Linn., in Surrey. — For the aake of the locality 

 it may be worth recording that while I was collecting dragonflies near 



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