100 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
in July. Pieris brassice, P. rape and P. napi were scarcer than usual, 
especially brassic@ in the second brood. Huchloé cardamines, as a 
rule a common species in our lanes and marshy fields, was not so in 
1920, but I got two nice, undersized males. I saw very few ova. 
Aglais urtice was fairly common after hibernation in the spring, but 
I saw few broods of larve as the season went on, except near Seascale, 
where, in one lane, the nettles were reduced to bare stalks by a large 
congregation, obviously the product of several females. V. 20, now- 
adays a rarity here, I did not meet with, but heard of two examples 
in different parts of the county. I saw one Pyrameis cardw in May 
down the Solway, but did not again meet with the species. On the 
other hand P. atalanta was fairly common and continued late into 
October, when the weather was really better than in the summer. 
Argynms aglaia was abundant near Drigg on the rough ground 
behind the sandhills. I was pleased to find a new locality for 
Brenthis ewphrosyne at the end of May. This is a scarcer and more 
local butterfly in Cumberland than B. selene. The latter, however, 
was not so abundant as usual. Hipparchia semele was on the wing 
while I was at Drigg, favouring lanes and hedgerows as well as the 
sandhills. It also was far from being as common as usual. Pararge 
megera occurred commonly in the spring brood, the August emergence 
being much less pronounced. Hpinephele jurtina, of course, was 
common, and seemed little affected by the adverse season. LH. tathonus, 
a very local butterfly in Cumberland, and largely confined to the south- 
west of the county, I was too early for when at Drigg in July, and 
only one specimen was seen. Aphantopus hyperanthus was decidedly 
scarcer than in other years, and I saw few varieties of note. Cano- 
nympha tiphon was in bad condition when I noticed it in June on 
one of its favoured mosses. C. pamphilus was another usually 
common species which seemed to find the season an unfavourable 
one. Callophrys rubs was fairly frequent on Cumwhitton Moss. 
Chrysophanus phleas was scarce but Polyonumatus wcarus common, 
and I got one fine example of var. cerule@a of the female. Nisonzades 
tages was, if anything, commoner than usual, but local, while our 
only other Cumberland skipper, Augzades sylvanus, was seldom seen. 
—F.H. Day; 26, Currock Terrace, Carlisle. 
CoLIas EDUSA, ETC., IN HAmMPsHIRE.—While staying at Milton, 
Hants (about six miles east of Christchurch), last August I took 
fifteen specimens of Colias edusa, and I have heard that others took 
it there also about the same time. Most of those I took were very 
worn, some badly chipped, but six, four g and two 9, were quite 
fresh. I kept one worn 9? alive in a muslin cage over a potted 
clover plant. She lived for about a fortnight, and then died without 
evita tei any eggs. The ground above the cliffs, for several miles 
each side of Milton, is covered with rough grass, clover and trefoil, 
the flowers of this last seeming especially attractive. The butterflies 
appeared to travel along the coast from east to west. From 
August 6th to the 12th I saw only two specimens of Colzas edusa. 
On the 13th I took one and saw two others, and I met another 
entomologist who had taken several that morning about a mile east 
of Milton. On the 14th I took six and saw many others at Milton. 
