NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 259 
Coz1As EDUSA AT SourHAMPTon; LacE-wines.—On the 14th 
of September last a single specimen of C. edusa was seen flying 
over a field near Southampton by a friend of mine. This is the 
only instance within my knowledge of its occurrence here since 
1877; but in 1880 I saw two specimens at Sandown, Isle of Wight. 
In reply to Mr. McRae (Entom. xvi. 235), I can testify to the 
unusual abundance of lace-wings (Hemerobius) this year. A lime- 
tree round which I was mothing one evening last July was almost 
alive with countless numbers of them; but unfortunately their 
odour did not match their beauty.—H. E. U. Buri; The Elms, 
Foundry Lane, Southampton, October 2, 1883. 
Conras EDUSA IN Hampsurtre.— Having noticed the records 
of the appearance of Colias edusa in Nottingham and Gloucester- 
shire this season, I may mention that in this locality during 
September I counted twenty-three specimens at various times, 
six of which I succeeded in capturing. In no season since 1877 
have I seen more than one or two specimens. If the septennial 
theory of the abnormal occurrence of this lepidopteron is to hold 
good, we may look forward to the spring and autumn of 1884 with 
some degree of confidence of being able not only to renew our 
sets of the normal type, but also of enriching our collections with 
some of the prized and interesting varieties of the female helice. 
—W. McRae; Bedford House, Bournemouth, October 15, 1883. 
Cortas EDusA.—Again I have seen but a single specimen of 
this butterfly ; this a male, first noticed in a lucern-field on Sept. 
17th, where I have seen it almost every day since until Sept. 29th, 
when I met with it late in the afternoon, after a heavy storm, 
under the.hedge, looking very feeble and worn; it could but just 
manage to flutter about.—Hpwarp A. Frrcu; Maldon, Essex. 
CoLiaAs HELICE. — While my brother, Arthur Brabon, was 
engaged taking Vanessa cardui on Monday, September 17th, on 
some waste ground off the Lea Bridge Road, he was fortunate in 
taking a specimen of this pale variety of C. edusa. It would be 
interesting to know if other specimens have occurred so near 
London.—G. F. Brazon; 48, Shakspere Rd., South Hornsey, N. 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS NEAR SourHAMPTON.—I am glad to be 
able to record a capture of this interesting moth near South- 
ampton. It was found on the bed-room door of a house at 
Woolston, and is now in the collection of a friend of mine.— 
