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eclnsa in Lansdown Road, London Fields. It is a large specimen, 

 measuring in the expanse of the fore wings 2 inches 5 lines. It 

 was brought to me immediately after it was taken, and is now in 

 the collection of the Hackney Microscopical and Natural History 

 Society. — J. A. Clark; The Broadway, London Fields, Sept. 11. 



Colias edusa in Kent and Essex. — It may interest some 

 of the readers of the ' Entomologist ' to hear of the appearance 

 of Colias edusa this year. I captured a female in The Warren, at 

 Folkestone, the last week in August ; and during the present 

 month have seen two male specimens flying over Wanstead Flats 

 in front of my house. I believe that in the year previous to the 

 last " Edusa year" they appeared sparingly in the autumn.— J. A. 

 Cooper; 1, Sussex Villas, Harrow Road, Leytonstone, Sept. 24. 



Colias edusa at Dover. — While staying at Dover last 

 August I saw a specimen of the above species, but it flew away, and 

 I could not capture it. The next day I went to the same place, and 

 saw another specimen, which I captured; but, being a very battered 

 male, I did not keep it. A few days after I saw another in 

 the same spot, but could not net it, as it flew too fast, and the 

 ground was so rough that I stumbled once or twice. — B. B. Hunt ; 

 The Grove, Woodford, Essex, October 2, 1884. 



Colias edusa near Maldon. — The two species of Colias so 

 frequently appear in England in hot seasons that I kept a sharp 

 look-out for them all through August, but without even viewing a 

 single specimen. To-day I hear from my brother, Mr. A. G. S. 

 Raynor, that he captured a single specimen of C. edusa at 

 Hazeleigh on September 9th. I fear that so late in the season 

 we are not likely to see them in any numbers, but it will 

 be interesting to hear if the species has been observed elsewhere 

 in England this autumn. Since writing the above I saw two 

 specimens of C. edusa, on September 16th, a very bright and 

 warm day, winging their way leisurely along the banks of the 

 Great Eastern Railway line between Maldon and Witham. 

 Vanessa cardui has appeared in considerable numbers in Essex 

 this season, but I have not noticed any other species of butterfly 

 in unusual quantities. — (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor; Shenfield, 

 Brentwood, September 16, 1884. 



Colias edusa at the Land's End. — On October 4th I took 

 two specimens of this insect, and saw numbers of them flying over 



