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exceptional instance, and that the Tages in question might only 

 have been trying this position to see whether it was a comfortable 

 one to repose in ; but, on the 8th, in the same chalk-pit, during a 

 slight shower of rain, I found another in a precisely similar 

 position ; and so am induced to believe that it must be a regular 

 family practice. I find that Pamphila sylvanus (which is now 

 abundant at Dorking) always reposes with all its wings erect, 

 when alarmed at a passing object, in a shower of rain, or when 

 resting for the night." — Roland Trimen ; Cape Town, Sept. 12. 



Colias edusa. in North Staffordshire. — On Sunday, Sep- 

 tember 28th, I noticed a male specimen flitting about in my 

 garden in the afternoon. This insect has not been noticed here 

 since 1877, when it was excessively plentiful almost everywhere 

 in England, it being probable that there were as many as three 

 distinct broods. It is remarkable that it should occur so far north 

 this year, as I gather from your pages that, although somewhat 

 widely distributed, it was not abundant. Among other insects I 

 have noticed here, that have been strangers for some years, 

 are Macroglossa stellatarum and Vanessa cardui ; indeed of this 

 latter I never saw so many here before. — Thos. W. Daltry; 

 Madeley Vicarage, North Staffordshire, October 28, 1884. 



Colias edusa. — I saw two specimens of this insect in the 

 New Forest in October this year ; and one at Catford Bridge, 

 Lewisham. — J. Jenner Weir; Chirbury, Copers Cope Road, 

 Beckenham, Kent. 



Colias edusa in Kent. — During the first week in August I 

 saw a specimen of Colias edusa, flying at a rapid rate over the 

 shingle at Walmer (near the Castle). I netted a lovely female 

 specimen of the same species near Hailing, Kent, on September 

 6th ; and on the 15th and 16th of the same month I captured a 

 dozen specimens, including three females, in a clover-field near 

 Strood, Kent. These, with the exception of two examples 

 taken near Sandown, Isle of Wight, are the only specimens 

 I have seen since the memorable " 1877 year," when I took a 

 large number, including several of the variety helice. The field 

 in which I took edusa, on September 15th and 16th this year, was 

 in 1877 often alive with the species — sometimes several specimens 

 on one clover-head. I should not be surprised if the species 

 were common next season, as the insects I took were in lovely 



