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of the occurrence of this butterfly in Britain; chiefly from 
our southern coast. Its natural home is the eastern part of 
North America; it has no other permanent habitat. There, 
in some districts, it is as common as its ally P. cardui is here. 
On receiving this communication I wrote for further informa- 
tion to Mr. Bignell. He replies: —“1I have made every 
enquiry, and cannot trace any plant or anything which has 
been imported from America into the extensive grounds 
where P. Huntera was taken. The Plymouth docks are—in 
a direct line—about four miles off; so that it may have been 
imported in one of the many troop-ships which lie there.” 
Virgeniensis was first described by Drury, in his ‘ Illustrations 
on Natural History, in 1773; and in 1775 Fabricius 
described the same species, under the name of Huntera.— 
John T. Carrington.] 
Vanessa Antiopa in the Isle of Wight.—On the 14th of 
October Vanessa Antiopa was captured here by a fisherman. 
Unfortunately the insect was destroyed before I saw it, and I 
only saw the remains.—Talbot K. Crossfield; Shanklin 
College, Isle of Wight. 
Colias Edusa at Handforth.—Colias Edusa has been seen 
in some numbers at Handforth, a village in Cheshire, about 
eleven miles south of Manchester, by a friend of mine while 
out rabbit-shooting. He saw many, and caught one male, 
which he brought to me this morning. This is a very 
unusual occurrence in this neighbourhood.—H. H. Corbett ; 
Cheadle Hulme, near Stockport, September 20, 1876. 
Colias Edusa var. Helice in South Wales.—\1 had the 
pleasure of taking a rather fine female specimen of C. Edusa 
var. Helice on September 4th, at a small village called 
Pendine, about fifteen miles from Tenby. As I had no net 
at that moment, I immediately gave chase with my hat, and 
succeeded in capturing it. When it was on the wing I 
mistook it for C. Hyale; but to my great delight it was 
otherwise. C, Edusa is very plentiful in this locality, and I 
have reared a good many.—d. EL. Wileman; Langharne 
Villa, Chertsey Road, Bristol, September 8, 1876. 
Colias Edusa.—About a week ago Mrs. Boley captured a 
female specimen of Colias Edusa, which, on being confined 
under a glass shade with some sprigs of lucerne, laid a few 
eggs. Some of these eggs have just hatched, and the larve 
