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My brother, Mr, F. Barton, took a fresh specimen of C. hyale on 

 August 9th at Whitstable, and observed two others near Ramsgate a few 

 days later. All were flying over clover fields. — W. H. Barton ; The 

 Poplars, Spencer Road, Grove Park, Chiswick. 



While walking through a field yesterday near Hithergreen, I saw two 

 specimens of C. edusa. I had not my net with me, or I could easily have 

 captured them, their flight being very languid. — W. J. Harris; 17, 

 Micheldever Road, Lee, S.E., Sept. 17th. 



As far as I have had an opportunity of judging, I should consider this 

 a hyale more than an edusa year. One C. edusa was seen at Chelsfield on 

 August 31st, and on the same day eight C. hyale at Shoreham. On 

 Sept. 5th a single C. edusa was seen on Blackheath ; whilst two days later 

 a trip to Birchington-on-Sea produced fifteen G. hyale, mostly more or less 

 worn ; about fifteen others were seen, but only one edusa. An excursion to 

 Brasted, Sept. llth, was not productive of Colias, a battered 0. hyale being 

 the only one seen. — F. M. B. Carr; 46, Handen Road, Lee, S.E. 



Between August llth and 17th last I captured at Hythe seventeen 

 freshly emerged specimens of C. hyale and fourteen of C. edusa. Amongst 

 the latter was a perfect example of var. helice, which fluttered up at my feet 

 when I was crossing a stubble field. C. hyale appeared to be more plenti- 

 ful than C. edusa in this locality. Vanessa atalanta and V. cardui were 

 much scarcer than usual. — R. S. Mitford ; 35, Redcliffe Square, South 

 Kensington, Sept. 18th, 1900. 



Middlesex. — Having heard that C. hyale and C. edusa were to be 

 found at Chorley Wood, I went there on Sept. 7th, but failed in my quest. 

 On nearing home, however, just before my train slowed previous to drawing 

 up at Kilburn and Brondesbury Metropolitan station, I had the mortifica- 

 tion to note first C. hyale, and a moment later C. edusa, both butterflies 

 apparently in good condition, flitting along the north side of the railway 

 embankment. — (Rev.) F. A. Walker, D.D. ; Dun Mallard, Cricklewood, 

 ^J.W., Sept. 7th, 1900. P.S. — Three specimens of C. edusa were seen by 

 me on Sept. 13th on the railway embankment between Willesden Green 

 and Brondesbury. 



During the last three weeks two of my friends and myself have caught, 

 at Potters Bar, seventeen specimens of C. edusa, sixteen of C. hyale, and 

 one helice. — T. H. Grosvenor ; Boundary House, Hadley, Aug. 26th. 



Norfolk. — During August I took two examples of C. edusa, and the 

 same number of specimens of C. hyale, on the cliff's near Muudesley, Nor- 

 folk.— S. W. Kemp; 80, Oxford Gardens, Netting Hill, W. 



Oxfordshire. — C. edusa and C. hyale have appeared in some numbers 

 this year near Oxford, and Acherontia atropos promises to be plentiful. 

 Since August 17th I have netted eight specimens of C. hyale at Cowley, 

 Oxon. — Harold Thompson; 31, Beaumont Street, Oxford, August 31st, 

 1900. 



C. hyale is turning up in some abundance in this neighbourhood. I 

 have myself taken four in a clover field at the foot of Watlington Hill on 

 Aug. 17th. Six specimens were taken in the same field in 1893. I am 

 not aware that the insect has been seen in the neighbourhood since ; but 

 this year I have seen it in three localities within five miles of this place. — 

 (Rev.) John W. B. Bell ; Pyrton Vicarage, Watlington, Oxon. 



G. hyale and G. edusa have been fairly common here during August 

 and September ; the latter species being the more numerous of the two. 

 A. H. Hamm ; 52, St. Mary's Road, Oxford, Sept. 17th, 1900. 



