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Shropshire. — I have had the satisfaction of once more taking C. 

 edusa, an insect which I last saw alive at Torquay in J 876. I saw 

 three specimens within three miles of this place on August 16th, and 

 managed — though without my net — to capture two of them, a male and a 

 female, both in good condition. — (Rev.) Chas. F. Thornewilt. ; Calverhall 

 Vicarage, Whitchurch, Salop. 



Somersetshire. — I saw a splendid female C. edusa at Weston-super- 

 Mare in August last. It settled on a flower, but as I was without a net at 

 the time, I was unable to secure it. — Oscar Whittaker ; Morelands, 

 Heaton, Bolton. 



The observations on the occurrence of C edusa in Somersetshire were 

 made either by my brother or by myself: — Two in the town, Weston- 

 super-Mare, Aug. 17th and 27th ; one near the top of Dunkery Beacon, 

 Aug. 30th ; one on Exmoor (Somerset side), Sept. 3rd ; twenty seen from 

 the train on the embankments between Minehead and Taunton, Sept. 5th. 

 F. D. Blathwayt; Weston-super-Mare, Sept. 10th, 1900. 



I spent the first three weeks of August at Bridgwater, and in a clover 

 field near there we found C. edusa in fair numbers and very fine. Of ten 

 females that we captured three were var. helice. We took only one C. hyale, 

 and another was seen in the neighbourhood. C edusa was also seen on 

 the sand-hills near Brean. — Arthur Cottam, Eldercroft, Watford. 



On August 11th I captured thirty C. edusa near Pilning; and on the 

 15th obtained twenty-four, and saw perhaps another hundred. I also 

 obtained one var. helice and three -C. hyale. C. edusa has been very 

 abundant in the neighbourhood, visiting suburban gardens, where heliotrope 

 seemed to be its particular fancy. — H. S. Bishop; 18, Cricklade Koad, 

 Bristol. 



Suffolk. — My nephew took C. hyale on Sept. 4th at Southwold. 

 Henry A. King ; 25, Haringay Park, Crouch End, N. 



Surrey. — On July 30th 1 saw, in a lield at Worcester Park, Surrey, 

 a specimen of C. hyale, but, having no net. I of course failed to catch it. 

 C. W. CoLTHRUP; 127, Barry Road, East Dulwich, S.E , Aug. 1st, 1900. 



On Sept. 5th I went to a clover field between Cheara and Ewell in 

 search of Colias. Between about 12.30 and 1.30 I took six C. hyale, and 

 saw several more. I stayed quite an hour after this, but did not see 

 another specimen, nor did I see any C. edusa. On the 6th I went to the 

 same field again for a short time in the middle of the day, the only result 

 being the capture of one C. hyale and one male C. edusa. No other speci- 

 mens of either were seen. On Sept. 11th, after trying another tract of 

 clover without success, I returned to the same place ; five C. edusa were 

 captured, four being males, but no C. hyale were seen. Two of my 

 specimens of C. hyale are very small. A friend took a specimen of G. hyale 

 at Belmont in August. — D. P. Turner ; Sutton, Surrey, 1900. 



I have seen a specimen of C. edusa flying in a garden here this season, 

 and have captured a Macroglossa stellatarum in the same place. — J. C. 

 Warburg; Albury, Surrey, Sept. 9th, 1900. 



I saw more than one example of C. edusa, on July 31st last, in a clover 

 field some little distance behind Box Hill Station. — G. Sparke ; 1, Christ- 

 church Villas, Tooting. 



One example of each sex of C. edusa was taken on August 11th on the 

 Hogg's Back, about half-way between Guildford and Farnham ; and I know 

 for certain that two specimens have been seen at Walton-on-Thames. 

 H. G. Annett; Walton-on-Thames. 



