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being seen. Beyond this, some three examples, all males, were from time 

 to time seen flying along the beach or parade, but I met with none in the 

 surrounding country, although I traversed a good deal of it ; nor did any 

 C. kyale come under my notice. — Robert Adkin ; Lewisham, October, 1900. 



COLIAS EDUSA AND C. HYALE IN WORCESTERSHIRE. — I have Seen both 



species in various parts of this neighbourhood. — W. Edwards ; Malvern. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN YORKSHIRE. — A fine specimen of C. edusa was seen 

 on the New Esplanade, Scarborough, on Sept. 25th.— James H. Rowntree. 



CoLiAS HYALE IN May AND JuNE, 1900. — It is a regrettable fact that 

 no notices of the earlier appearances of C. hyale have been published in the 

 • Entomologist.' I observe in the October number of the Magazine that 

 only in one instance has the appearance been noted, that by Mr. Colthrup, 

 at Beachy Head on June 12th. C. hyale was observed in some numbers 

 during the earlier (and finer) days of June at Darenth, in Kent, Mr. Davis, 

 of Dartford, reported its appearance in the last week of May. No fewer 

 than a dozen were taken in the vicinity of Farningham during June. I 

 myself observed the insect at Shoreham, Otford, Old Bexley, Uplands 

 (Bexley Heath), and Crayford ; and Mr. T. B, Andrews, of Bexley Heath, 

 captured two fine specimens at Bridgen, on June 10th or 11th. Several 

 were also observed on Plumstead marshes in late May. C. hyale has been 

 particularly plentiful this season in this district, more so in fact than 

 C. edusa, which may account for the fact that so few var. helice have been 

 taken. Given a mild winter, I would venture to prophesy that 1901 will 

 prove the ''edusa year." — Wm. A. Carter; Burr Villas, Bexley Heath, 

 Oct. 20th, ] 900. 



CoLiAS HYALE IN JuNE. — Mr. H. S. Fremlin informs me that he saw 

 a specimen of C. hyale at Mereworth, in Kent, in June last. He thinks 

 the date was the 4th of the mouth. — Richard South. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — October 3rd, 1900. — Mr. G. H. 

 Verrall, President, in the chair. Mr. E. A. C. Studd, Oxton, Exeter 

 Mr. H. Maxwell Lefroy, B.A., Barbadoes Economic Entomologist to 

 the Imperial Agricultural Department for the West Indies ; Mr. W. F. 

 Urwick, 34, Great Tower Street, London, E.C., were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. — Mr. G. C. Champion exhibited specimens of TroyophUeas 

 anglicanus, Sharp, found by Mr. Keys at Plymouth ; t'achyta sexmactdata, 

 L., found by Col. Yerbury at Neiliy Bridge, and Anchonieiins quadri- 

 panctatus, De Gear, found by himself at Woking. — Mr. M. Jacoby 

 exhibited an ichneumon, FJiyssa persuasoria, taken by him at Blandford, 

 parasitic on Sirex, and Col. Yerbery said that he had met with the 

 same species in some numbers in Scotland. One female observed in 

 the act of oviposition had thrust her ovipositor, which is about the 

 consistency of a human hair, through an inch of fir trunk. — Col. 

 Yerbery exhibited: — (1) a rare sawfly, Xyphidria camelus, taken in 

 Scotland this year at Nethy Bridge. The species is mentioned in the 

 old books as extinct in the United Kingdom, and Mr. Waterhouse 

 said there were no modern specimens in the South Kensington 



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