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unceasiugly wet and wild. Notwithstanding this, fresh ediisa were found 

 day after day settled on clover, stubble, and cut oats (which by the way 

 has been entirely ruined owing to the prolonged wet). Careful searching 

 has revealed two empty pupa-cases, and many must have perished in the 

 mouldering corn. The last specimens taken were on September '2Sth and 

 30th ; and the total number of captures so far ascertained is one hundred. 

 Both males and females were very fine, and, though the latter were some- 

 what variable, nothing approaching var. helice was taken. One is reported 

 to have been seen, but not captured, near Witherslack. Having read Mr. 

 Frohawk's excellent articles in the ' Entomologist,' vols, xxv. and xxvi., 

 every effort was made with the last pair captured to continue the brood, but 

 without success — the sun absolutely refused to shine, with the result that 

 they would not copulate ; and, after living for a fortnight, the female depo- 

 sited three infertile eggs, and died. With regard to A. atropos, the species 

 seems to have been abundant and widely distributed in the district this 

 season, especially in the neighbourhood of the moss lands. Pupse are still 

 being dug up with the potatoes; and the number of specimens traced has 

 almost reached thirty. — (Rev.) A. M. Moss ; Kendal, October 24th, 1900. 



P.S. — Several of the pupae obtained have recently died, some owing to 

 malformation, others having sustained injury in their rough handling by 

 potato-diggers. Two, however, have emerged, both males, of moderate 

 size, and perfect in every respect ; the first on October 30th, nearly two 

 months from date of pupation, only slightly forced ; the second on Novem- 

 ber 9th, a case of quick development, produced in a fairly constant tempera- 

 ture of 90° F., and plenty of moisture.— A. M. M. ; Nov. 9th, 1900. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN SCOTLAND. — I saw a specimen of C. edusa flying over 

 a turnip field at Inverary, Argyllshire, on or about September 10th last. I 

 succeeded in boxing it, but it escaped before I could get the box closed. I 

 saw no other specimens. — John A. Nix ; 20, Hans Place, S.W., Novem- 

 ber 2nd, 1900. 



Vanessa cardui in Bucks. — I took two specimens of this insect on 

 August 19th. Both were in good condition, and were flying along the 

 roadside near Beaconsfield. — W. H. Barton ; The Poplars, Spencer Road, 

 Grove Park, Chiswick, W. 



Vanessa antiopa in Essex. — On September 20th, G. Ruffel, one of 

 the boys at the Countess of Warwick's School at Bigods, near Dunmow, 

 captured a butterfly which he reported at the time to be a Camberwell 

 Beauty, and stated that he had seen another the same day, but failed to 

 catch it. I have been waiting to verify the record before publication, and 

 have just received the specimen taken, which is V. antiopa, and I have no 

 doubt that the captor was correct in his recognition of the other specimen. 

 — R. Meldola ; November 8th, 1900. 



SiREX juvENCUS AT Chichester. — A fine female of this giant sawfly 

 was taken here on Sept. 28th, in the office of Mr. J. Loder Cooper, the 

 town-clerk, by whom it was given to me. A few days later another was 

 seen by my brother, on the pavement of one of the streets. S. gigas is of 

 frequent occurrence in this locality. — Joseph Anderson ; Chichester. 



Neuropteron {Linn.) at Sugar. — In the New Forest, at the beginning 

 of August last, several lace-wing flies were taken at sugar. One brought 

 away and identified was Ghrysopa fiavifrons. — W. J. Lucas ; Kingston-on- 

 Thames. 



