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CAPTURES AND FIELD EEPORTS. 



LiMENiTis SIBYLLA &c., IN Shropshirk. — In August, 1900, I saw 

 a fresh-looking L. sibylla at Hoptou Court, near Cleobury Mortimer, 

 Salop. Also I found a caterpillar of the same species, but, unfortunately, 

 it died. Grapta c-album, Vanessa [Cynthia) cardui, V. io, were very com- 

 mon during that month, especially the latter. — C. K. L. Boxer ; 151, Burnt 

 Ash Hill, Lee, Kent. 



ClRRHffiDIA XERAMPEHNA VAR. UNICOLOR IN THE MIDLANDS. — It may 



be of interest to record that, whilst living at Panton, in Lincolnshire, some 

 forty miles from Nottingham, where Mr. A. Simmons took his specimen 

 last year, I dug, in August, 1895, about twenty pupte of C. xerampelina, 

 under ashes, and from them had the good fortune to breed two lovely 

 females of the var. unicolor. According to Mr. Tutt (' British Noctuae and 

 their Varieties,' vol. iii. p. 17), this form, besides occurring in Douglas, Isle 

 of Man, has been recorded from Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire 

 (Burton-on-Trent), and Yorkshire (Ripon). Staudinger, who gave it the 

 name unicolor, describes it with terse accuracy as " alls anticis fere uni- 

 coloribus rufescentibus, flavo-bistrigatis." Guenee, who describes it as 

 " var. A," but did not uame it, says that the ground colour of the wings is 

 a clear carnation red, and also remarks that the two sexes are similar. I 

 find I have also a note that Mr. William Prest, of York, took one near that 

 city, on Aug. 22nd, 1872. The ground colour is aptly described by him as 

 being of a dull coppery red. — (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor ; Hazeleigh 

 Rectory, Maldon, Essex, Feb. 1st, 1901. 



Hybernia pilosaria in December. — I took a fine specimen of H. 

 pilosaria ofi a gas-lamp on Dec. 11th last. — Charles Baker; Atherstone, 

 Jan. 21st, 1901. 



Colias edusa in 1900, near Winchester. — I saw on the downs in 

 the neighbourhood of Winchester, about Sept. 29th, a single specimen of 

 C. edusa. This was the only specimen about, and I did not notice any 

 clover or lucerne fields anywhere near. — Alan W. Cardinall ; 18, Crom- 

 well Road, Hove. 



CoLiAs EDUSA IN NORTHUMBERLAND. — On June 28th, 1900, I saw a 

 single specimen of this butterfly on the roadside near Berrington, about seven 

 miles south of Berwick. It was strong upon the wing, a male, in fine con- 

 dition. I had expected to have seen others as in former years when the 

 species has appeared here, but have not heard of a single other occurrence 

 upon the eastern borders during the past season. The last previous occur- 

 rence of this species in the district of which I have any note was in 1884, 

 when I saw one flying near Bamburgh, on July 14th. lu 1877 it was 

 numerous, and generally distributed. — George Bolam ; Berwick-on- 

 Tweed, Jan. 28lh, 1901. 



Colias edusa and Acherontia atropos in North England.— During 

 August, September, and October last, I was in different parts of Lancashire 

 and Yorkshire, and saw C. edusa on one occasion only, that was on 

 Aug. 14th, when I noted a specimen flying along the roadway by Cressing- 

 ton Park, five miles from Liverpool. I was told that the pupae of A. atropos 

 had been turned up in fair numbers by potato diggers in the Doncaster and 

 Selby district. — G. B. Oliver; Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, Feb. I5th. 



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