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each was seen by me during the last season ; C. hyale (var. pallida), 

 Aug.20th; C.edusa,Se^t.Qth. — Albert May; Hayling Island, Oct. 21st. 



CoLiAS HYALE IN Kent. — C. hyale has again put in an appearance. 

 This year I captured six specimens, on August 25th, at Hither Green 

 — four males and two females, one of the latter a white variety. — 

 D. Chittenden ; 98, Court Hill Road, Lewisham, S.E. 



CoLiAS HYALE IN WILTSHIRE. — While at Wylyc this year I took 

 four specimens of Colias hyale, one a very perfect dwarf form, I 

 missed a good many others. I also took two specimens of C. hyale 

 near Wimborne, Dorset. I captured a good many specimens of this 

 species in 1900 at Wylye. — E,. V. Solly ; 40, Southernhay, Exeter, 

 Sept. 25th, 1901. 



Vanessa antiopa in Hampshire, — While collecting on one of the 

 large heaths to the north of this town on September 13th, I observed 

 a large dark brown butterfly struggling against the north wind, which 

 was blowing strongly. It proved to be a worn specimen of Vanessa 

 antiopa. — G. E. J. Crallan ; Bodorgan Manor, Bournemouth. 



Vanessa antiopa in Devonshire. — A fine specimen of F. antiopa 

 was seen in a garden here on September 20th by Mr. H. Kerslake. It 

 was feeding on a decayed apple, but unfortunately it escaped capture. 

 A Newton College boy was more fortunate on Dartmoor last month. — 

 (Rev.) W. J. Leigh Phillips ; Tavistock. 



Vanessa antiopa at Epsom. — A specimen was caught by Mr. Gurth 

 Edelsten in the garden of Mead House, Epsom, Sept. 9th, 1901. 



Vanessa antiopa in thk North of London. — I came across a fine 

 specimen of V. antiopa (Camberwell Beauty) on August 25th in the 

 North of London. Should you care to have farther particulars, I 

 shall be happy to give you any information aud corroboration you 

 may require, as I was with three other men at the time. — A. Podmore ; 

 2, Palace Road, Streatham Hill, August 27th, 1901. 



[We wrote to our correspondent asking for more precise information 

 as to locality, but so far we have not been favoured with a reply. — Ed.] 



Vanessa polychloros, &c., in London. — On July 19th I captured 

 a freshly emerged specimen with my hat as it was sitting on parapet 

 of the railway at Abbey Street, Bermondsey, S.E. I believe that it 

 was bred near there, as my son took one last year on July 21st close 

 to South Bermondsey Station. I also noticed several Lycana aryiolus 

 flying in the Court Hill Road, Lewisham, and in my garden, as last 

 year, at the end of April, and one or two of the second brood were also 

 seen, — D. Chittenden ; 98, Court Hill Road, Lewisham. 



Hybernation of Vanessid^. — A specimen of Vanessa urticiB took 

 up its winter quarters, on July 22ad, on the ceiling of the bath room, 

 which contains a hot- water cylinder, aud faces west, and is always 

 warm. At the same time there were many colonies of young larvffi 

 from this same brood which in due time would produce butterflies 

 which would naturally hybernate ; but why should some individuals 

 hybernate so early in the year ? — (Rev.) C. A. Sladen ; Burton Vicar- 

 age, Chester. 



