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Colias edusa, &c, in Isle of Wight. — On Monday, August 25th, 

 at Brooke, near Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight, I captured three 

 Pyrameis cardui as well as seeing two others. Numerous male 

 Colias edusa were flying as well, and I also netted a good female on 

 the slopes round Carisbrooke. — A. Capel Morris ; Leafield, Gibsons 

 Hill, Norwood, S.E., August 30th, 1913. 



Colias edusa, &c., in Isle op Wight. — I was staying at 

 Bembridge, Isle of Wight, from August 27th till September 10th, 

 and during the whole of that time I found C. edusa quite common in 

 the clover fields, between Bembridge Harbour and Whitecliff Bay. 

 Males were far more numerous than females, but I took one beautiful 

 specimen of the female form helice. Many were rather worn, but 

 quite half of those I saw were beautifully fresh, and there is no 

 doubt at all that they were bred on the spot and not immigrants. 

 Very few other butterflies were seen, except Pyrameis atalanta, and 

 an occasional P. cardui or Vanessa urticce. — F. A. Oldaker; The 

 Bed House, Haslemere, September 16th, 1913. 



Colias edusa in Wiltshire. — I saw several specimens of 

 C. edusa at Pewsey at the end of August. Others were noted 

 throughout September up to date. — (Bev.) C. A. Sladen; Alton 

 Barnes Bectory, Pewsey, Wilts, September 23th, 1913. 



Colias edusa in Yorkshire. — I took C. edusa in good condition 

 at Bridlington, September 7th, 1913. — H. Douglas Smart ; Shelley, 

 Huddersfield, September 14th, 1913. 



Larvae op Tortrix pronubana on Geranium. — I have just read 

 Mr. Claxton's (p. 196) record of Tortrix pronubana found feeding on 

 geranium in his greenhouse. It is interesting to hear that this little 

 species has reached Bomford. If reference is made to the Entom. 

 Becord, vol. 20, p. 213, it will be seen, however, that geranium is 

 not a new food-plant for this omnivorous insect. Perhaps if Mr. 

 Claxton could trace the origin of any geranium cuttings he may have 

 had from the south— or through a florist — he might be able to 

 account for the presence of T. pronubana in his greenhouse. The 

 larvae are particularly fond of making their abode in that end of 

 the stem which is left after the cutting is trimmed for striking. 

 They often feed in considerable numbers in my boxes of geranium 

 cuttings. — Frank E. Lowe ; Guernsey, August 21st, 1913. 



Tortrix pronubana at Harrow. — At dusk on September 16th I 

 took a specimen of this moth on my open window here. — F. W. 

 Edwards, Kingswear, Cornwall Boad, Harrow. 



Araschnia levana in Britain. — I was interested in Mr. H. 

 Bowland-Brown's remarks in the September issue (p. 267) of the 

 ' Entomologist,' and am communicating with him direct, but in case 

 any other reader is interested in this capture I would point out that 

 there is no doubt as to its being A. levana, the species being clearly 

 described by W. F. Kirby, F.E.S., in text, and he also gives splendid 

 coloured figures of same, including var. porima and prorsa (see 

 ' Butterflies and Moths of Europe,' Cassell & Co). This butterfly is 

 also described and figured in ' Beetles, Butterflies, Moths and other 

 Insects," by A. W. Keppell, F.E.S., and W. Egmont Kirby, but is 



