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my brother, Colias hyale in the Priory Park, close to this city, on 

 August 14th, I was confident that both species of the genus Colias 

 might be expected in some numbers. This has turned out to be the 

 case. Having obtained the courteous permission of Edwin Habin, 

 Esq., to hunt in his clover fields, through the indefatigable exertions 

 of my brother, Mr. Frederick Anderson, I became possessed of 40 

 Colias hyale. Kunning in clover, and keeping an eye on the butter- 

 flies, which rarely settle, is by no means an easy task, as my friend, 

 Mrs. Fogden, of Apuldram, discovered when she captured four Colias 

 hyale on August 18th in her clover field, and kindly sent them to me. 

 In this case certainly the ordinary attire of ladies does not tend to 

 facilitate movement. In comparison, Colias hyale has this season been 

 more abundant than the showier Colias ednsa, for which reason, 

 doubtless, only two of the variety helice have been noticed — one 

 captured on August 17th, the other on August 31st. It is somewhat 

 remarkable that up to the time of writing (September 4th, on which 

 date he captured a ? Injale) my brother has this year taken 40 Colias 

 hyale, w^hereas in the great ednsa year of 1877 he caught 40 C. helice 

 var., and some in the garden. Except in the great distinction of sex, 

 colour of sulphur in the male, and dingy white in the female, I have 

 detected little or no variation in the specimens of C. hyale. I have in 

 my cabinet, however, a male in which the two spots in the lower 

 wings are large and very conspicuous, being of a brilliant orange ; a 

 truly splendid colour. — Joseph Anderson, Aire Villa, Chichester. 

 September ith, 1900. 



On August 28th a young friend brought me a specimen of Colias 

 edusa which he had taken (with his hat) at Beeston, Notts. — Douglas 

 H. Peaeson, Chilwell, Notts. September ith, 1900. 



Mr. Mousley sends us a number of cuttings from The Yorkshire Post, 

 from which it would appear that Colias edusa was captured in early 

 July at Stonefield, Dewsbury (Eidgway); C. ednsa and C. hyale at Ely, 

 on August 20th (Campion) ; several C. ednsa at North Cave, East 

 Yorkshire, during week ending August 22nd (Tomlinson); C. ednsa in 

 the Cleveland district of Yorkshire (Withington) ; C. ednsa, between 

 Fairhaven and St. Anne's, near Blackpool (Denison); several specimens 

 of C. ednsa, including one var. helice, on Yorkshire coast, during week 

 ended August 25th (Stevens); C. ednsa at Ripon (Watts). In The 

 Naturalist are recorded : C. hyale, at Bridlington (Corbett) ; C. hyale 

 and C. edusa, in the Ripon district (Fawcett) ; C. hyale and C. edusa, 

 near Beverley (Lowther). — J. W. Tutt. 



Since 1894-1895, Colias edusa has not been specially abundant in 

 Belgium. One meets with it every year, principally in the upper part of 

 the country, and particularly in the valley of the Meuse. In the two 

 years mentioned above, they flew in millions in the lucerne fields, at 

 Jambe, near Naniur. This year it has been particularly rare in the 

 neighbourhood, but I am imformed that it was very abundant in the 

 Belgian Ardennes, especially at Libramont, from July 1st to 27th or 

 thereabouts. Colias hyale is never rare in this country although never 

 very abundant. This year on each of my outings in the valley of the 

 Meuse and its tributaries, I was able to take a dozen. The imagines 

 appear in Belgium towards the end of May, and continue to be seen up 

 to September. C. edusa appears in June and continues on the wing 

 until August. It is much easier to capture than C. hyale. — L. J, 



