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Lampides boetica, a rather worn male, for some time at flowers of large 

 blue annual lupin, and later, from September 3rd to 14th, I observed 

 a few in the garden, but never more than three at a time. On 

 x\ugust 8th I first noticed Colias eclusa, and took one Vanessa io, a very 

 scarce insect here. On August 11th, Colias Injale appeared, and on 

 the 13th, Papilio machaon caused a sensation by flying wildly about 

 the clifis at Icart Point. A few days later it was captured and two 

 others were seen. On the 14th, C. hyale was more numerous, and by 

 this time C. eclusa was swarming everywhere, and still visits my 

 garden up to date (October 10th). I secured two very fine C var. 

 helice on the 18th and had my pick of any number of the normal 

 form. A larva of the bright green form of Acherontia atropos was brought 

 me found feeding on jessamine, and later, from potato, two of the yellow 

 aberration, but none, I fear, were healthy, though they are now pupge. 

 Callimorpha hera has been very abundant, but I have only seen 

 one Sphinx convolvnli this year. At sugar I had some success, con- 

 sidering the limited range of work — a few young trees and some tarred 

 palings in my garden of less than half an acre. I began to sugar in 

 the last week of July. I will only mention with dates either the rarer 

 species or such appearances as seem in any way exceptional as to time. 

 Mania maura was very abundant from July 26th-August 19th, and 

 was still out on August 30th. Of Leucania albipuncta I was fortunate 

 enough to take seven specimens, all in first-class order, one each on 

 the following dates : August 2nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 29th, Sep- 

 tember 17th, which gives a pretty extended period on the wing. Calymnia 

 affinis appeared first on August 8th and then on to the 15th. Bnjophila 

 muralis, Feridroma saucia, and Cidariapranata were captured. I first took 

 the second brood of Caradrina ambir/ua on August 19th (afterwards it was 

 out in hundreds, lasting until September 24th), when I last observed 

 it. Agrotis seyetum reappeared in wonderful variety on the same date, 

 and Agrotis puta became very common, having first shown itself on 

 August 4th. Pcridroma saucia by this time was common, P. suffusa 

 hardly less so, whilst Noctua rubi began to come to sugar. Of 

 Leucania putrescens I took two — one on August 24th, the other, not so 

 good, on the 31st. Of Agrotis lunigera I secured four stragglers from 

 August 29th to September 28th. On September 5th and following 

 days I took two or three Acidalia virgularia freshly emerged, which 

 was so late as to suggest a second brood, and on September 28th a 

 very beautifully fresh Ijeucania vitellina $■ was the crowning prize, 

 followed on October 3rd by an aberration of Polia flavicincta, which is 

 a very remarkable contrast to the very dark form which commonly 

 obtains here. The ground colour of the upper wing is so light a grey 

 as to be nearly white, the central band in dark grey is very complete, 

 and the dark, wedge-shaped marks of the ante-marginal ornamenta- 

 tion very strongly defined in the same tone, tipped with orange, but 

 already I fear the orange markings here and round the central band 

 show a tendency to fade. The hindwings are white with darker 

 nervures ; the specimen is a male. — (Kev.) Fkank E. Lowe, M.A., 

 F.E.S., Guernsey. October IQth, 1900. 



Lepidoptera at Enfield. — Since my previous note {ante. , pp. 271-272) 

 I have nothing much to report in the way of captures except the 

 abundance of Colias hyale in clover fields near Saffron Walden. Colias 

 edusa was scarce in this locality. Larvae and pups of Acherontia 



