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CoLiAS EDUSA AND C. HYALE IN NoRMANDY. — In Normandy, Colias 

 Injale appears first in May and again in August and September but it 

 is much more common in the autumn than in the spring, in fact, I 

 have but rarely taken it in May. Colias edusa, which appears in the 

 spring in Algeria and in the south, is very rare in Normandy at this 

 season of the year, I saw it on June 12th, 1898, on the dunes by the 

 seashore near Trouville, but I have never taken it in the spring at 

 Pont-de-l'Arche, where I have collected continuously for many years ; 

 it occurs, however, in August and September and sometimes emerges 

 at the end of July. At Havre it appears late, and I see it every year 

 flying at the foot of the cliffs on fine days at the commencement of 

 October, whilst in 1898 I saw one as late as November 6th. It is true 

 that the locality is perfectly protected against the wind by the cliffs, 

 and is exposed to the south. As to the ? var hdice it is extremely rare 

 in Normandy, and I have only once taken it in this district viz., Pont- 

 de-l'Arche in 1879, in fact, C. edusa varies scarcely at all, whilst C. 

 hyale varies enormously. — L, Dupont, 3, Kue de I'Orangerie, Le Havre. 

 November lith, 1900. 



Colias edusa in Middlesex and Toukaine. — Colias edusa has turned 

 up here in Middlesex again this year apparently in some numbers. 

 During my absence from home several specimens haunted the garden 

 in July, and others were taken by friends quite close. I noticed that, 

 in the October number of the Entom. Eecord, p. 279, M. C. Oberthiir 

 remarks that, in the southern part of Finisterre and in Brittany, both 

 C. edusa and C. hi/ale have been rare. On September 18th in a lucerne 

 field just outside Tours to the east, by the banks of the Loire, I found 

 C. edusa swarming with countless hosts of Pieris brassicae ; in fact, 

 since 1877 in the Isle of Wight, I never remember to have seen so many 

 together or in such fine condition. Very little besides was on the wing 

 and the only other insects I came across were a few battered Vanessa io 

 which haunted the asters in the grounds of the Paris Exhibition. In 

 Touraine the drought and heat were exceptional I understand during 

 the summer months and the garden crops largely destroyed. The C. 

 edusa met with at Tours were, therefore, probably a second brood. — H. 

 KowLAND Brown, M.A., F.E.S., Oxhey Grove, Harrow- Weald. 

 November 15th, 1900. 



Unusual times of appearance of Sphingids.- — I captured 

 (August 29th, 1899) a specimen of Smerinthus pojyuli flying in the 

 evening around a lamp at St.-Jean-de-Luz (Basses-Pyrenees). As to 

 Macrof/lossa stellataruin, it occurs regularly at Le Havre, and I captured 

 one February 7th, 1899, in my own room. It appears to be common 

 everywhere throughout the country in spring and autumn. — L. 

 Dupont, 3, Eue de I'Orangerie, Le Havre. November 2,%id, 1900. 



EuMiA luteolata in September. — Eeferring to the note (antea, 

 p. 304) on the autumnal appearance of Rtunia luteolata, I may state 

 that I saw the autumn brood of this species in Norwood this year for 

 the first time. The earliest was seen July 18th and the next not until 

 September 6th, after which a few others were observed every evening 

 until the 14th. — A. M. Swain, 5, Kelvin Terrace, Sydenham. 

 November 22nd, 1900. 



Lepidopteea at Norwood and Sydenham. — It may be worth noting 

 that Leiocam,pa dictaeoides was common at Norwood during August, 

 and that two specimens of Vanessa io were captured, one August 17th 



