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any use to me, and he was no better pleased when, in transferring it to 

 his killing bottle, the insect managed to escape. However, to make 

 amends he soon got another "female" under his net, wnich he oftered 

 to me, but it proved to be a male. This boy was very keen, and 1 saw 

 a good deal of him afterwards when he brought all kinds of things to 

 be named, and I hope will later on be a valuable recruit to our hobby. 



On September 10th I went to Eastbourne for a few days, and 

 although I had no time for entomology I managed on the 11th to box 

 a worn, diminutive male specimen of C. ednm in a garden in the town, 

 as it was feeding on a hawkweed flower. 



On September 14th I was back at Bournemouth and netted a male 

 underside var., very similar to the one I took on September 7th, but a 

 little worn, and a specimen of var. helice, with one hindwing chipped, 

 but otherwise in good condition. This was the only var. helice seen. 



I did not see any more C. edusa until September 23rd, when at 

 Bournemouth I saw two specimens flying swiftly with the south-west 

 wind, near the edge of the cliff. 



On September 24th G. edusa was flying on the railway banks at 

 Bosham, Sussex. 



On September 28th I took a male freshly emerged and another worn 

 at Bournemouth, and the last specimen seen was flying along the sands 

 on September 30th. — C. W. Colthrup. 



My Diary Notes on Entomology in France, 1917. — The fortune 

 of war has carried me to Boulogne, and although one never knows 

 one's fate in war time, I write the following notes during the limited 

 spare time I have, hoping that they may be of general interest : — 



June 29th. — As in England, the spring butterflies are over, and I 

 am too late for any cabinet speciuiens of Melitaea cinxia, which occurs 

 freely in the Foret de Boulogne, a few miles inland. To-day I have 

 collected under a cloudy sky in the Vallee du Denacre, a short distance 

 along to the right of the Rue de Calais, near Napoleon's Column. 

 The Vallee du Denacre is reached from the old town of Boulogne (that 

 part within the old ramparts, including the old cathedral), by way of 

 the Rue de Lille, the Porte de Calais, and Rue de Calais. On any 

 day except a Sunday this valley is generally undisturbed. To-day 

 Epinephele jurtina (janira) was flying quite fresh in the still uncut 

 hay fields, and I was pleased to find a brown speckled plume moth 

 unfamiliar to me in England, together with an interesting assortment 

 of Coleoptera and Diptera. Unfortunately, I believe the city museum 

 is closed owing to the war, but if I can, I will get inside, as it will 

 greatly help me to name insects of other orders than Lepidoptera. It 

 takes one hour to reach the Vallee du Denacre on foot from the old 

 town. 



July 2nd. — The weather having greatly improved this afternoon, I 

 tried a valley among the hills at the back of the town, which I shall 

 describe more precisely if I find it really good. To-day I captured 

 Augiades sylvaniis in both sexes ; Coenonympha pamphilus, going over ; 

 E. jurtina, the females quite fresh ; a pair of Aglais urticae, who were 

 courting at tea time; Pyrameis atalanta, quite fresh, though flying 

 with hybernated "cousins"; and one Pieris napi, summer brood. 

 The ground promises better things as the season advances. 



July 6th. — I collected to-day in the same valley, but on lower 

 ground, which slopes finally towards the river. The wind was strong, 



