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we may not be equally correct in placing the two series A and B 

 together as ferriigata. 



I believe that there is still much to do before we can say that we 

 know all about the common, but pretty little insect we call Coremia 

 ferricgata; and I hope that these few observations may induce 

 other collectors to work out, as far as possible, the life-history of 

 such varieties of the species as they may meet with. 



My Summer Holiday. 



By R. Adkin, F.E.S. Read December Zth, 1892. 



It has been my custom, during the past few years, to give the 

 members of this Society a short account of such matters entomolo- 

 gical as came under my notice during my summer holiday ; and in 

 the hope that the few notes I was able to make within the fortnight 

 or so that I was away from home, during the past summer, may not 

 be altogether devoid of interest, I propose to occupy a few minutes 

 in detailing them. 



After considerable debate upon the respective merits of the various 

 health resorts within an easy run of London, we finally decided upon 

 Folkestone, and I accordingly took up my quarters there on the 

 4th of August'. It was a beautifully sunny afternoon as the train 

 sped aljng through the outskirts of greater London, bearing me to 

 my destination, and I instinctively looked along the flowery railway 

 banks. Butterflies were not numerous, an occasional Pieris bras- 

 sicce, L., or one of iis smaller brethren, for some time alone relievino- 

 the monotony ; but just as we reached the first range of hills a 

 brilliant specimen of Colzas edusa, Fb., flitted by. It was the first 

 that I had seen this year, and the very sight of it seemed to impress 

 me with a longing to be rambling on the sunny downs, where, 

 judging from the reports, I hoped that I should find the species in 

 some abundance. In this I can hardly say that I was successful 

 for, as the following account will show, although always present, 

 I was unable to discover it in any large numbers at any time during 

 my stay. The 5th and 6th were fine, sunny days, and a morning 

 walk about the downs and warren resulted in the discovery of a 

 couple of specimens on each occasion. The 7th was rainy, and 

 none were seen ; but on the sun appearing again on the morning of 

 the 8th, the species was seen flitting on the front of the Lees, to the 

 number of possibly half-a-dozen. This appeared to be one of its 

 chief resorts, and it was to be found there on every sunny day until 

 I finally left on 5th September. 



But to return to the downs, the species appeared to become 

 gradually more common, reaching its climax about 21st August, on 



