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men, darkly marked, and in perfect condition. This is only the third time 

 that I have seen this buttertly in North Staffordshire, and I have only 

 heard ol two or three other specimens being taken in the last twenty-five 

 years. I fancy this is one of those insects that is unfortunately on the 

 decrease in this country. — (Rev.j Thos. W. Daltry ; Madeley Vicarage, 

 Stuflfordshire. 



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A male C. edusa was taken in a turnip field near Wigtown on Sept. 

 22nd. At the same time and place a female was seen, but not captured. 

 Another specimen was taken at Tarbert, Loch Fyne. Six males (besides 

 several more seen) were taken at Kilmorie, in south of Arran, and another 

 on the west coast of the island. — J. A. Mackonoguie ; The Hirsel, 

 Coldstream. 



I see that C. edusa has been reported as captured or seen in several 

 places in Scotland; but the most important capture of this rather rare 

 visitor to the North has not been noticed in the ' Entomologist.' An 

 Edinburgh collector, iVIr. Geikie, who was staying near to me in the South 

 of Arran, took six specimens of edusa, and saw others, in September. This 

 was made known by a letter to the ' Scotsman,' and the report elicited the 

 information that edusa had also turned up at Tarbert (Loch Fyne), and in 

 Wigtoushire. This is not the first time that edusa has been found in 

 Arran ; and I fancy that, whenever its " year " comes round, those who 

 look carefully for it, in the beautiful islaa i, will not be disappointed. — 

 (llev.) A. B. Watson; 10, London Street, Edinburgh. 



C. edusa has been very common at Broadstairs, Kent, this year. My 

 brother and I were therefor a fortnight from Aug. 17th, during which time 

 we caught about seventy C. edusa, two var. helice, and thirty-three C. hyale. 

 The weather was very wet and windy ; in fact, we had only about three good 

 days for collecting ; if it had been better we could probably have caught many 

 more C. hyale, as we saw about twice as many as we cauglit. C. edusa var. 

 helice was rare; we only saw the two we captured. For about the first 

 week C. hyale was scarce and much battered ; but the second week there 

 were a great many more, and nearly all in good condition. I have also 

 seen a few C. edusa round Acton this year, and in July I caught two on 

 Wormwood Scrubs. The only time I have seen C. edusa before was in 

 August, 1885, in which year I saw three at Broadstairs. — H. J. Dixon ; 

 7, Leamington Park Villas, Acton, W., Nov, 3, 1892. 



During September C. edusa occurred commonly near Rimsgate, but' 

 specimens in good order were hard to find. Three worn C hyale were 

 netted, and two others missed. — A. T. iMitghell ; 5, Glaytou Terrace, 

 Gunnersbury, W., Nov. .5, 1892. 



On the 5th of June last I succeeded in capturing a beautiful specimen 

 of C. hyale in a lane near Maldon, Essex, flying in company with C. edusa. 

 I have just been asked by an eminent entomologist to record this, as the 

 date of capture may prove of interest. — T. M. Seesdale ; (J, Frederick's 

 Place, Old Jewry, E.G., Nov. 8, 1892. 



My first captures, since 1877, of that capricious species, C. edusa, were 

 on July 26th, near Milton (Hants); but, owing to the extremely rough 

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