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Rhopalocera nkar NoTTtNGHAM IN Septbmbicr, 1892. — Butterflies 

 seemed fairly plentiful here about the middle of last September, the 

 Vanessas being in particularly strong force. At the edge of an oak wood 

 near Widmerpool, where thistles abounded, V. atalanta simply swarmed. 

 It was a grand sight to see these beautiful insects circling round the oaks, 

 reminding one of Apatura iris, and, after a short flight, return to the 

 thistle-heads. V. cardiii was not quite so plentiful, and fearfully battered. 

 V. io and V. urticcB were nearly over, only odd ones turning up now and 

 then. Unfortunately I missed a fine specimen of F. polychloros, which is 

 a rare insect in this district. There appeared to be a late brood of Lyccena 

 alexis and Ccenonympha pampMLus, as both species were quite fresh and in 

 large numbers. Near a clover-field I took half-a-dozen fine Colias edusa, 

 the females being in superb condition. A few days previously I netted a 

 very small male on a sunflower in the garden, which is within a mile of the 

 centre of the town on the north side. — A. R. Lewers ; Clinton House, 

 Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. 



Calymnta pyralina in Essex. — I took one rather damaged example of 

 C. pyralina, and one C. affinis, at rest on elm trees, in August, 1892. — 

 Jas. Garrow ; 3, Wolseley Terrace, Leytonstone. 



BiSTON hirtaria in February.— On Friday, Feb. 17th, I took a male 

 Biston hirtaria off a pear-tree trunk in my garden. I think it likely to be 

 some time before this " record " is broken. — C. A. Bird; Rosedale, 162, 

 Balling Road, Hammersmith, W., Feb. 22, 1893. 



Early Spring Lepidoptera. — On the 20th of this month a friend of 

 mine ssivi 'Gonepteryx rhamni on the wing near Gipsy Lane, Eastham. It 

 was chased by him and two others, but managed to get away. Are there 

 any other records of its appearance on the wing so early ? On the previous 

 day I took a male Anisopteryx (Escularia at rest on a wood fence, in the 

 vicinity of Wanstead. The day was very warm and bright, but rather 

 windy. — Jas. Garrow; 3, Wolseley Terrace, Birkbeck Road, Leytonstone, 

 Feb. 20, 1893. 



CoLiAs EDUSA IN NORFOLK, 1892. — On Sept. 13th, 1892, I captured 

 three small specimens of Colias edusa in the Beach Gardens, at Great 

 Yarmouth, and saw another on the 27th. Through leaving Yarmouth in 

 October last, and not getting copies of the ' Entomologist ' regularly, I am 

 sorry to say I was unable to report my captures so that they could have 

 been published in their proper place in the list. I notice that there is only 

 one record from Norfolk, and that of only one specimen, which makes the 

 county appear to have been almost exempted from their visits. — J. E. 

 Knight ; 3, Mount Joy Street, Newport, Mon., Feb. 3, 1893. 



Brephos parthenias. — I had my first entomological field-day on 

 Saturday last (March 1 1th), when I went to Delamere Forest. Brephos 

 parthenias was flying about commonly in the bright sunshine, but, although 

 we compared notes with some Manchester entomologists whom we met, not 

 a single capture of this species was made on that day. — J. Arkle ; Chester. 



Vanessa polychloros on the Thames Embankment. — As I was 

 walking down the Embankment, about two o'clock to-day (the sun being 

 just at the time rather powerful), a specimen of Vanessa polychloros alighted 

 on the pavement, about a couple of yards from me. The insect was, I 



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