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Hants. — I saw a very fine male C. eclusa yesterday in a clover-field near 

 this house, the only specimen I have seen up to the present date. — Capt. 

 S. G. Reid ; Froyle House, Alton, Hants, Sept. 6, 1893. 



On Aug. 8th we saw a C. edusa on the cliff at Hordle, near Milford- 

 on-Sea. On the I7th we saw another near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. — 

 George E. Bergman; 29, Priory Road, Kilburn, N.W., Sept. 3, 1893. 



Hants and Dorset. — During a fortnight (Aug. 22nd to Sept. 5th) spent 

 on the borders of Dorset and Hampshire, I observed six specimens of O. 

 edusa. As far as I can judge of the locality, three of these were observed 

 in Dorset (Wimborne district), and three in Hampshire (Bournemouth 

 district). Lepidoptera generally seemed to be remarkably scarce, with the 

 exception of Chrysophanus phlceas. — Harold Hodge; 2, Essex Court, 

 Temple, Oct. 16, 1893. 



Isle of Wight. — Several specimens of C. edusa seen May llth {ante, 

 p. 198). 



Kent. — One C. hyale captured May 22nd [a7ite, p. 223j ; several C. 

 edusa seen near Dover between April 18th and 23rd {ante, p. 198). 



On Wednesday, Sept. 6th, I captured a male C. edusa, and saw 

 another near Folkestone; and on the 9th my friend Mr. Hills, of that 

 town, caught a fine female of the same species. We only saw these three 

 examples during the fortnight I was there. I also took one V. cardui in 

 splendid condition, and this was the only specimen I saw, neither could I 

 hear of any other having been seen. — W. E. Butler; Hayling House, 

 Reading, Sept. 15, 1893. 



I captured a specimen of C. hyale on the downs at Dover on Aug. 13th, 

 but I did not see even one example of C. edtisa during the fortnight I spent 

 at Dover. — W. J. Kaye ; Worcester Court, Worcester Park, Surrey, Oct. 21. 



Middlesex. — Three specimens of C. edusa captured on April 2nd {ante, 

 p. 252). 



Somersetshire. — On the 16th of August last, when in the train, riding 

 from Crewkerne to Chard, I saw thirteen G. edusa on the railway bank ; 

 but although I several times looked for the same species next day, when on 

 my way to Plymouth, I did not catch sight of any. I may mention that 

 near Worthing, in Sussex, where hundreds could have readily been caught 

 last year, not one put in an appearance, at least all through August. — 

 Hugh E. Hopkins; 153, Camden Grove North, Peckham, S.E., Oct. 19. 



During a three weeks' stay at Shepton Montague, near Castle Gary, 

 Somerset, I caught twenty-five male specimens of G. edusa. As to 

 females, I believe there were none, though I saw many more butterflies 

 than I captured. Except two, all were caught close to the railway, 

 between August 25th and September 14th, inclusive. One specimen 

 slightly varied ; the spot is very small, and has the edusa yellow in the 

 middle of it. Does this spot ever disappear altogether ? Vanessa atalanta 

 and Macroglossa stellatarum were common. I caught two hybernated 

 specimens of V. io at St. Bee's, Cumberland (not Lancashire) The days 

 on which G. edusa were captured were: — August 25th, 1 ; 29th, 2. Sep* 

 tember 3rd, 1; 4th, 3; 5th, 2 ; 6th, 3 ; 9th, 2; llth, 2; 12th, 5 ; 13th, 

 3; 14th, 1. Total, 25. — John Webster; Barony House, St. Bees, 

 Carnforth, August 20, 1893. 



South Wales. — In reply to Mr. Anderson's note (Entom. 276), I am 

 pleased to say that G. edusa turned up here again this year in fair numbers. 

 I have taken between thirty and forty specimens, and seen three or four 

 times as many more, but hitherto have taken only one var. helice. In the 



