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saw and took several. From this time on the insect appeared in consider- 

 able numbers. It was abundant near the Start point on July 12th and 

 13th. During September it could be observed on every fine day, continuing 

 all through October; and T noticed several on November 2ud on the coast 

 here. — John N. Still; Seaton, Devon. 



CoLiAs EDUSA IN Kent. — I saw Several specimens of C. edusa on the wing 

 to-day, along the west cliff towards Sandgate ; some vvere in fair condition ; 

 others were worn, and had evidently been on the wing for some considerable 

 time. They have occurred sparingly from time to time the whole of the 

 season through. The date mentioned being late in the season for the 

 species, it is interesting. — W. Purdey; Folkestone, Oct. 29, 1893. 



CoLiAs IN Jersey. — With regard to the occurrence in Jersey of Colias 

 edusa and C. hyale, in the seasous of 1892 and 1893, 1 should like to make 

 the following remarks. In 1892 C. edusa was exceedingly common, being 

 found almost everywhere and in vast numbers. Its pale var. helice was 

 also far from rare. C. hyale, on the contrary, was very scarce ; indeed, I only 

 know of one specimen being seen in the whole of the season. In 1893 

 although G. edusa was not rare, yet its numbers fell far short of last 

 season's, while C. hyale was much more abundant. A good many of the 

 latter have been seen; almost as many, indeed, as of C. edusa. — Stanley 

 Guiton; 31, Bath Street, St. Helliers, Jersey, Oct. 24, 1893. 



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Entomological Society of London. — November 8th, 1893. — Henry 

 John Elwes, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. Mr. Henry 

 Jerome Turner, of 13, Drakefell Koad, Hatcham, S.E.; Mr. P. W. Urich, 

 of Trinidad, West Indies ; and Mr. John Cooper Webb, of 32, Henslowe 

 Road, Dulwich, S.E., were elected Fellows of the Society. Mr. F. 

 Merrifield exhibited some low-temperature forms of Vanessa atalanta, 

 artificially produced, which showed a great reduction in the area of the 

 scarlet bands on the wings, and a great increase in the area of the white and 

 bluish markings. Professor E. B. Poulton described and illustrated, by 

 means of a map, a simple method for showing the geographical distri- 

 bution of insects in collections. Below the name-label of the genus, and of 

 each species, were placed coloured slips of such a size as to be distinctly 

 visible at a distance, and the colours, with one exception, corresponded with 

 those made use of in the map at the beginning of vol. i. of Dr. A. R. 

 Wallace's ' Geographical Distribution of Animals.' The exception referred 

 to was the Palsearctic Region, which was coloured blue, instead of pale 

 brown as in the original. Framed maps of the same kind, and coloured in 

 the same way as the one he exhibited, were to be placed in museums, so as 

 to be readily seen from various groups of cabinets. In these maps the 

 names of the Regions, and numbers of the Sub-regions, were distinctly 

 printed, so that they could be read at a considerable distance. Prof. Poulton 

 added that the method he had described was being gradually introduced 

 into the Hope Collections at Oxford. Mr. McLachlan stated that a some- 

 what similar plan to that described by Prof. Poulton for showing the 

 geographical distribution of insects, had been adopted in the Brussels 

 Museum by Mons. Preudhomme de Borre. Mr. W. F. H. Blandford, 

 Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. C. J. Gahan, Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, Mr. S. Stevens, 



