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chalk hills near Reigate, September 4th, 1900.—R. M. Prinaux, 
Reigate Hill. September 7th, 1900. 4 
I saw two male Colias edusa on September 6th, near Easingwold, 
about twelve miles north of York.—S. Waker, Eddercliffe, Queen 
Anne’s Road, York. September 9th, 1900. 
On August 19th, I went to Herne Bay with a friend, where we 
captured ten specimens of Colias hyale (both sexes), but only saw two 
C. edusa,. On September 8th I went to Boxmoor, in Herts, with my 
uncle, Mr. A. Cottam, but the sun, although shining hotly before we got 
to the field, suddenly clouded over, and we only saw two C. hyale, both 
of which we took. I may add that when my uncle was at Bridgwater 
he captured several C. edusa, and in one clover field on one morning, 
he took thirty, including ten females, of which three were ab. helice.— 
T. M. Corram, Threadneedle Street, E.C. September 10th, 1900. 
Colias edusa has been moderately common in this neighbourhood 
during the autumn.—N. M. Ricuarpson, Monte Video, near Wey- 
mouth. September 11th, 1900. 
During August I have been travelling in the southern part 
of the dept. of Finisterre; the weather was rarely very fine, 
although in Cancale just previously it had been superb. I am 
particularly interested in Colias edusa and C. hyale. Both species are 
this year very rare in Brittany. In Finisterre I have seen very few 
C. edusa and no C. hyale. At Cancale I was out every day, and here, 
neither species was at all abundant, C. hyale even rarer than C. edusa. 
I saw perhaps, on an average, from six to eight C. edusa and two to 
four U. hyale each day. The former is extremely common some years, 
but this year, as I have said, C. edusa is rare. In my garden Argynnis 
lathonia, Pyrameis cardui, P. atalanta, Polygonia c-albun, Coltas edusa, 
C. hyale, Lampides boetica, Polyommatus icarus, P. astrarche, Chryso- 
phanus phlaeas, Gonepteryx rhamni, Pararge egeria, P. megaera, 
Coenonympha pamphilus, Hipparchia semele, Pieris rapae, P. napi, and 
Syrichthus malvae have been flying. I do not remember having seen 
any other Diurni, between September 2ndand 14th. The best Noctuid 
that I have taken was Heliophobus hispida, and I have seen Fubolia 
peribolata.—C. Osertutr, F.E.S., Rennes. September 15th, 1900. 
During a visit to Burgess Hill, in Sussex, extending from July 17th 
to September 10th, I saw a fair number of Colias edusa and C. hyale. 
The species were always seen together, either on clover in the weald 
or on the downs. The dates on which C. hyale were taken are as 
follows :—August 10th, two; August 11th, two; August 138th, one; 
August 14th, one; August 15th, two; August 16th, three; August 17th, 
three; August 18th, one; August 24th, one; August 25th, three; 
September 8rd, three (including one white specimen); September 4th, 
one; September 6th, one. C’. edusa was seen in fairly large numbers 
on all these dates. On September 17th, two examples of C. edusa were 
seen in Belmont Road, ottenham.—J.C. Dotuman, Bedford Park, 
W. September 17th, 1900. 
I observed Colias edusa and C. hyale first on Saturday, August 
18th, when Mr. Mera came to see me, and captured fourteen C. hyale 
and two C. edusa. Ihad seen none earlier, and from the fine condition 
of the C. hyale I should suppose they had just appeared. I went out 
myself on August 21st, and took sixteen C.hyale with one C. edusa. 
On August 29th I took thirteen C. hyale and five C. edusa, on the 
