NOTES ON COLLECTING. 339 
Lampides boetica, a rather worn male, for some time at flowers of large 
blue annual lupin, and later, from September 3rd to 14th, I observed 
a few in the garden, but never more than three at a time. On 
August 8th I first noticed Colias edusa, and took one Vanessa io, a very 
scarce insect here. On August 11th, Colias hyale appeared, and on 
the 13th, Papilio machaon caused a sensation by flying wildly about 
the cliffs at Icart Point.. A few days later it was captured and two 
others were seen. On the 14th, C. hyale was more numerous, and by 
this time CU. edusa was swarming everywhere, and still visits my 
garden up to date (October 10th). I secured two very fine CU. var. 
helice on the 18th and had my pick of any number of the normal 
form. A larva of the bright green form of Acherontia atropos was brought 
me found feeding on jessamine, and later, from potato, two of the yellow 
aberration, but none, I fear, were healthy, though they are now pupe. 
Callimorpha hera bas been very abundant, but I have only seen 
one Sphina convolvuli this year. At sugar I had some success, con- 
sidering the limited range of work—a few young trees and some tarred 
palings in my garden of less than half an acre. I began to sugar in 
the last week of July. I will only mention with dates either the rarer 
species or such appearances as seem in any way exceptional as to time. 
Mania maura was very abundant from July 26th-August 19th, and 
was still out on August 80th. Of Leucania albipuncta I was fortunate 
enough to take seven specimens, all in first-class order, one each on 
the following dates: August 2nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 29th, Sep- 
tember 17th, which gives a pretty extended period on the wing. Calymnia 
affiuis appeared first on August 8th and then on to the 15th. DBryophila 
muralis, Peridroma saucia, and Cidaria prunata were captured. I first took 
the second brood of Caradrina ambiqua on August 19th (afterwards it was 
out in hundreds, lasting until September 24th), when I last observed 
it.  Agrotis segetwm reappeared in wonderful variety on the same date, 
and Aygrotis puta became very common, having first shown itself on 
August 4th. Peridroma saucia by this time was common, P. suffusa 
hardly less so, whilst Noctua rubi began to come to sugar. Of 
Leucania putrescens I took two—one on August 24th, the other, not so 
good, on the 8ist. Of Ayrotis lunigera I secured four stragglers from 
August 29th to September 28th. On September 5th and following 
days I took two or three Acidalia virgularia freshly emerged, which 
was so late as to suggest a second brood, and on September 28th a 
very beautifully fresh Leucania vitellina § was the crowning prize, 
followed on October 3rd by an aberration of Polia flavicincta, which is 
avery remarkable contrast to the very dark form which commonly 
obtains here. The ground colour of the upper wing is so light a grey 
as to be nearly white, the central band in dark grey is very complete, 
and the dark, wedge-shaped marks of the ante-marginal ornamenta- 
tion very strongly defined in the same tone, tipped with orange, but 
already I fear the orange markings here and round the central band 
show a tendency to fade. ‘The hindwings are white with darker 
nervures ; the specimen is a male.—(Rerv.) Frank HK. Lows, M.A., 
F.E.S., Guernsey. October 10th, 1900. 
Leprporrera at EnFieLD.—Since my previous note (ante., pp. 271-272) 
I have nothing much to report in the way of captures except the 
abundance of Colias hyale in clover fields near Saffron Walden. Colias 
edusa was scarce in this locality. Larve and pup of Acherontia 
