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On September 7th I took a specimen of Colias edusa, male, near Fox- 

 hill heath ; where also I obtained Heliophobus popidaris on grass-steins, 

 Depressaria umbellana (new to Suff)lk), and about twenty larvae oi Bombyx 

 riibi. At electric light were taken Ennomos fuscantaria and H. popidaris : 

 and from gas-lamps, E. fuscantaria. Ajickocelis lunosa, and Xanthia gilvago. 

 Insects of a common order came freely to sugar, including Thera variata, 

 X. gilvago, and Orthosia macilenta. 



In October the only things of note were Polia flavicincta and Xylina 

 rhizolitha from palings. 



As November opened with early frosts collecting had to be abandoned, 

 so far as the imago was concerned. On the 17th, however, whilst paying a 

 visit to the woods, I took a few Hybernia defuliaria, male and female, and 

 H. aurantia^^ia, male (2), at rest on palings and tree-trunks. On my return in 

 the evening, which turned out to be one of those warm and muggy evenings 

 we so rarely get amid a spell of cold weather, I had the good fortune to take 

 from three gas-lamps, Himera pennaria, Pcecdocampa populi (3), and 

 Petasia cassinea, which brings to an end the list of a successful season's 

 captures. — Ernest Baylis ; Burrell Road, Ipswich. 



Stray Notes on the Diurni during 1895. — The majority of the 

 following notes of dates and occurrences were made by myself in the Isle of 

 Wight, where I spent the greater portion of last summer: — 



Leucophada sinapis. This species I sought for in vain in the Isle of 

 Wight during the spring. One specimen was taken at Sidmouth (South 

 Devon) on July 16th, but no more were seen. 



Pieris bramccB. First brood decidedly rare. First appearance. May 

 22nd, and only three subsequently seen. Second brood (from July 19th) 

 fairly abundant. 



P. rapce. First specimen, April 11th. 



P. napi. May 9th, &c. Second brood in by far the greater profusion. 



Eicchloe cardamines. May 8th to June 21st, common. 



Gonopteryx rhatnni. This buttertly seems by no means abundant in 

 the island ; only a few hybernated, and but two later freshly-emerged 

 specimens came under my notice. There are some fine bushes of Rhamnus 

 fraiigula in Parkhurst Forest, and in some other copses. R. catharticus I 

 was unable to find, though its name appears in the island flora ; but it can 

 scarcely be common. 



Colias edusa. The first specimens seen (hybernated, I presume, 

 though I was unable to net any) appeared early in June; on the 9th 

 several were seen flying hurriedly along the Undercliff. No more were 

 noticed till July 7th, on which day, and the four succeeding ones, a few 

 freshly-emerged examples, mostly males, were captured on the coast 

 of South Devon. From July 29th till early in September (when I feft the 

 Isle of Wight), this butterfly was more or less common all over the island, 

 more being seen on the rough flowery slopes of the Undercliff" than 

 elsewhere perhaps ; but in the Carisbrooke district it was by no means 

 rare. Owing, I suppose, to the rough windy weather that prevailed early 

 in August, when the greater number were emerging, perfect specimens 

 were rarely obtainable. Two specimens of the variety helice were met 

 with, and others were reported. A wasted specimen of edusa, accidentally 

 left in a box, was found to have laid a single egg, which hatched on 

 Aug. 22nd; larva pupated Sept. 25th; and the butterfly, a male, emerged 

 Oct. 13th, evidently an example of a second brood of this species. The 



ENTOM. — MAR. 1896. H 



