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Since reading this paper to the Club at Chollerford, Mr 0. 

 Eoach Smith, an antiquary of great eminence, has examined the 

 coins in detail and inquired on the spot into all the circumstances 

 of the deposit. His opinion is in conformity with that which I 

 have ventured to express. In a paper written by him, and read 

 before the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, Feb. 4, 1878, he 

 says, " Whatever may have been the exact positions of the coins 

 in the fountain, they do not indicate a careful and gradual de- 

 posit ; but on the contrary, a sudden and hurried concealment. 

 The altars especially confirm this conclusion. They were intended 

 for the eye, not for burial ; but as at Axelodunum, the altars 

 when some great disaster was imminent, were carefully buried ; 

 so at Procolitia, those in or around the temple of Coventina, were 

 taken to what was properly considered a place of safety ; but 

 while their guardians found for them a secure sanctuary, they 

 never returned to reclaim their treasure or to record their last 

 vows." 



If this theory be not considered tenable — the truth still lies 

 hid at the bottom of the well. 



On the occurrence of Colias Edusa in 1877. By James 

 Hardy. 



The occurrence of Colias Edusa, (the Clouded Yellow Butterfly) 

 throughout the country in 1877, was one of the great entomo- 

 logical events of the period. Without further allusion to this 

 general distribution of the insect, it is merely my object to record 

 one or two of its manifestations in the Border districts, other 

 than those specified in previous communications. Under my 

 own observation its first appearance on the sea-banks near Old- 

 cambus was on June 3rd. It swept suddenly across the steep 

 banks in a wild flight like an Emperor Moth, and then checked 

 itself, and alighted on a dandelion, and then on a buttercup ; 

 closing up its wings like a Meadow Brown. Being startled it 

 disappeared round the headlands, leaving a doubt as to the 

 accuracy of the specific identification made during the glimpse 

 obtained of it. Being on the outlook next day, I obtained a 

 nearer view, and was enabled to discern its character. It was 



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