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pleasant habit of coming out of an 
evening after dark, we stuck them in a 
cupboard, and so contrived to delude 
their feeble intellects that they came out 
at mid-day, and seemed quite astounded 
at the sun when we came to give them 
an airing before their chloroform. We 
have a few to spare after supplying old 
friends, but not enough to enable me to 
make a general offer ; any applicant 
should therefore write lirst. All the spe- 
cimens are perfect, and as yet unset. — 
W. D. Crotch, Uphill House , Weston. 
super-Mare ; August 12. 
Colias Edusa at Ulverstone. — In taking 
a walk on the borders of the town of Ul- 
verstone yesterday, I saw and took a fine 
specimen of Colias Edusa. I have not 
before seen or heard of this insect in this 
locality. — James Kirby, Market Street, 
Ulverstone ; Auyust 16. 
Colias Edusa very abundant. — I am 
no entomologist, but am fond of running 
after butterflies, and on two mornings in 
the course of last week I took nine Colias 
Edusa and five Cynthia Cardui, which I 
gave to a friend, whose cabinet they now 
adorn. Had I devoted more of my time, 
I doubt not but that I could have taken 
an almost unlimited number of both 
species. — Edward B. Tweed, the Gram- 
mar School, Kettering ; August 14. 
Colias Edusa. — This is now out in all 
its glory on the chalk hills near Reigate. 
It is, however, difficult to catch, flying 
rapidly over the steep slopes, and seldom 
settling. I should advise any one who 
may be induced to come here after it to 
bring with him a clap-net, not a ring-net, 
as I have found the latter of little use : 
they skim over the ground in a quick 
dodging flight, evading all lateral strokes 
aimed at them ; whereas a downright 
stroke from above generally succeeds. 
These remarks apply only to the male, 
for the female seems very rare here. I 
have only seen one, and she was easy 
enough to catch, flying slow and settling 
often, for laying eggs I suppose. I have 
also taken one Hyale, the only one I 
have seen, which, from its fresh, dark ap- 
pearance, I should say had not seen the 
light long. In returning from one of 
these expeditions the other evening, I 
espied a beetle under the shade of a tuft, 
which on examination I found to be an 
Amara Patricia, a rather local insect. 
This shows the use of keeping watch. 
How few, I fear there are, that trouble 
themselves to look out for beetles when 
they are out after the Clouded Yellows ! 
This week we hear of the capture of two 
rarities, one a beetle and one a butterfly. 
How many will be on the look-out for 
Daplidice P Few, I fear, for the splen- 
did Sycophanta ; yet surely more might 
be found if a good look-out were kept. 
Why not employ the Coast Guard? they 
would be more likely to find Sycophanta 
than a French fleet at Dover, or any. 
where else on the coast. Your advice to 
tourists, this week, I think first-rate ; 
I only hope some will read it, and 
remember the bottle when packing for a 
journey. — Thomas Linnell, Redstone 
Wood, near Reigate ; August 16. 
Acherontia Atropos. — I have been for- 
tunate enough to find three full-grown 
law® of this Sphinx near Haydon Bridge, 
Northumberland. They have now all 
buried: is it not very early in the sea- 
son for them to do so ? Besides the 
above, I have taken about twenty larv® 
of A. Reclusa, and another Notodontid® 
larva, which looks very like N. Tritophus. 
— David P. M orison, 49, King Street, 
Bath; August 16. 
Sphinx Convolvuli. — A fine specimen 
of this insect flew in at my window last 
night. — H. T. Stainton ; Aug. 25. 
Colias Edusa. — On the 11th and 12th 
instant I met with this insect at St. 
Mary’s Church, Torquay, in a clover 
field, in very fine condition. I have 
some duplicates, part of which are un- 
set, which I shall be glad to exchange 
for any local species. I also took three 
C. Hyale in the same field, but have no 
