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the frequent death of the larvae, when feeding on various Clovers and 
Trefoils, is also of interest relatively to its permanent settlement. 
The absence of the Colzas Edusa is noted at Banff by Mr. Thomas 
Edward; also at Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, by Mr. Tait, although one 
specimen is recorded by him (in the Scot. Nat.) as seen at Harray, 
Orkney, on the 19tli of June. At Maxwelltown, Dumfries, it appeared 
on the 3rd of June in fair numbers, after an absence of sixteen years, 
hut was confined to Clover fields, sown out in the spring of 1876. In 
Cumberland it was seen in some numbers at various places, including 
Workington, where it had not appeared for forty years previously; 
and it extended up to the Scottish border. At Darlington, Durham, 
a few were seen up to the 1st of October. Near Northwich, Cheshire, 
Mrs. Leathes records the Edusa as being first represented, on June 
20th, by a much-injured female specimen, others only beginning to 
appear about the 11th of August, and continuing till the beginning of 
Colias Edusa. 
September. They are noted as very abundant, and as not having 
been seen in the neighbourhood for many years, and never in the 
great numbers of the present season. The Edusa is also recorded as 
numerous during the summer throughout Cheshire. At Bishop’s 
Frome, Hereford, the Rev. H. L. Graham gives them as rather 
common during August and September, only one specimen having 
been observed by himself in the neighbourhood in previous years. 
Mr. Rolfe notes one specimen only, as observed at Welbeck 
Abbey, N. Notts, on September 8th; hut that a little further 
south, and at Nottingham, it was more abundant, several being 
taken, both of the vernal and autumnal broods. At Great Cotes, 
Lincolnshire, the chief appearance of the Edusa is noted by the 
Rev. J. Cordeaux, on August the 17tli; out of forty specimens 
captured, three only being females. Near Norwich we have notes of 
its occasional appearance, in the latter part of August, from the Rev. 
A. S. Ormerod; and it was also observed on the 27th of September. 
