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of my boys, on coming in to his dinner, told me there was “ a lovely butterfly 
outside; he had never seen anything like it before ; it was a lovely yellow.” I 
said “ it must be Colias edusa ! Go out and I will give you sixpence if you 
catch it.” At the same time I did not believe it to be in existence in these 
parts. However he caught it and it proved to be C. edusa. Whereupon we 
turned out and were most successful in obtaining several specimens (we did 
not see Helice or Hyale), many having been missed on account of the large 
quantities of Atalanta, Io , Urticce , and Cardui , to say nothing of the swarms 
of P. gamma which were flying about in thousands. I took a large quantity 
of them to feed a few pets I have in a vivarium, in the way of green frogs, 
natter-jack toads, Italian toads, and a young bull Irog who enjoyed them 
extremely. When he gets a little larger I expect he will require a mouse or a 
young bird to keep him going. Earlier in the season larvae of B. trifolii were 
abundant. These have not been seen tor some time in any quantities on the 
sand hills here. The larvae of S. populi, S. ocellatus, Vinula, Ziczac, Dictce, 
S. apiformis, Stellatarum, etc., were most abundant. Apiformis caused great 
destruction to my small poplars. Salicis followed up and eat nearly every leaf off 
them. Zonaria were very abundant in March. Now we come to 1893. The 
weather, as every one vrill remember, vvas intensely hot. Zonaria again ap¬ 
peared iu March plentifully. Only about one C. edusa was seen, although my 
boys looked for it all through August and part of September. No C ardui, no 
Io, but Urtice and Atalanta very abundant. Very tew larvae of S. populi or 
S. ocellatus. No signs of either larvae or imagins of Stellatarum ; and as for 
Gamma it was a rare moth. Very few Apiformis, and Salicis very scarce. 
Only a few pupae of Ziczac and none of Dictce. B. trifolii appeared on the 
wing, but not in great abundance ; it is always a rare insect in these parts. 
Can anyone account for this extraordinary difference of seasons ?—H. H. 
Merriman. 
MOLLUSCS. 
Southampton Slugs. —At Southampton I have taken eleven species and 
three varities of slugs, viz :— Limax maximus L. Agriolimax agrestis L : 
(with the var. griseus, Ckll, A. lavis, Muller). Amalia sowerbyi, Fer: ( A 
marginata, Brit. Auctt.) Arion empiricorum Fer : (A. ater L.) A. subfuscus 
Drap. A. hortensis, Fer : (with vars : griseus, Moq. and cceruleus, Cllge).' 
Arion fas ciatus, Nills : (A bourguignati, Mull.) A. celticus, Pollonera, 1887. 
A. cottianus, Pollonera, 1887. A. elongatus , Collinge, 1893, ( S P* n -) Of 
these A cottianus, A. celticus, and A. elongatus are recent additions to the 
British Arionidae. This list will doubtless be interesting to Hampshire 
malacologists.— E. W. Swanton, Bratton St. Maur. 
Helix arbustorum in South Wilts. —This species was first recorded for Wilts 
in 1891, Mr. T. R. Longhurst taking it at Netlierhampton, near Salisbury (see 
“Additions to the L. and F. Moll, of S. Wilts,” The Conchologist, Vol. I.) 
Since seeing specimens from the above locality, Mr. C. D. Heginbotliom has 
shewn me a most interesting series taken at Devizes ; including :— 
Var: alpestris, Ziegl : Is not this variety synonymous with var. “ alpicola ” ? 
Var: conoidea, Westerl. With a major form. 
Var: major, Pfr., synonymous with Clessin’s var : “excelsa.” 
Var: minima, Pfr., {=minor AVestl.), one example only, and it was a 
conoid form. 
Var : flavescens, Moq : 
Var : marmorata, Roff. (—fuscescens, D. and M.) 
Var : Repellina, Charp : 
Var: pallida, Taylor (?) 
Enough has already been said respecting the Conchological Society’s List 
of Land and Freshwater Mollusca; in it the varietal names of Helix arbustorwn 
well illustrate the careless manner in which it was drawn up. We read that 
