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PISCES.
Conger Eel (Conger vulgaris, Cuv.) at Foulness Island.—According
to the Evening News of December 17th, 1897, "A gentleman shooting on the
saltings on Foulness Island unexpectedly came across a large Conger eel,
which had evidently been left high by the recent flood. It measured six feet
long, and weighed between 30 and 40 pounds."
INSECTA.
LEPIDOPTERA.
Clouded Yellow Butterfly at Maldon and Purleigh.—On August 4th
last, I saw a male Colias edusa flying over my saltings here, and upon reaching
home I found that my son Richard had captured a male of the same species
in the orchard. It could not have been the same specimen, as it was caught
before we saw the others. These are the only C. edusa that I have seen
this season, but the Rev. G. H. Raynor and Mr. Hatton took two males and
a female in one of my fields at Purleigh (see Entomologist xxx., p. 269).—
Edward A. Fitch, Maldon. [I rode through Essex in the last week in
August, and during September kept a constant look-out for butterflies on the
coast at Mersea and St. Osyth, but saw no Colias. It was certainly
extremely rare this summer.—W. Cole.]
GEOLOGY.
Serious Subsidence of the Cliff at Walton-on-the-Naze.—The
storms and high tides of November and December brought about the
catastrophe which had been anticipated by several observers at Walton.
The Cliff Subsidence at Walton-on-the-Naze. December, 1897.
Early in November fractures in the soil of the field at the top of the Cliffs
were noticed at a point of the coast comparatively unprotected, between
Walton and Frinton, and about a quarter-of-a-mile from Walton Pier. These
cracks were attributed to the dryness of the soil. The fissures gradually