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shafts of bright sunlight fell between the branches of the pines, or 

 settling on the lavender flowers, paired. A beautiful series of the 

 insect was taken, all characterised by a considerable excess of red, 

 the ground tint varying from a brilliant vermilion through a more 

 brick-red, to some more or less distinctly orange, yet, on the whole, 

 not showing so great a variation as A. carnlolica, of which extremes, 

 with a maximum and minimum of cream, were not infrequent. The 

 large race of Antkrocera lonicerae was common but worn, so also were 

 A. filipendulae and A. transalpina, whilst a single ghostly specimen of 

 A. achilleae showed that this had been in the district ; a fine freshly- 

 emerged specimen of A.sarpedon with its red abdominal band was the 

 only other species of this group. On the outskirts of the wood a 

 bank covered with wild flowers produced a single specimen of what 

 I w T ill suggest, not too certainly, is Oxpytilus pilosellae. A careful 

 search failed to produce other specimens. The next morning I tried 

 the left bank of the Verdon, which seemed more promising ground, 

 though very difficult from its rocky nature to work easily. Here one 

 soon reached the level of Pamassiw apollo, and saw an occasional 

 specimen of the lovely Papilla alexanor hurtling with its long rapid 

 flight, over the rocky boulders, and not at all easy to bring down, 

 whilst Ascalaphus coccajus, hitherto a May insect in my experi- 

 ence, was swinging abundantly near the river, but nothing fresh 

 was added to the bag, that had not been seen the preceding 

 day, and, after lunch, preparations were made for an afternoon 

 start to Alios. This plan was followed out, and the weather in 

 the early evening, when the latter part of the journey was made, did 

 not look too propitious, heavy clouds hanging over the higher moun- 

 tains, whilst, in the direction of Larche, a storm seemed imminent. 

 Alios, however, was reached at nightfall without contretemps, and 

 comfortable quarters secured at the Auberge Pascal. 



The Upsala Celebrations. — The Swedish Celebration of the Two 

 Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Linnaeus, May 23rd, 1707. 



By Professor E. B. POULTON, M.A., D.Sc, F.B.S. ■ 

 Travelling by way of Harwich and Esbjerg, we met on the steamer 

 Dr. F. A. Bather, representing the British Museum of Natural History 

 and the Zoological Society, and, in Copenhagen, Mr. W. Carruthers, 

 representing the Linnean Society, and Mr. B. Daydon Jackson, 

 General Secretary of the same Society. From these latter friends we 

 found that it was quite possible to accept the kind invitation of the 

 University of Lund to be present at their festivities, arranged for 

 May 21st, so as not to conflict with those at Upsala (May 23rd and 

 24th) and Stockholm (May 25th). We travelled together on the 

 morning of the 20th to Malino, and then on to Lund, arriving early 

 in the afternoon. Lund, the second University in Sweden, has about 

 800 students, easily recognisable by their white caps. The afternoon 

 was spent in visiting the beautiful cathedral and interesting University 

 buildings. The next day was that lixecl for the Lund celebration, and 

 several other Delegates appeared, among them Colonel Brain, Director 

 of the Kew Gardens, and an old friend through his books, whom 1 had 

 never before seen — Professor Eaeckel of .Jena. It was a great pleasure to 

 visit the zoological collections with him under the kindly guidance of the 

 curator. About midday, the Delegates and Frofessors of the University 



