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(President of the Linnean Society), and the Kev. Canon Farrar. 

 Immediately followed the chief mourner and members of the 

 family ; after which was a procession of great length, including 

 representatives of Foreign States, the Universities, many Scientific 

 Societies ; the Speaker, and a number of members of both Houses 

 of Parliament; and some scores of scientific and other leading 

 men. The coffin was laden with beautiful wreaths of flowers, 

 amongst which was notable one of great beaut}^ tendered to the 

 memory of Mr. Darwin by some members of the Liverpool 

 Scientific Societies, who were represented by Mr. Isaac C. 

 Thompson, of that city. The choral service was rendered, with 

 the addition of an anthem especially composed for the occasion, 

 by Dr. J. F. Bridge, the words being from Proverbs iii. 13, 15, 16, 

 17. More approjDriate lines could hardly have been combined with 

 music in better taste. After the first part of the service, and as 

 the body was being carried to the grave, the da}^ already gloomy 

 enough, became still more overcast by a passing cloud, which 

 darkness, combined with the solemn music, added much to the im- 

 pressive solemnity of the scene. At the close of the service the 

 three to four thousand persons present filed past the grave of him 

 who has found a resting-place amidst the remains of those who 

 possessed the greatest intellect born of this country. — John T. 

 Carrington; April 26th, 1882. 



Vanessa Antiopa in December. — I have received the follow- 

 ing communication from Mr. Walter Haydon, surgeon in the 

 service of the Hudson's Bay Company, stationed at Moose 

 Factory in that dreary region: — "One day in December a thaw 

 came on that lasted two days. Whilst I was in the woods setting 

 a trap I saw a Vanessa Antiopa, but could not catch it, as I had 

 no net and the bush was thick ; it flew up as a tree I had just 

 felled struck the bushes. I am certain of the species, for I saw 

 it settle, but could not get near enough to make a capture." It 

 would therefore appear that the remarkably mild winter we have 

 had has at any rate partially extended to the northern parts of 

 America. — J. Jenner Weir ; 6, Haddo Villas, Blackheath, S.E., 

 April, 1882. 



Effect of Temperature on Lepidoptera. — On April 10th, 

 when entomologising at Lewes on a sunny bank sloping to the 

 south, I saw several specimens of Vanessa urticw on the wing. The 



