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came tumbling down upon the sheet : Gracilis and Rubricosa 

 came down plentifully i Stabilis, Inslabilis, Cruda and Gothica 

 in abundance; nor did Exoleta, Salellitia, Vacciuii and 

 Spadicea fail to put in an appearance. " Here's Gracilis," — 

 "There's Rubricosa," — "Here's Exoleta," followed in quick- 

 succession. The consequent excitement and the soft air of 

 the evening have stamped the day upon our recollection as 

 peculiarly enjoyable; and now that May is come — charged 

 with March winds, March dust, and March frosts — we look 

 back upon it with the greater pleasure. 1 only hope many of 

 our friends took advantage of it, and, while deriving equal 

 pleasure with ourselves, were still more successful ; and they 

 who allowed it to slip by will, I hope, be reminded by our 

 experience, when sallows are again in blossom, to seize the 

 opportunity, and seek occasion to chalk out a good "red- 

 letter day." — [A*er.] P. H. Jennings; Longjield Rectory^ 

 Gravesend, May 15, 1876. 



Early Emergence of Reclusa. — It may be of interest to 

 you that a specimen of Reclusa, in my possession, emerged 

 before the 25th of March, though kept in an atmosphere only 

 two or three degrees above the external air. 1 see some 

 authorities give May as the time of its emergence. — T. H. 

 Ormston Pease; Cote Bank, IVesthury-on-Trym, Mai/ 1, 

 1876. 



Coi-rection of Error. — Lampides Bcelica. — In the 'Ento- 

 mologist' (Entom. ix. 92) it is stated that I took "two" 

 specimens of Lampides Boetica; it should have been "one," 

 which I have always understood to be the only one ever 

 recorded. — Neil McArt/nir ; 6, AsJdon Street, Brighton, 

 April 24, 1876. 



The Use of Yelloio Glass for Zoological Collections. — At a 

 recent meeting of the Entomological Society of Belgium, 

 M. Capronnier read a paper giving an account of some 

 experiments which he had made bearing on the question as 

 to how public collections of insects may best be exhibited so 

 as to satisfy all the purposes for which they are intended. 

 M. Felix Plateau, at a former meeting, proposed to substitute 

 yellow for colourless glass in lighting rooms containing 

 entomological collections. In the discussion which followed 

 it was suggested that experiments should be made by sub- 

 mitting insects to the influence of glasses of various colours. 



