132 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
came tumbling down upon the sheet: Gracilis and Rubricosa 
came down plentifully ; Stabilis, Instabilis, Cruda and Gothica 
in abundance; nor did Exoleta, Satellitia, Vaccinii 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 onr 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.”"—[Rev.] P. H. Jennings; Longfield 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. I see some 
authorities give May as the time of its emergence—-T. H. 
Ormston Pease; Cote Bank, Westbury-on-Trym, May 1, 
1876. 
Correction of Error.—Lampides Boelica.—In the ‘ Ento- 
mologist’ (Entom, ix. 92) it is stated that I took “two” 
specimens of Lampides Beetica; it should have been “ one,” 
which I have always understood to be the only one ever 
recorded.— Neil McArthur; 6, Ashton Street, Brighton, 
‘April 24, 1876. y 
The Use of Yellow 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. 
