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Dr. W. J. Holland deserves great credit for having so 

 promptly seen the possibilities of the method and for having 

 used it with such success in his beautiful " Butterfly Book." 



We give illustrations showing a print of each color ; prints 

 of two colors and the three combined into the finished illustra- 

 tion. We are also indebted to Mr. Sachse this time for ad- 

 vice and assistance. We hope to publish more of these plates, 

 and from the experience gained, make further improvements. 

 The subjects are from the collection of Dr. Skinner, and were 

 selected on account of their non-actinic colors and the difficul- 

 ties they present for ordinary photographic methods. 



" Mary Yeomans, an English woman now living in California, makes 

 money by catching buUerflies. She had some knowledge of the different 

 varieties when she went to the Pacific slope. One day a flock of pansy- 

 like butterflies hovered over her for a moment and then flew up the moun- 

 tain side. She thought she recognized a rare and valuable species only 

 known in the higher Alps. She followed these honey-loving beauties up 

 the mountain and captured a goodly number of them. She painted a fac- 

 simile of one in water colors and sent the sketch to London. The result 

 was an order for twenty-five of the butterflies, for which she received 



1575." 



Mr. Edward D. Keith, of Providence, R. I., sent us the above clipping 

 and wanted to know if it were not newspaper entomology. We have seen 

 a variation of the above to the effect that a young lady was making a 

 fortune in California as the owner of a butterfly farm. We presume this 

 clipping will interest our subscribers in California, who would like to sell 

 the species at ^23 each. 



Formation of an Entomological Club, in Buffalo.— On Janu- 

 ary 3d a meeting was called by the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 

 for the purpose of getting together those in the city interested in the col- 

 lection and study of insects. There was a good attendance, and much 

 interest was manifested. As a result of the meeting an entomological sec- 

 tion was organized in the Society, and Edward P. Van Duzee elected 

 chairman. For the present season meetings will be held on the second 

 and fourth Wednesdays of each month. During the collecting season at 

 least two field days will be observed each month. These will be in the 

 form of excursions to the best collecting grounds about Buffalo. The 

 special objects in the formation of the section are the mutual sympathy 

 and encouragement and better acquaintance among those in the city in- 

 terested in this branch of science, the investigation of the local insect 

 fauna, and the formation and preservation of a good collection of insects 

 in tlie Society of Natural Sciences. 



