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tolerable morning, and we went up the Eilska valley to " butterfly 

 corner." We did fairly well ; I took a perfectly fresh specimen of C. 

 myrmidone, many M. trivia (very dark), the first Papilio podalirius of 

 the second brood (?), and several A. ino, besides several good moths. 

 The next day was too stormy to be of any good for collecting— we 

 made the effort and got drenched. 



June 16th I started for Sofia, where I was to meet Mr. Elwes, and 

 now I rode eastwards to Samakov, on the Ister, whence I drove to 

 Sofia next day. The pass to Samakov is a smooth grassy notch in 

 the chain of granite mountains, about 6000 feet at the highest point, 

 and rather boggy. About a mile south of the pass, and very little below 

 it, a beautiful little lake lies between steep and high mountains ; this 

 must have once been the basin of a glacier, and forms one of the 

 sources of the Eilska. The way up to the lake from the south side is 

 very steep and beautifully wooded and on the north side of the pass 

 another very steep and beautiful valley, the Leva Keka, leads down to 

 the Ister. It is a long eight hours' ride, across excellent ground for 

 insects, but it was still too early in the year for this district, and I saw 

 nothing but P. hiera in the higher part of the pass. But as I came 

 down the Leva Keka valley, at about 4500 feet, I took two fine Erebias, 

 which I could not at first make out, but afterwards found to be E. oeme 

 var. sjiodea, also A. selene, A. pales, and a good variety of Coenonympha 

 davus (which has been fully described by Mr. Elwes). Then the rain 

 came down, and I rode into Samokov wet and weary. Next day I 

 drove to Sofia, met Mr. Elwes, and made all necessary arrangements 

 for camping in the Rilo Dagh. 



{To he conthnied.) 



The Entomological Club Dinner. 



Another of the successful meetings of the Entomological Club was 

 held in the "Entomological Salon" of the Holborn Restaurant on 

 January 16th. There was a very full meeting, and the informal nature 

 of it appears to be much appreciated, since it gives full scope for the 

 renewal of friendships and for chats on matters entomological, that 

 would not otherwise be possible. The host on this occasion was Mr. 

 G. H. Verrall, and one need hardly say that one observed a strong 

 corner in dipterists that looked from the particular point of view of the 

 meeting to threaten that of the lepidopterists which always comes out 

 well ahead. Still for the time being students of all orders were keenly 

 interested in the advance sheets (excellently illustrated by Mr. Collin) 

 of the important work that Mr. Verrall is now bringing out on the 

 diptera, and which possibly will do as much for the advance of the 

 study of this order as did Stainton's Manual for the lepidoptera. 

 Supper was served at 9.0 p.m., and those who have before partaken of 

 Mr. Verrall's hospitality need no telling of the excellent Avay in which 

 things were done. Some 50 entomologists sat down and among the 

 members of the Entomological Club present were Messrs. Adkin, Hall, 

 Porritt, South, and one hon. member, Mr. Smith. The absentees were 

 Dr. Lowne and Dr. Mason, the latter, one regrets to say, owing to 

 continued ill-health. Among the many other well-known entomologists 

 who sat down to supper one observed Professors Beare, Meldola and 

 Poulton ; Messrs. Bateson, Blandford, Distant, Saunders, Tutt, Dr. T. 



