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authorities in the world on the Coccidae, and equally well known for 

 his wide and exact knowledge of economic entomology, skilled observers 

 such as Mr. C. H. Walker," Eev. R. Freeman, Dr. Bailey, Mr. F. N. 

 Pierce, &c., must be considered strong. Probably next to the 

 President, the Society owes most to its indefatigable secretary, Mr. 

 Pierce, and his authority on the genitalia of Lepidoptera remains 

 unchallenged. Messrs. Crabtree, Prince, Tait, Arkle, Locke, Wilding, 

 Roxburgh, and Drs. Cassel and Cotton, will be known to most of 

 our readers as active coleopterists or lepidopterists, and, indeed, one 

 might almost exhaust the list of names if one were to enumerate one's 

 old friends and correspondents. 



That these gatherings do much to foster the spirit of unity Avhich 

 enables work to be followed out much more thoroughly and successfully 

 is certain. Year by year, the old Adam, that led men engaged in 

 similar branches of work to look upon each other as rivals and to hide 

 their knowledge from each other, is dying out, and a system of co- 

 operation between lepidopterists in this country has led to results 

 totally impossible under the old conditions. One is not so certain 

 that one can say quite as much of the coleopterists who do not seem 

 to trust each other so freely in imparting knoAvledge as do their more 

 numerous brethren studying the butterflies and moths. 



Nor must we forget, in our estimation of the success achieved by 

 these friendly gatherings at Mr. Capper's house, how much is due to 

 the kind hospitality and care bestowed on the guests by Miss Capper, 

 who insists on making each and every of the visitors feel thoroughly 

 at home. We write with a very full remembrance of the generosity 

 and kindness of the President and his eldest daughter, and our last 

 word is to wish that the Lancashire and Cheshire Society may always 

 have as excellent a President as their present one, and that the latter 

 may long remain the President of the Society to continue directly and 

 indirectly his support of our favourite study and to foster with his 

 sympathy the love of entomology in all the young recruits to our ranks 

 in his district. 



Lepidoptera in the Hautes=Alpes : Abries. 



By J. H. and J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



Mountains reared upon the mountains, 



Forests stretching far and near, 



Sicift, icild streams that ceaseless murmur 



Songs of rest to human ear, 



Scenes of heaiity, silent, peaceful, 



Whispering dreams for many a year. 



Little appears to be known about the insects of the Hautes-Alpes, 

 and the district appears to be rarely visited by English tourists. The 

 guidebooks are neither very accurate nor ilhiminating, and it would 

 appear to be largely a terra incognita to all except a few of the wealthy 

 residents of Marseilles and the larger towns of Provence, who have 

 long since appreciated its charms, and now regularly spend a part of 

 the summer months in these wild and altogether delightful valleys. 

 The district we selected this year in which to spend part of our usual 

 holidays was that known as the Queyras district, so-called from the 

 Chateau Queyras, which is splendidly placed on an isolated rock, and 

 near which an important village, with apparently good inns, has now 



