'2'I(y THK KXToMoLOGIST'.S KECOKD. 



to bf drawn for one to tiiid out the nuir\ellous depths of his know- 

 ledge. As a niicroscopist it would ba hard to find his equal, and as to 

 his general knowledge of bacteriology, especially that branch relating 

 to the diseases of domestic animals, he stands unrivalled. One can 

 only express regret that so little of his original work lias been pub- 

 lished, and that his work, like that of so many of our best men, must 

 die with him, unless he changes his mind very considerably. On the 

 right of Mr. .Tones is Mr. Dixon, the present genial president, an 

 ardent lepidopterist and hymenopterist, who publishes much less than 

 he ought. Towards the front of the photograph ai'e l\Ir. Hall, of the 

 museum staff, INIr. W. Pearson, whose recent a.tteution to lepidoptera 

 has led to the renewal of an old college friendship of more than twenty 

 years ago (how the years do pass!), whilst Mr. H. Donisthorpe and Mr. 

 Burr, almost as well known probably to our readers as to ourselves, and 

 whose active and sympathetic help as sub-editors of our magazine, notonly 

 in name but in reality, has had so much to do with its recent success, 

 need, we are sure, no introduction from us. Mr. Corah is not only an 

 entomologist but photographer-in-chief to the entomological section, 

 whilst ]Mr. Cholerton, Mr. R. Overton, and Mr. G. B. Chalcraft are all 

 well-known naturalists, the latter being especially interested in the 

 Araiu'idac. JJr. Dodd is a recent acquisition to the membership list of 

 the entomological section, but his delightful speech and humorous 

 reference to those who " labour for love " will not be readily forgotten 

 by some of those present. Mr. Vice is a past president, one of the 

 men who have made the entomological section, who has paid con- 

 siderable attention to the Diptera, and renders generous help to 

 those who are specially studying the group, whilst in Dr. M. Gunning, 

 the readers of Tlw Kiit<>iitolo(/ist's luTonl will recognise one of our 

 oldest contributors, whose genial friendship and kindly welcome is one 

 of the things one must remember after a ^■isit to Leicester. We do 

 not get so many notes from his pen as formerly, because the mathe- 

 matical intricacies of abstruse acoustic problems are sharing with 

 treacling the leisure of a l:)usy man. ^lany other friends were present, 

 l)ut although there were no ladies at the dinner it must be confessed it 

 was not the ladies' fault, for the entomological section has a strong 

 contingent of lady members, and it was only by the most consummate 

 tact and diplomacy that the secretary prevented the ladies taking the 

 place by storm. However, by the time the secretary is prepared to 

 present us with another plate, even he may be overpowered and out- 

 voted, and we may have then to briefly review the most telling points 

 of the lady entomologists, unless, indeed, we hand over completely 

 such a " labour of love " to the sub-editors for treatment. 



Contributions to the Fauna of Piedmont— The Butterflies of Pre 



St. Didier. 



15y J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 

 When one has once seen a beautiful place, and the exigencies of 

 circumstances have torn one therefrom, a feeling often arises as 

 time goes on that one would like to return to the old haunts, dream, if 

 possible, the same dreams, and enjoy to the full again the beauties one 

 has been forced to leave all too soon. A coml)inati()n of details such 

 as these probably made me long to go back to J^>ourg St. Maurice, to 



