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into early emergence, and on the first opportunity escape into the open. 

 — RoBT. Adkin ; Lewisham. 



EuPiTHECiA ALBiPUNCTATA VAR. ANGELTCATA. — I have bred a number of 

 this variety of E. alhipunctata, along with the type, from larvae taken at 

 Bishop's Wood last September. Some years ago I bred one or two a 

 season, but never in such large proportion to the type as this year. — 

 Geo. Jackson ; York, April SI, 1891. 



Cloantha solidaginis in Inveeness-shiee. — Among the few speci- 

 mens taken by me last season in Inverness-shire (Entom. 74), I omitted 

 one specimen of Cloantha solidaginis, which at the time I had noted down 

 as Acronycta menyanthidis ; not, however, being sure of this, I sent my 

 capture to Mr. Tutt, who kindly identified it for me. Newman says of this 

 species, " Exceedingly local ; once taken at Torquay, its favourite counties 

 being Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire." — D. H. S. Steuaet ; Royal 

 College of Science, Kensington, W., April 9, 1891. 



•• A Cold Peospect." — Under this head the * Chester Courant ' for 

 April 1st, 1891, has the following, which may be interesting to entomolo- 

 gists : — " Many people have an idea that after the severe winter we have 

 had we may look for a warm summer, but according to M. Lancaster, of 

 the Brussels Observatory, who has been engaged in studying the statistics 

 of the weather in Europe during the present century, a cold winter has 

 never in that period been followed by a hot summer. On the contrary, in 

 most cases the ensuing summer has been colder than usual." So far the 

 entomological outlook — in the Chester district at any rate — is a poor one, 

 and coincides too closely with the dismal forebodings of the quoted 

 paragraph. March has been exceptionally cold, and April is, so far, both 

 cold and sunless. Amongst preponderating east winds, my notes very 

 naturally record very little Entomology. — J. Aekle ; Chester, April 8, 1891. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — April 1st, 1891. — Professor 

 R. Meldola, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. Mr. G. A. Booth, of 

 Grange-over-Sands, North Lancashire; and Mr. W. Manger, of New 

 Cross, S.E., were elected Fellows of the Society. Capt. H. J. Elwes 

 showed a small but very interesting collection of butterflies from Laggan 

 Alberta, N.W. Territory of Canada, taken by Mr. Bean at high elevations 

 in the Rocky Mountains. Amongst them was Colias elis, Streck., which 

 seemed to be very close to, if not identical with, C. hecla of Europe ; 

 Argynnis alberta, W. H. Edw. ; and Chionobas subhyalina, W. H. Edw. 

 The resemblance between the butterflies of this locality and those found on 

 the Fells of Lapland was very striking, some of the species being identical, 

 and others very closely allied. Capt. Elwes said that it was another proof, 

 if one were wanted, of the uniformity of the butterflies found throughout 

 the boreal region in the Old and New Worlds. Mr. G. C. Champion 

 exhibited several insects recently received from Mr. J. J. Walker, from 

 Hobart, Tasmania. The collection included a curious species of Forficulidse, 

 with asymmetrical forceps, from the summit of Mount Wellington ; two 



