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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, Rev. 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 which 
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 knowledge 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, 
Swift, wild streams that ceaseless murmur 
Songs of rest to human ear, 
Scenes of beauty, 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 Enelish tourists. The 
guidebooks are neither very accurate nor illuminating, 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 
