Rainfall for July. 



25 



next morning one of them was more than three-parts deTonred, Ahd 

 being surprised, not "red-handed " exactly, but at rest full-length with 

 jaws to the remnant of his victim. Since, solitary confinement " being 

 the sentence passed upon him [tender-hearted entomologists don't believe 

 in capital punishment], Alni has sparingly indulged in leaves of the 

 common Hme (T. Europop.a), which he does not seem to relish so well as 

 the scraps of T. parmfolia I brought back from Skegglethorpe. A. alni 

 has not before, I believe, been recorded for Lincolnshire ; which fact, 

 together with the above new passage in its life-liistory (death-history for 

 the Megacephala, 'spite of its big head), is my excuse for this perhaps 

 prolix communication. But I often wish the Naturalist contained more 

 entomology. Entomologists, however, prefer to " beat about the bushes " 

 a good deal before they venture on quiU-diiving. — F. A. Lees. 



Helix rotundata at Hessle. — Whilst shell-collecting at Hessle a few 

 weeks back, I had the good fortune to take five specimens of Helix rotun- 

 data, var. alha. — J. D. Butteeell, Hull, July 28th. 



Rainfall for IuId^. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



sea 

 level. 



Rain- 

 faU. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



heavie.st 

 Fall. 





Days 



1878. 



1877. 



Fall. 



HUDDERSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. Eobson) 



Ft. 

 350 



In. 

 1-03 



6 



15-63 



* 17-38 



24 



0-52 



Wakefield ... (F. HiU) 



120 



t 













Leeds ... (H. Crowther) ... 



183 



•860 ^ 



9 







24 



•340 



Halifax...(F. G. S. Rawson) 



360 



1-37 



8 



22-25 



31-35 



23 





Bradford... (J. A. Douglas, 

 [F.M.S. 



415 



117 



6 



14-97 



17-28 



24 



0-92 



Barnslet ... (T. Lister) ... 



350 



104 



9 



11-86 



19-83 



24 



0 32 



Ingbirchworth (do.) 



853 



1-23 



13 



18-37 



25-53 



27 



0-50 



"Wentworth Castle (do.)... 



520 



0-99 



9 



12-34 



21-94 



27 



0-52 



GOOLE ... (H. F. Parsons) ... 



25 



1-43 



9 



10-45 



13-42 



24 



0-62 



* This is the average to date for 12 years, 1866-77. t No Eetums. 



The British Association for the advancement of Science : meeting at 

 Dublin, opened on the 14th August, by the president's inaugural 

 address. In section D, Biology, the president. Prof. W. H. Flower, 

 F.R.S., gave a most interesting opening address on Natural History. 



