. Science-gossip . nald, ofAmherst, Mass., the President, gave an importantaddress, entitled The Evolution of EconomicEntomology. He commenced by referring to theearliest accounts of injuries caused by insects,which appear to be those mentioned in the OldTestament and the earlier Greek and Latin thence to the year875 ad., the Presidentreferred to Bergs History of the German Forests,which gives an account of the devastation causedby grasshoppers in the Rhine valley. No effortsappear to have been made to check theseravages other than by processions of priestscarrying holy relics
. Science-gossip . nald, ofAmherst, Mass., the President, gave an importantaddress, entitled The Evolution of EconomicEntomology. He commenced by referring to theearliest accounts of injuries caused by insects,which appear to be those mentioned in the OldTestament and the earlier Greek and Latin thence to the year875 ad., the Presidentreferred to Bergs History of the German Forests,which gives an account of the devastation causedby grasshoppers in the Rhine valley. No effortsappear to have been made to check theseravages other than by processions of priestscarrying holy relics around the infested insect plagues were discussed, and theearlier means employed to arrest their with the newer and more intelligenteconomic entomology, which may be said to havegrown with the present century—very slowlyduring the first half—the President concludedwith a valuable statement of its present conditionand a forecast of work to be done in the future. 314 Argynxis Adippe var. chlorodippe. — Theinsects which I mentioned having taken in theNew Forest last summer, under the impressionthat they were Argynnis niobe [ante p. 138), havesince been proved to be the variety chlorodippe ofArgynnis adippe. Both were taken on August ist,iSg5, between Lyndhurst and Brocklehurst. —Catherine A. Winckuvrth. Early Nesting of Thrush.—A thrush com-menced building its nest in a yew-tree in mygarden on February 27th. The nest was verj-soon completed, and the first egg was laid onMarch 7th. This is earlier than these birdsgenerally commence nesting with us, but theweather has been mild since the beginning ofFebruary.—EdiiardRansom, Sudbury, Sufolk; March,J897. A Swallow in February.—On February 13th, aswallow was seen in this \-illage, but has since dis-appeared. It was first noticed settled on the roofof a stable, and gave its observer the opportunityof watching it for some time. As it could scarcelybe an immigrant at so early a
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