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R. C, Cambridge ; Reh, L., Hambourg ; Renard, A., Liege ; Riotte, 

 C, Steyl ; Ris, F., Rheinau ; Roelofs, P. J., Anvers ; von Rosen 

 (Baron), Munich; -Rothschild (Hon. N. C), Tring; *Rothschild (Hon. 

 W.), Tring; Rowland-Brown, H., London; Saint Claire Deville, J. 

 Capfe., Epinal ; Sasaki, Chujiro, Tokio ; Schaus, W., London ; 

 Schenkling, S., Berlin ; Schmiedeknecht, 0., Blankenburg; Schnabl, 

 J., Varsovie; Schouteden, H., Bruxelles ; Schubert, K., Berlin; 

 von Schulthess, A., Zurich ; Schultz, A., Villefranche ; Seeldrayers, 

 E. Bruxelles; de Selys-Longchanips (baron M.), Bruxelles; Seitz, A., 

 Darmstadt; Severin, G., Bruxelles ; Simon, E., Paris ; Sjostedt, Y., 

 Stockholm; Skinner, H., Philadelphia; Smits van Burgst, La Have; 

 Solari, F., Genes ; Speiser, P., Sierakowitz ; Steinraetz, F., MaHnes ; 

 Stringe, R., Konigsberg ; Sturgess, W. B., Gerrards Cross ; Szilady, 

 Z., Magy Enved;^ Theobald, F.^ Wye; Trimen, R., Oxford; Tullgren, 

 A., Experimentalfaltet ; Van Biervliet, J., Bruxelles; Van Dissel, 

 E.. D., Utrecht; Vaughan-Williams, R., London; Vermorel, V., 

 Villefranche; Veth, H. J., La Haye; Villeneuve, J., Ramboillet ; 

 Wainwright, C. J., Handsworth ; Meade-Waldo, C, London ; 

 Wasmann, E., Luxembourg; Willem V., Gand ; Wytsman, P., 

 Bruxelles. 



Ladies. — Mesdanles Ball, Burr, Donisthorpe, Dodero, Horn, Janet,. 

 Junk, Kertesz, Kunckel d'Herculais, Kolbe, Lameere, Longstafi', 

 Morris, Poulton, Rousseau, Saint Claire Deville, Schouteden, de Selys, 

 Severin, Speiser, Smits van Burgst, Trimen, Veth. Misses Brown, 

 Bouvier, Engels, Forel, Kerremans, Le Lorrain, Merrifield, Poulton, 

 Rowland-Brown, E. and M. Solari. 



. The number of supporters (Universities, Museums, Institutes, 

 Societies) is 270, of which 24 are life members. The complete list will 

 appear in the Proceedings of the Congress. — H. St. J. K. D. 



Notes on the Lepidoptera of Brindisi. 



By JAMES A. SIMES. 



If one may judge from the paucity of notes in entomological 

 journals the far south of Italy is almost terra incognita to British 

 entomologists ; and as, during the last lew years, business has carried 

 me very many times to this region, it has occurred to me that some 

 rough notes on its lepidoptera in so far as I have been able to observe 

 them might not come amiss. On nearly every occasion the town of 

 Brindisi, in the province of Lecce, has been my base and from it I 

 have made short excursions in almost every direction. 



The extreme south-east of Italy is one vast plain, raised very few 

 feet above the sea-level. The rich red soil is extremely fertile and 

 seems to be exceedingly favourable to vines, which are planted here in 

 enormous numbers and cover huge areas. The few tracts that are not 

 dedicated to Bacchus are planted with olives, apricots, peaches, oranges, 

 lemons, maize, melons, fodder crops and vegetables ; and, between the 

 various plantations, run innumerable mule tracks, where the wild 

 plants of the district struggle fiercely to maintain a footing. In one 

 or two directions, large tracts of moorland are to be found where the 

 Lentisciis and Erica carnea are the principal competitors ; while along 

 the coast and round the harbour mouth there are big areas of rough 



