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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



The fine Roman arch of Caesar Augustus at Susa is well worth 

 seeing as well as the other Roman walls and remains adjacent. The 

 hotels at Susa are still poor, but the " Albergo del Sole," at which I 

 sta3'ed, although not too clean, is respectable, and fairly reasonable in 

 price, with good food well served. Daring my stay at Susa I thought 

 I saw one specimen of Xeptis lucilla, on the road towards Chiamonte, 

 flying among beech trees, but I could not be certain. In addition to 

 the above-mentioned series, the following is a list of the various 

 insects I observed during my stay at Susa, viz : 



Rhopalocera. — L'olias croceus (eilum), Melitaea dichjma, J/, athalia, 

 M. phoebe (very fine), Satijrns conlala, Hipparclna seiiiele (the fine form 

 noted by Tutt), Ephieplide li/caon, Erehia enri/ale, E. afthiops (very 

 fresh), Srolitajitides oiion (females only, towards Chiamonte), Aricia 

 iih'dnn, PolyoiuiiiatuH icarux, P. esrJierl, A(/>-iatli's coridon and Heudes 

 alciphron (including a very fine pale brownish female. 



Heterocera. — Li/>na)itna dispar, Z(//jaena ephialtes var. coronillae, 

 Z. traiisaipina, Z. lonicerae, and a fine full-fed larva of Soturnia pyri 

 brought to me from a garden near, and which obligingly spun up 

 at once and produced a fine moth in May, 1922. 



Colkoptera. — Silp/ia obsciira, Stramjalia macitlata, Teleplwrns fiilva, 

 Crijptocephaliis aureolas, and Cetonia )iietaUica. 



Hymenoptera. — Scolia hirta, Sphex Jiiaxillosits (abundant), Annuo- 

 phila viatica (also abundant), and Vespa crabro. 



Orthoptera. — Loriista cantana, Arcyptera fiisca, StaKroderim scalaris, 

 Decticiis verritcivoruH, Oedipoda niiniata, and (J. caendeseen.s. 



Diptera. — Asiliis inconstant (male and female in cop.), and Evhino- 

 viijid fero.c. 



The above list is of course by no means exhaustive, and the great 

 heat during my visit prevented me from extending it. A day at 

 Bardonnecbia on July 29th, the first station in Italy after pa-^sing 

 through the Mont Cenis Tunnel, although looking most attractive from 

 the train was really fruitless, and I got nothing mueh there beyond 

 Parnassii(s apnllo, Poli/omtnatiis dainon, a few of the common mountain 

 species, and the Hymenopteron Ammophila viatica. 



Leaving Susa on August 1st I reached Aosta via Turin, and spent 

 a morning exploring this interesting old Roman city with its Roman 

 Theatre and Gateways, and the Cathedral of St. John with a fine 

 western facade. I reached Pre-St.-Didier on August 2nd by motor, 

 and spent the latter part of the afternoon on the hillsides opposite the 

 Hotel Univers, where I stayed comfortably until August 8th. I found 

 the following insects fairly abundant on the slopes. Picris inanni, M. 

 phoebe, E. lijcaon, P. dainon, Erynnis lavatcrae, and the beetles il///Z(//>r/s 

 floralis and A/, variabilis, with the bee Bonibns pratoruiii. The grass- 

 hopper, Caloptenus italiciis, was very abundant, and I afterwards found 

 it abundant in many places around Pre-St.-Didier. 



Aaynst drd. — To-day I walked up to La Thuile on the Petit St. 

 Bernard road and back. I was glad to get two specimens of Dryas 

 pandora just above Pre-St.-Didier, at the commencement of the walk, 

 several fine specimens of M. phoebe and Ji. amatJnisia, with one finely 

 marked variety of A. aylaia, but I got little at La Thuile except a few 

 specimens of P. dainon, and Eiebia prono'e, and one good specimen of 

 Loweia alciphron var. yordiiix. Butterflies, including P. apollo, were 

 swarming in suitable places but were nearly all worn except Liinenitis 



