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. Rhynchota. — Carpocoiis nigricornis and (Jraphosuma liiieata. 



Orthoptera. — Lociista [PJiasiionina) cantans and Mantis relii/ioaa 

 larva. 



DiPTERA. — Ocijpteia Incolor, Kchinoitiyia (jrosaci and Anthrax 

 feiiet^trata. 



I left Nus for Turin on August 15th and was fortunate in finding 

 the c;ty cooler on arrival owing to the fact of a recent heavy thunder- 

 storm. Early on the morning of August 16th I took the steam 

 tramway from beside the central station to Mirafiore, a halt on the 

 way to Stupinigi : crossing the bridge over the river Sangone, a few 

 minutes walk in the direction of Stupinigi, I turned sharp to the 

 right and walked through a part of Stupinigi Wood. 



There I found insects in general far less abundant than they were 

 in this excellent collecting ground during the summer of 1919, but I 

 noted the following in fair abundance, males and females of /'. ai'ijon, 

 males and females of Evere.s argiades, and a grey skipper Hesperia 

 fritillniii with the moths Lithosia coniplana, Bri/ophila jieiia, Larevtia 

 sordidata and I'lu^i'a iota. 



Coming to ibu broad river bed of the River Sangone, I found 

 Lmrcia doiilia abundant in places across the stream which was very low 

 and easy to cross. Further on, just below some old cottages, 

 in places where dock is abundant amidst and near a small pond or two 

 almost hidden by the ever present Acacias, is the C. dispar var. riitili(s 

 ground around Turin, and just as I was too late in finding the spot in 

 September, 1919, so I was too early to-day to get the species in 

 abundance, my only reward after four hours persistent tramping 

 round the grouud being one perfect male, the only one seen, and one 

 very fresh female, damaged in emerging, which I therefore left. The 

 first week in September is the date to get both sexes fresh here and 

 abundantly in the second brood. A few specimens of M. Jidgina, 

 Brenthis selene, and E. lavaterae, and the first and only specimen of 

 iSt/iitaniciis tdicaniis which I have ever seen and taken, were the only 

 other butterflies, but before leaving the bed of the Sangone river, I 

 searched the two small branch streams for dragonflies and was glad 

 to take a male and female of (Jrtlietnini. brimneimi, a specimen of 

 hcJniura elegaus, single specimens of Platycneiiiis pennipes, Lestes 

 barbara, and of S>/nipctniiii iiieridiunale, and of the summer form of 

 Libellida depresm. I found the males and females of Caloptenjx 

 nplend€)is, a tine form, abundant, .and I secured three specimens of 

 Lindenia {Onijckoguinphiis) forcipatiis. I also took specimens of the 

 Orthoptera, Podisiiia pedestre, Hoiiiorocorgphiianitidiiliis, and Xiphidiiaii. 

 fiisctnii, and the Hymenopteron Crioiwcnenas f uncus. 



Returning to Turin after lunch I took the tram out to the River 

 Stura, where I had often collected in the summer of 1919. Here 

 again I found insect life much less abundant than in that year, and 

 whereas I had found the dragon-fly Liheliula pedemontana along the 

 backwaters and streams flowing into the River Stura so very abundant 

 in 1919 at this time, to-day these were comparatively scarce, but I 

 secured a few males and females amongst the reeds on which they 

 settle frequently, in excellent condition, this pretty dragon-fly being 

 particularly easy to capture. 1 also took on the same ground a 

 specimen of the Ichneumon A)ublyteh's sputator and the beetle Trickius 

 fasciatiis. I left Turin on August 17th, reaching London on the 



