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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ing to be done then, for every spare moment of our short stay 

 was occupied in seeing as much as I could possibly do of this 

 most beautiful city. However, one morning, in the People's 

 Park, I noticed P. machaon, L. telicanus, L. icarus, L. argiolus, 

 H. linea, and the Zygcena taken at Ancona. 



We left Venice on the morning of September 3rd, anchored 

 off Trieste the same afternoon, and remained there until the 

 15th. During our stay we had frequent thunderstorms, with 

 very heavy rain, but the most severe one was between nine and 

 ten o'clock on Sunday, the 12th, when the sky was one blazing 

 mass of lightning, and the roar of the thunder incessant, and 

 it was accompanied by a terrific downpour of hail and jagged 

 pieces of ice, some of the stones being as large as pigeon's eggs. 

 This occasioned an immense amount of damage to the olive- 

 trees. I was on shore the next day and noticed the ground 

 beneath the trees thick with the fruit that had been knocked off. 



Trieste is a beautiful city standing upon the shore of an 

 extensive bay, and running up the slopes of several hills behind, 

 which are backed by higher hills, in some places under cultiva- 

 tion, but elsewhere clothed with woods of pine, oak, and chest- 

 nut. There are many delightful wooded slopes and valleys 

 within easy reach, which in the proper season must be alive 

 with insects. To one of these places, about four miles from the 

 town, I made two excursions. The hill-side was about half-way 

 between Trieste and Miramar, and I found the ground overgrown 

 with scrub-oak, Spanish chestnut, heath, juniper, broom, &c. 

 The heath was in bloom, and there were many attractive flowering 

 plants besides. Butterflies were flying about in great numbers, 

 the most abundant species being the brilliant Lyccena bdlargus, 

 which was very fine and fresh. L. telicanus and L. astrarche 

 were common, and I netted one fresh female L. argiadcs. 

 Satyrus briseis were numerous, but much worn ; S. semele typical, 

 and still in fine condition ; S. statilinus and S. hermione, several 

 of each, but not worth taking ; P. machaon, one fresh example ; 

 C. edusa and C. hyale plentiful, and the latter very fine ; 

 L. sinapis, several ; Argynnis dia, three or four in fine condition 

 but small; A. jwphia or A. pandora seen; M. didyma, a few ; 

 H. linea, one, and Syrichthus sp '?, two examples which I have 

 not yet been able to identify. 



Another good locality near Trieste is the Boschetto, a wooded 

 hill at the end of the Via dell Aquedotto, which is laid out in 

 numerous paths, and is much frequented, late in the afternoon, 

 by loving couples from the town. Here, one day, I took, in 

 addition to most of the species already mentioned, Satyrus actcea, 

 P. egeria var. egerides, H.sylvanus, and Spilosoma fuliginosa, the 

 latter, I should think, must have been one of a third brood. 



On Sept. 9th, while walking from Trieste to the Castle 

 of Miramar, I saw a large fresh-looking female Limenitis Camilla, 



