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Messina in June. — L. telUanus, Lang. Seen rarely, near Messina, in 

 June. — L. baton, Berg. A few damaged specimens at Messina in 

 June and July. — L. astrarclw, Bgst. Common. — L. icanis, Eott. 

 Very common in every locality. — L. hellarfjns, Rott. Not at all 

 common. — L, anjiulus, L. I saw a good many specimens of this 

 butterfly, all females, near Messina, in June and July. — L. semiargus, 

 Rott. One male example at Zafferia, near Messina, in June. — L. 

 ci/Uarus, Eott. One male on the road to San Martino in May. 



Libijthea celtis, L. One very damaged specimen seen at Taormiua 

 in June. 



C.jasius, L. Common at Gravitelli, near Messina, in June. 



L. Camilla, S.V. Not unfrequent in the neighbourhood of Messina 

 in June and July. 



V. egea, Cr. At Messina in June. — V. c-albuw, L. At Taormina 

 and Messina, in June. — V. polychloros, L. A remarkably fine form 

 near Messina in June. — F. nitica var. ichnxisa (?), Bon. Said to have 

 been taken in the Madonie Mountains ; all the specimens I saw were 

 typical, and in no way resembling the ichniisa of Corsica. — V. atalanta, 

 L. Common throughout the summer months. — F. cardui, L. Very 

 abundant round Messina in June and July. Some of the examples 

 were very small and washed out ; others especially large and deeply 

 coloured. 



M. cinxia, L. Not very common. I took one very dark female 

 specimen at Taormina, the rest I had observed being identical with 

 those of North Italy, &c. — ili. diiUjma var. meridionalis, Stgr. This 

 butterfly is entirely represented by this variety throughout Sicily. I 

 took several specunens at Messina in June and July. — M. athalia, 

 Rott. Fairly common near Messina in June and July. 



A. latonia, L. Occurring somewhat sparingly in various localities. 

 — A. niobe var. eris, Meig. Very common on Monte Ciccia in June 

 and beginning of July. — A. iiandora, S.V. Exceedingly abundant on 

 Monte Ciccia in June and July. 



M. galatea, L. A very large, dark form, some of which were 

 of the var. procida, Hbst., occurred at Messina in June; specimens 

 taken near Palermo in the same month were much lighter. — M. 

 japygla var. clcanthe, B. Two male specimens near Messina ; one 

 taken at Gravitelli, and one (damaged) on the summit of Monte 

 Ciccia ; both in June. — M. pherma, B. Very common on one special 

 spot at the foot of Monte Cuccio, near Palermo, in May. One worn 

 female taken at San Martino in June; the yhv. plesaura, Bell, occurring 

 with the type, but not more than about one in ten. 



S. circe, F. Occasionally seen on the wing on Monte Ciccia. — 

 S. semele var. arisiaus, Bon. Exceedingly abundant in rocky, stony 

 places in June and July. — ^S'. statllimis var. allionia, F. I took one 

 fresh male specimen at Cirpi, near Messina, in July. Signor Amenta 

 said that a week or two later this butterfly would appear in great 

 abundance in this and other localities. 



P. meijaia, L. I saw many typical specimens of this butterfly, but 

 none seemed at all to approach the var. tigelius of Corsica. — P. egeria, 

 L. Fairly distributed. 



E, ianira var. hispuUa, Hiib. Common everywhere. Signor 

 Amenta took a male specimen on Monte Ciccia on which the right 



