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oak-galls, especially the oak-apple, from which specimens 

 may be obtained. 



Francis Walker. 



Notes on some Insects of Italy and of South France, 

 observed between the middle of May and the middle of 

 July, 1872. By Francis Walker, Esq. 



The opportunities for observation were iew and short, and 

 the weather was at first unfavourable. Many researches by 

 many persons in different seasons and localities are required 

 to determine the range of Italian species of insects, and to 

 serve as means for the future author on entomological 

 geography in Italy. The interest in seeing these objects is 

 greatest when they occur in abundance, and thereby contri- 

 bute to the diversity, and, in Lepidoptera especially, to the 

 beauty of the aspects of natural scenery. 



Lepidoptera. 



Pieris Brassicae, P. Rapge, Vanessa Cardui, Plusia Gamma, 

 Stenopteryx hybridalis, and Camptogramma bilineata, ap- 

 peared nearly everywhere, and are therefore not here again 

 mentioned. Macroglossa Stellatarum was also widely spread. 



Avignon, May 14. — Papilio Podalirius, Aporia Crateegi, 

 Anthocharis Eupheno, Melitsea Didyma, M. Phcebe, Hip- 

 parchia Maera, H. Megaera, Lycaena Adonis, L. Alexis, 

 L. Sedi. 



The above species were at the Fountain of Vaucluse, a 

 spot remarkable for its associations, and for its rocky wild- 

 ness and for beauty. A. Eupheno was plentiful, and flitted 

 slowly over the^numerous wild flowers there ; the others were 

 scarce. 



Marseilles, May 16. — Papilio Podalirius, Plipparchia 

 Galatea, H. Pamphilus, Chrysophanus Phlaeas, Lycaena 

 Alexis. Here, as at Genoa, P. Podalirius was of rare occur- 

 rence, and did not appear in the open country, but only in 

 the gardens about the town. 



Nice, May 17. — Hipparchia Egeria. 



Genoa, May 20, 21. — Papilio Podalirius, Colias Hyale, 

 Vanessa Atalanta, Hipparchia Pamphilus, Hesperia Alveolus. 



