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A LIST OF THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF 

 CAPRI; WITH A FEW NOTES. 



By C. Seymour Browne. 



(Concluded from p. 286.) 



The list which I am making from my collection is, I am afraid, 

 more imperfect than I had previously supposed. My study of 

 the Lepidoptera of Capri was only commenced last summer, so I 

 have not yet had sufficient time to exhaust the resources of the 

 island. I think, however, that the list of Rhopalocera will be 

 found to he nearly complete, though I cannot say the same of the 

 Heterocera, the specimens obtained having been mostly found in 

 the daytime, or taken with an acetylene lamp at night, and again 

 I have a considerable number of specimens that I cannot name. 



Many of my specimens would probably be classified as varieties, 

 such as those contained in my series of Ephyra pupillaria, but, as 

 I am not quite certain, I prefer to err on the right side, and leave 

 them out for the present. Having had the opportunity of ex- 

 amining some collections in Naples, I am certain that many more 

 species must exist than I have been able to find. 



Capri has the credit of containing a variety of Deilephila 

 livornica, Esp., not to be found elsewhere; also many of the 

 Sorrentine varieties should be found here. 



The Micro-Lepidoptera are rather beyond the limits of my 

 time and patience, but I give a list of those that I have been 

 able to find and identify. 



I need hardly say that, should any reader visit this island, I 

 should be only too pleased for him to see my collection. 



Lymantria dispar is remarkable for the way in which it resists 

 the poison of the cyanide-bottle, and I have not found it safe to 

 set until it has been at least two hours in the bottle. 



I have never taken the female of Arctia villica at light, but 

 the males have appeared in large numbers, and, although plenty 

 of the females have been found in the daytime, I have rarely 

 seen a male. 



Lymantriid^. 



944. Ocneria rnbea, F. (One specimen, early summer, 1903.) I 

 have not seen this in any Naples collection. 



NoCTUID^. 



1197. Agrotis xanthographa, F. 

 1454a. Mamestra hrassiciB var. andaliisica, Stand. 

 1623. Celmia matura Hufn. (One specimen, September, 1903.) 

 1765. Aporophijla nigra Haw. 



2566. Piusia accentifera Lef. (Two specimens, early summer) ; but 

 fairly common on the mainland. 



The above six species were omitted from previous list. 



