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quite necessary to take shelter in the middle of the day, and generally 
butterflies go to rest early. On June 6th I ventured ona long excur- 
sion to Seylla in Calabria, and reached the station quite early. The 
locality for M. arge being on the plateau 2000 ft. above the station, 
when I reached there I could only spare a few minutes to search for 
it, and I think I was too late, as its place was occupied by galatea. 
Nearer home galatea var. procida was well out at Gravitelli on 
June 8th, and on June 9th the Sicilian form of japygia was plentiful 
on a particular slope at Cattarati. This species flies later in the 
evening than most butterflies, and on this occasion had for its com- 
panion the showy Melit@a didyma, which, as the sun begins to dis- 
appear behind the hill, has the habit of settling on the top of the 
long grass with its wings wide open, exactly resembling a crimson 
flower. It was sufficiently abundant to create a veritable living 
flower garden, a sight never to be forgotten. 
Another locality for yapygia is at the foot of Monte Scudari 
(4000 ft. high), and on June 11th I trained to Scaletta and walked to 
Itala, a highly picturesque village. The wind was blowing a gale, 
and in the open it was impossible to get any butterflies. By follow- 
ing a rocky path up the bed of the stream for a considerable distance 
I reached a sheltered spot and there found japygza and some other 
species in full force, amongst them being Argynnis pandora and quite 
ordinary galatea. The heat in the narrow gorge was terrific. 
My last excursion was with an entomological friend to Monte 
Cicci on June 13th. On our way up we discovered a fresh locality 
at the back of a fort with flowers galore and the common Vanessz 
in abundance; also Hipparchia circe, the latter not easy to catch, 
owing to the breeze. Subsequently I found a specimen of H. her- 
mione amongst them, and my friend was able afterwards to capture 
more. It was rather too late for the early brood of blues, but we 
secured several specimens of semiargus, also argus (one) and telv- 
canus (one), and amongst the skippers Hesperia comma (one) turned 
up. Both galatea and japygia were present, and apparently we were 
too early for statelinus and niobe var. eris, which were both seen but 
not captured. The heat, however, proved too much for my friend, 
and we returned early. 
Next day I left for England, and found Naples, Rome, Paris, and 
London, alike suffering from the heat-wave.—J. Puatt Barrett ; 
Westcroft, South Road, Forest Hill, 8.E. 
SOCIETIES. 
ENToMOLOGICAL Society oF Lonpon.— Wednesday, February 4th, 
1914.—Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair.—Miss 
Maude Lina West Cleghorn, 57, Ballygunge, Circular Road, Calcutta, 
and Mr. William John Forsham, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., The Villa, 
Bubwith, Selby, Yorkshire, were elected Fellows of the Society.— 
The President announced that he had nominated Dr. H. Eltringham, 
the Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, and the Rev. G. Wheeler, as Vice- 
