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has been confirmed by Dr. E. A. Cockayne, who kindly examined the 
specimen for me.—A. W. PickARD-CAMBRIDGE; Balliol College, 
Oxford. 
Harty APPEARANCE OF HUCHLO# CARDAMINES.—The first “‘ Orange 
Tip” I saw this season was on April 22nd. The specimen was a 
male, and it was flying along a hedgerow within a mile of Chester. 
The species is unusually common in the district this year—J. ARKLE; 
Chester. 
With reference to the early appearance of Huchloé cardamines 
this year, it may be of interest to note that I first saw it on April 
18th. Last year it appeared on April 23rd, in 1912 on April 19th, 
and in 1906 on April 9; but the latter was at Chudleigh, S. Devon. 
Isaw a male Colzas edusa at Groombridge on May 16th.—E. D. 
More@an ; 24, Queen’s Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, May 6th, 1914. 
I noted H. cardamines at Tonbridge on April 12th last.—P. A. 
Buxton ; Trinity College, Cambridge. 
BUTTERFLIES OF VENICE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.—Being at Venice 
in the middle of April this year, and my interest in the butterflies of 
the neighbouring Lido having been aroused by Mr. Gurney’s article 
(Entom. xlvi. p. 232), I took my net to this island, anxious to see what 
this early time of year might afford in the way of butterflies. On 
April 20th, the Pierids rape, napi and brassice were common ; also 
an exceedingly richly coloured form of Pararge megera and 
Cenonympha pamphilus. Erynuws alcee was not rare, beautifully 
fresh, and evidently just emerging. I saw one specimen of Vanessa 10, 
exceedingly large and brilliant. The next day the weather began 
to get really hot, and ‘‘ whites” were frequently seen flying over the 
canals of Venice herself. On the 22nd I again went to the Lido. 
The extra warmth since my last visit had brought out five more 
species, besides trebling the quantity of butterflies previously noted. 
Polygoma c-album, Epinephele jurtina, Cyaniris argiolus and 
Nisoniades tages had emerged; I had feared that I was too early for 
Colias edusa, but I at last came across a fine fresh female, which I 
took after an exciting chase. The moth EHmatwrga atomaria was 
taken also. A few locusts were flying about, causing a peculiar 
metallic-like sound. One settled on a branch within a few yards of 
my head, so that I got a good look at it. I think it was Acridiwm 
peregrunum. It is interesting to note that nine out of the twelve 
species of butterflies which I came across on the Lido in April were 
met with by Mr. Gurney in September. This suggests that there 
must be at least three broods of most of these species. All along the 
railway line through Venetia and Lombardy, on my way from Venice 
to the Italian Lakes, I kept a sharp look-out for insects. Amongst 
numerous Pierids, Nymphalids and “ blues,’ the most conspicuous 
(beyond the usual “ whites”) were Huchloé cardanuines, Leucophasia 
sinapis and V. 20, with C. edusa quite common, and C. hyale almost 
everywhere. In the clover fields bordering the line some distance 
past Verona, there appeared to be an orange-coloured Colzas, like 
C. myrmudone; but of this I could net be absolutely certain. Is this 
