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There is not the least fear to be apprehended from the natives, 

 brigandage being quite a thing of the past. I found the 

 peasantry most obliging ; whenever I met any I used to explain, 

 in broken Italian, my occupation, and they generally assisted 

 me, often becoming an intolerable bore. I used to carry a box 

 on purpose to put their unwelcome gifts into, so as to avoid 

 offending them ; snails, grasshoppers, small frogs, &c, were 

 common offerings, and of course were disposed of as soon as the 

 donor's back was turned ; but one was sometimes rewarded by a 

 good species. They never minded how much one trampled 

 through their corn or orange groves, and seemed pleased to see 

 a stranger, unlike our noble countrymen. 



The best time to go to Sicily would be from the middle of May 

 to the end of June, and the weather would be delightful in the 

 mountains. I unfortunately had to leave when the good time 

 was just beginning. I conclude by giving a list of some of the 

 most interesting insects I took. The small beetles and the 

 Micro-Lepidoptera I have not yet had time to identify. 



Lepidoptera. 



Papilio machaon, var. sphyrus. — P. And many butterflies common in 



podalirius. England. 



Thais polyxena. Arctia caja. 



Pieris daplidice. Spilosoma fuliginosa. 



Anthocharis belia. — A. cardatnines, Metoptria monogramma. 



var. turritis. Heliothis dipsaceus. — H. peltigera. 



Coliasedusa. Acontia lucida, ab. albicollis. — A. 

 Rhodocera cleopatra. luctuosa. 



Polyommatus phlaeas, var. eleus. Thalpocbares ostrina. 



Lycaena baton. Botys polygonalis. — B. amata. — B. 

 Coeuonympha pamphilus, var. lyllus. sanguinalis. — B. ferrugalis. 



CoLEOPTERA. 



Cicindela campestris, var. nigrita. — Calatbus circumscripta. 



C. littoralis, var. nemoralis — Harpalus cupreus. 



C. flexuosa, var. circumflexa. Ditomus flavipes. 



Omophron limbatus. Acinopus ambiguus. 



Notiophilus palustris. — N. rufipes. Feronia splendens. 



Carabus morbillosus, var. servillei. Aristus capito. — A. clypeatus. — A. 

 Masoreus asgyptiacus sphserocephalus. 



Chlsemusauricollis. — C. spoliatus. — Brachinus sclopeta. — B. crepitans. 



C. chrysocephalus. — C. velu- Polistichus fasciolatus. 



tinus. — C. circumscriptus. Silpba sinuata. — S. granulata. 



Lionychus brevicollis, var. sicula. Sunius longicornis. 



Broscus politus. Hister major. — H. 12-striatus. 



Scarites buparius. — S. arenarius. Uxythyrea slictica. 



