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CHAPTER II. 



HERE JOSEPH MANN. 



INCITED, no doubt, by the result of Professor Zeller's visit to Sicily 

 and Southern Italy in 1844, Herr Joseph Mann proceeded in the 

 spring of 1846 to Tuscany, and collected there assiduously till the 

 hot weather set in in July. The record of his then doings was pub- 

 lished, with descriptions of the new species by Professor Zeller, in 

 the ' Stettiner entomologische Zeitung ' for 1849 and 1850. 



It was anticipated that a similar excursion to some other portion 

 of the Italian peninsula would soon have taken place; but Herr 

 Mann's next visit to the south appears to have been in 1849, to 

 Fiume, Istria, and Croatia. Of this excursion, however, we have 

 unfortunately no distinct account, and only find accidental allusions 

 to it in other notices. (Thus we read, ' Wiener entomol. Monat- 

 schrift,' 1857, p. 139, " Nachdem ich bereits im Jahre 1849 in der 

 Gegend von Fiume gesammelt hatte.") 



In 1850 Herr Mann, in company with Colonel Macchio, visited 

 Dalmatia, and collected there for four months ; they first went to 

 the islands of Lesina and Lissa, then to Spalatro, whence they made 

 numerous excursions, and ascended to the summit of Monte Bioccovo 

 in July. (See note at foot of p. 54.) 



In 1853 Herr Mann again visited Fiume, and collected in that 

 neighbourhood from April to the middle of July ; the account of this 

 excursion appears in the first volume of the ' Wiener entomologische 

 Monatschrift,' in 1857. 



In 1854 Herr Mann visited in May and June a portion of Upper 

 Carniola, making Wippach his headquarters, exploring the valley 

 in all directions, and going sometimes over the pass to Gorz ; the 

 result of this journey appeared in the ' Verhandlungen des zoolo- 

 gisch-botanischen Vereins in Wien ' of the same year. 



In 1855 Herr Mann visited Corsica, where he remained from the 

 19th of April to the middle of July, and he published a notice of his 

 Corsican captures in the ' Verhandlungen des zoologisch-botanischen 

 Vereins in Wien ' for 1855. 



In 1856 a journey to Sicily had been projected ; but Herr Mann 

 was taken ill en route, and obliged to return home. In 1858 he 

 was more successful, and arrived at Palermo on the 10th of April, 

 and remained collecting in that neighbourhood (having taken up his 

 quarters at Morreale) till the beginning of July ; the notice of this 

 journey occurs in the ' Wiener entomologische Monatschrift ' for 

 1859. 



