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and Posignano, Montenero and Biparbella. The Apennines also 

 about Pratovecchio and Poppi to near Arezzo, where the valley of 

 Cassentino intersects, furnished a multitude of species of Micro - 

 Lepidoptera. The repayment for trouble and cost was quite satisfac- 

 tory, and Herr Mann would have already repeated the journey had 



not the political troubles of Italy commenced 



As I possess a considerable number of the enumerated species from 

 Herr Mann, and have already published a considerable treatise on 

 the Lepidoptera of Southern Italy, I seem to have a special vocation 

 to edit Mann's observations. I give them entire, omitting only the 

 new species which I have not before me for description and on 

 which Mann himself gives no sufficient notice. My own observa- 

 tions are usually introduced between parentheses. The species 

 which were observed in Italy by myself are indicated by an f, those 

 communicated to me by Mann by an *. 



1. Exapate salicella, Hb. On the 25th of March at Pratovecchio, 

 on the trunks of alders by the Arno ; scarce. 



2. Chimabacche fagella, S. Y. On the 9th of March at Florence ; 

 at the end of March at Pratovecchio, on the trunks of oaks ; 

 abundant. 



3. Talceporia pseudolombycella, Hb. On the 19th May, several 

 males taken in the marshes near Pisa. 



4. *T. conspurcatella, Kollar in lit. [Described by Zeller, sec 

 p. 70.J In March at Pratolino and Pratovecchio on an overhang- 

 ing rock-face near the Arno ; here during dull weather I took in 

 the morning about twenty males. 



5. *-\-Eriocottis fuscandla, Z. (Tinea heterogenella, Koll. in lit.). 

 From the 21st April to the end of May at Salviano. In a deep 

 grassy ditch both sexes were flying early in the morning and in 

 the evening, but rather sparingly. 



6. * Tinea masculella, Hb. At the end of March and beginning of 

 April at Pratovecchio and Stia, not at all scarce, on hedges of 

 wild roses. 



7. T. Zinckenii, Z. At the beginning of April at Pratovecchio, not 

 scarce among oak bushes. 



8. T. angusticostella, F. v. R. [Briefly described by Zeller, see 

 p. 71.] At the beginning of May at Ardenza and Montenero 

 this flew singly near hedges, around excrement, late in the after- 

 noon. 



9. t^P. imella, Hb. In the middle of May at Salviano and Leghorn, 

 flying singly in ditches in the evening. 



10. T. rusticeUa,Hb. At the end of May at Leghorn and Anti- 

 gnano, scarce in the evening near elder-hedges. 



11. T. ferruginella, Hb. At the beginning of May in the marshes 

 at Pisa ; scarce. 



12. T. fulvimitrella, Sod. In the middle of May near Leghorn, two 

 specimens from a hedge between 5 and 6 A .M. 



