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European Lepidoptera' to be able fairly to take up other matters till 

 that is disposed of; but I trust that immediately after the appear- 

 ance of that Catalogue we may look for a valuable contribution from 

 his pen supplementary to the present volume on the 'Tineina of 

 Southern Europe.' 



I must notice also one other blank, one of the divisions of Italy 

 Lombardy. I naturally comprehend that much of that fertile country 

 being so entirely under cultivation affords bad collecting-ground to 

 an entomologist; still it seems strange that neither amongst the 

 resident entomologists have any devoted themselves to the Micro- 

 Lepidoptera. nor have any travelling Micro-Lepidopterists formed 

 collections whilst passing through the plains of Lombardy. 



The term Liguria employed by Ghiliani seems to correspond very 

 nearly with the Riviera from Mentone to Spezia. The climate there 

 is so very different from that of Piedmont proper that there should 

 be a considerable difference in the insects occurring in the two dis- 

 tricts. Unfortunately Professor Ghiliani's opportunities of studying 

 the Ligurian Micro -Lepidoptera had been but very limited. 



I well recollect the change of climate in the short journey from 

 Genoa to Turin on the evening of the 28th December last year. 

 The great coat which had been discarded since I arrived at Cannes 

 on the 16th December was gladly resumed before reaching Turin, 

 where we were thankful to have good fires and closed windows, 

 whilst at Genoa we were comfortably warm without fires and with 

 open windows. 



