The Zoologist— May, 1874. 3977 



Notes 071 the Lido, Torcello a»d the Pineta. 

 By the Kev. F. A. Walker, M.A., F.L.S. 



One is naturally led to connect the Pineta, in the neighbourhood 



the Lntomology of the respective localities is akin, their eccle- 

 s>ast.cal history similar, and the districts in either case consist of 

 ^^Kr^rn ^., land which has either been reclaimed from the Adriatic 

 o. thrown up by the receding of its waves, and accordingly, as may 

 be supposed from the history of its formation, the Lido is flat with 



bur d r"-rr '" '^'^ ''" "'^^' ^"^^ ^^^^^ ^e wished to be 



in ex e'nt r^ '" ""'' '' f' "'""^' "^"^'^ '^ ^^out two miles 

 in extent, and serves as a rendezvous for pleasure, recreation and 

 efreshment, to such of the Venetian populace as may wish to escape 

 from the c ose smells of their own canals and enjoy a sea-b eeze 

 occasionally and are accordingly conveyed thither by an omn bus 

 steam gondola, the said boat performing the voyage several times a 

 day during the whole of the summer season, an'd bringing Tany 

 customers to the excellent bathing establishment, which owns the 

 grea er part of the place. So that a ticket purchased on landing 

 no on,^ admits one to the baths, a long and ornamental wooden 

 sfucture erected on piles driven into the sand, but to La Favorita 

 as well, a restaurant beneath an acacia grove in the centre of the 

 isle, containing a spacious dancing hall and ample accommodation 

 or refreshment, and in fact enables one to traverse, without fear of 

 trespassing or interruption, the whole spot. The only other objects 

 wort y of notice are the Hebrew Cemetery, which wears a des la 

 and uncared-for aspect, with its moss-grown tombs and curious 

 > ase-shaped head-stones lying about, and the market gardens, where 

 ™ ize, f....t and vegetables are grown for Venice. Adriatic yster 

 are to be had close to the landing-place, very diminutive and 

 surpassingly delicate in flavour. immutue and 



Ijist of Insects observed on the Lido. 

 Pieris Daplidice. Plentiful. (Edipoda Germanica (blue variety) 

 ^;'. ^'^^^- Vanessa Atalanta. 



Cohas Edusa. Plentiful. Xjlocopa violacea. 



Acndmm tataricum. Satyrus Meg^ra. 



Irjxalisnasuta. Deiopeia pulchella. 



