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and our catch was of more than 2,500 perfect individuals, but we had 

 certainly examined more than 10,000, among which we only found 

 one male and one female of the aberration corydonis, Brgstr., as it is 

 figured by Tutt in Brit. Butt., vol. iv. (1910), plate II., fig. 14. 



On July 22nd the emergence of A. coridon ceased and we saw 

 thousands of spoilt individuals together with a few individuals of the 

 other species, also spoilt. We had to leave Garfagnana owing to the 

 want of Lepidoptera, and it was lucky for us because the house we 

 inhabited was destroyed by the earthquake of September 7th, and we 

 should certainly have remained till that date if there had been material 

 to collect. 



On July 20th Dr. Romei, my son-in-law, came to visit us and he 

 assured us that in the environs of Florence no insect flew and that he 

 had seen none in his long journey from Florence to Careggine. It was 

 evident that the want of insects must depend upon the excessive 

 drought, so my wife and daughter proposed to go to the Bagni di Lucca 

 to collect in the valley of the Camaione river, which descends from the 

 Monte Pratofiorito and falls into the Lima near Ponte-a-Serraglio. 

 They had collected in that locality in August, 1915, and they remem- 

 bered that in the valley of Camaione the sun only appeared for a few 

 hours during the day and this made them hope that the Lepidoptera 

 had been able to save themselves from destruction. 



I went to the valley of the Camaione and perceived that something- 

 was flying there. I found lodgings at Bagni di Lucca and returned to 

 Careggine to take my family. 



Before leaving Monte Sumbra my wife and I made a last excursion 

 to it, feeling certain that in so suitable a locality the P. apollo could 

 not be wanting. On our return from the Sumbra (5000 ft.) we saw 

 P. apollo flying in a valley below, which was rather moist, and we 

 descended to it and were able to capture several specimens very much 

 spoilt and one male only in good condition. 



As there was no more hope of collecting even P. apollo we left the 

 Garfagnana to go to Bagni di Lucca, whilst my son-in-law left for the 

 Monti Sibillini in the Marche. 



During the month of August in the valley of the Camaione (800ft.) 

 we found all the species which we had collected there in 1915. 



Nisoniades tapes, L., race clarus, Carad., II. gen. darns. Erynnis 

 alceae, Esp., race australis, Z., II. gen. australis. E. altheae, Hb., race 

 australiformis, Vrty., II. gen. australiformis. Hesperia armoricanus, Obth., 

 race fulvoinspersa, Vrty., II. gen. fulvoinspersa. H . onopordi, Ramb., 

 race ftdvotincta, Vrty., II. gen. fulvotincta. H. tualvoides, Elw. and 

 Edw., race pseudomalvae, Vrty., II. gen. malvoides. Potvellia sao, Hb., 

 race gracilis, Vrty., II. gen. gracilis. Urbicola comma, L., race apennina, 

 Rost. Avgiades sylvanus, Esp., race sylvanns, II. gen. minuta, Vrty. 

 Pi. phlaeas, L., race nigrioreleus, Vrty., II. gen. nigrioreleus. L. dorilis, 

 Hufn., race italornni, Vrty., II. gen. italorum. L. arion, L., race not 

 identified. Scolitantides baton, Bgstr., race baton, II. gen. obscura, 

 Vrty. A. coridon, Poda, race super apennina, Vrty. A. thetis, Rott., 

 race etrusca, Vrty., II. gen. etrusca. P. meleager, Esp., race macra, 

 Vrty. P. icarus, Rott., race zelleri, Vrty., II. gen. aestivalis, Tutt. A. 

 medon, Hufn., race pallid efulva, Vrty., II. gen. pallidefulva. P. argus, 

 L., race apenninicola, Vrty. P. idas, L. ( = argyrognomon, Bgstr.), race 

 apenninophyla, Vrty. Everes alcetas, Hoff. { — coretas, O.), race alcetas. 



