16 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
flies were flying in the bed of the river. C. edusa, P. daplidice, the 
Orthopteron 0. caerulescens were taken here. In the wood 
Phaneroptera falcata was captured. Summer and autumn forms of 
Mantis were in the dry bed of the stream behind the woods. On the 
top of the bluff and on the way down the beetle Meloé proscarabaeus 
was taken. At night thunderstorms again affected the flow of water 
in the Scrivia river. 
October 17th.—We have had continuous rains and thunderstorms 
day and night since October 12th, and the ground is very sodden, 
the three main channels of the river are now getting very full of water. 
Last night Calocampa exoleta came to light accompanied by several 
Miselia oxyacanthae, and one specimen of Hnnomos alniaria (tiliaria). 
October 20th.—Last evening Triphaena pronuba came to light. 
This afternoon collecting was done in a very strong breeze on the high 
ground near the cemetery behind Vocemola. A male and a female of 
C. edusa were found resting on young oak-trees with their wings closed, 
exactly matching the half changed leaves around them, thus rendering 
them practically invisible. The Xylocopa bee was noted on the sunny 
side of the gorge with P. brassicae. 
October 23rd.—Along the main road running through the village 
of Rigoroso, this afternoon, I found the larve of Macrothylacia rubi 
walking about in all directions. A J”. brassicae was seen asleep resting” 
sideways on a stone wall, and thus rendered particularly visible by its 
general light coloration contrasting with the much darker stone, 
whereas had it rested at right angles with closed wings it would have 
been quite invisible. The heavy rain came on again this evening, and 
fine fresh Miselia oayacanthae, a couple of Himera pennaria, and the 
late emergence of Noctua plecta came in to the electric light. 
October 25th.—The sun broke through in the afternoon and it 
was pleasant walking. I crossed the river and turned down the right. 
bank, where a worn specimen of the Orthopteron Acrida nasuta was 
taken. In the first stage I took a pair of Sympetrum striolatwn in cép 
flying up and down the stream in full current again. C. edusa were 
resting among leaves on the dry pasture, perfectly resembling them 
with their closed wings. Among some small trees I took the smaller 
dragon-fly Ischnura pumilio. A female Gryllomorpha dalmatina was 
taken in the dry pasture. 
October 26th.—A glorious summer afternoon after the torrents-of 
rain. I crossed the bridge over the river and turned up the river bed 
for some distance. Only a few blossoms of the hawkweed remain, but 
even these attract the few C. edusa tothem. The Orthopteron Stauro- 
derus morio were numerous among the stones and low shrubs, and I took 
the large yellow-brown Orthopteron Chorthippus pulvinatus as ib was 
sitting on a stone facing me asI turned suddenly. Leaving the stream 
past the village of Vocemola I turned up. through the clump of trees 
on the lower hillsides where P. rapae and a solitary specimen of Pararge 
meyera accompanied the C. edusa. 
October 28th.—There is very little insect life left along the river 
bed now, the additional species to-day was a Pontia daplidice. Quite _ 
a number of dragonfiies were flying along the little stream which 
comes down from behind the “bluff.” Sympetrum striolatum were 
taken in cop, and the females were easy to take as they were. 
ovipositing on the young shoots and blades of grass just below and on 
the surface of the water. 
