October 29th.—The thermometer down to 51° F. in the shade, but 
a bright sun and no wind afforded a pleasant afternoon’s walk up the 
river bed, where Stanroderus morio was stirred up to be caught arnong the 
Calluna growing on the bank. Pieris rapae appeared to be a fresh 
emergence in number, and C. hyale in poor condition was among the 
abundant CO. edusa. Rumicia phlaeas were in good order and a female 
P. megera turned up with P. daplidice. The interest of the afternoon 
was the capture of two good specimens of Lampides boeticus, an addition 
to my list of the butterflies of this district. Evidently I missed the 
summer brood (possibly the middle of June) owing to the great heat, 
as the place where I met with the species to-day would then have been 
practically unbearable.: This morning on.a stone wall in the sun 
behind the villa Vittoria I found a specimen of the Noctuid Chariptera 
vividana, a rare moth in N. Italy, probably a second brood, the usual 
emergence being June and July. 
October 31st.—South wind and a warm sun produced a perfect 
afternoon. Another L. boeticus was taken in the same place, but I saw 
no more. R. phlaeas and C. hyale with the usual C. edusa were the 
chief Lepidoptera seen. A specimen of Oedipoda miniata fell to my 
net. This morning a fresh example of S. stellatarwm was handed to 
me by my friend, Major Broadmore, which he had taken at Bordighera 
on the Italian Riviera. 
November 4th.—lLast night both sexes of Himera pennaria came to 
light in abundance at the villa Pisano during the heavy rain with a 
few Hnnomos alniaria (tiliaria), Odontopera bidentata, and Kpirrita 
(Oporabia) dilutata, all in good condition. 
November 6th.—Last night the pretty Orthopteron Phaneroptera 
faleata jumped into my bedroom, and a Phlogophora meticulosa came in 
to light. 
November 9th.—I left for England and before concluding I wish 
to express my indebtedness to the following authors, whose books 
were consulted constantly. 
Italian Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, and Orthoptera, by Dr. A. Griffini. 
Ulrico Hoepli. Milan. 1897. ¢ 
A Synopsis of the Orthoptera of Western Europe, by Dr. Malcolm 
Burr, London. 1910. ; 
British Dragonflies—Odonata, by W. J. Lucas, F.E.S., London. 
1899. 
Le Farfalle, by Proff. Ferdinando Sordelli. Ulrico Hoepli. Milan. 
1912. 
Iblibro det Coleotteri, by Dr. Achille Griffini. Ulrico Hoepli. Milan. 
1896.—Liszvr. EH. B. Asusy (F.E.S.), Hounslow. 
NOTES ON COLLECTING. i\'7/ 
GJURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 
The Rey. G. H. Raynor is publishing “ A Compendium of Named 
Varieties of the Large Magpie Moth” accompanied by a Label List. 
Hxamining an advance copy we are struck by the enormous amount of 
really scientific labour which it records. One is perhaps tempted to 
look upon the insect concerned rather from a commercial than from a 
scientific point of view. Mr. Raynor’s brochure contains descriptions 
of two classes of variation, those taken wild in Britain, and these 
- produced by careful breeding experiments. As lone as a form has 
