62 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
February 26th.—Single perfectly fresh males of Pararge megera 
and of Pieris rapae were flying to-day in the gardens towards the 
summit of Monte Berico. 
February 28th.—This morning an Italian peasant brought round 
skins of some animals which were all found in the mountains around 
Schio, a cathedral town of some 11,000 inhabitants, some 154 miles 
N.N.W. of Vicenza. I found the skins were of the following animals : 
viz., Volpe (fox), Puzzola (pole-cat), Donnola (weasel), Fuina (stoat), 
and Martora (marten). 
March 1st.—This afternoon, on the slopes of Monte Berico, I took 
two fresh specimens of Pieris rapae, and hibernated single specimens 
of Macroglossum stellatarum, and of Polygonia c-album. I saw also a 
hibernated specimen of Vanessa io sunning itself on the rocky sides of 
the road which winds up through the gardens—this last insect was in 
such good condition that it was worth taking, had I been able to reach 
it. The bees were swarming at the blossoms of Corydalis cava, and I 
got a fine specimen of Bombus hortorwn, which is everywhere common 
in northern Italy. This bee greedily visits the various wild flowers 
daily, but flies off rapidly to some distance at a good height, on any 
shght disturbance. 
March 6th.—The bees Bombus hortorum are as busy as ever at the 
blossoms of Corydalis cava this sunless afternoon, though there is no 
other insect life visible on the wing, but the hibernated velvety cater- 
pillars which will later on produce the moth Bombya rubi, are crawling 
about the roads, before deciding to enter the chrysalis state. Amid 
our wood supply to-day I have found specimens of the beetle Carabus 
hortensis, which is found in northern and central Italy in hilly and 
mountainous districts. 
March Tth.— Pieris rapae is now out commonly in both sexes, and 
G. rhanni is swarming. Hibernated specimens of Vanessa io and of 
Polygonia c-album are numerous, and many of the latter especially are 
in excellent condition. Hibernated specimens of Aylais urticae, on the 
other hand, seemed too worn to take. Yesterday, in the Biblioteca 
Bertoliana at Vicenza, I came across a copy of a book entitled ** Ento- 
mologica Vicentina ossia Catalogo Sistematico deel’ Insetti della 
Provincia di Vicenza,’ by Francesco Dott. Disconzi, a priest of 
Vicenza. This book of great interest, published in 1865 at Padua, 
though now out of print, and (it seems) extremely difficult to purchase, 
deals with various orders of insects found in the Provinee of Vicenza, 
with copious lists, etc. The following more interesting butterflies are 
quoted, among others, in this Italian book, as occurring in the 
Province of Vicenza, viz., Papilio machaon var. sphyrus, Hub.; Thais 
hypsiphyle, Fab., and var. demnosia, Dahl.; Parnassius mnemosyne, L. ; 
Pieris callidice, Esp. ; Rhodocera cleopatra, L.; Colias palaeno, L.; C. 
phicomene, Eisp.; Melitaea cynthia, Fab.; M. maturna, L.; Argynnis 
pandora, Esp. ; Nymphalis populi, L., and var. tremulae, Dup.; Apatura 
ilia, Fab., and var. clytie, Hub.; Grapta L-album, Hwb., and yar. 
V-album, Esp.; Libythea celtis, Fab.; Neptis Lucilla, Fab.; Limenitis 
aceris, Lepech ; Satyrus ida, Ksp.; Arye galathea and var. leucomelas, Ksp., 
and var. procida, Herbst.; Lycaena boeticus, L.; L. amyntas, Fab. ; 
L. telicanus, Herbst.; Thecla betulae, L.; T. pruni, L. (Italian= 
“Tecla del pruno”); 7. w-album, Il. ; Polyommatus hippothoé, Fab. ; 
P. virgaureae, Li. ; Steropes paniscus, Fab., etc., etc. J have copied the 
