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JOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
StiegmMeELLa (Nepricuna) FLETcHERI, Turr, in Somerser.—On July 
31st, 1917, I bred a specimen of S. /letcheri from a mine gathered off 
a rose bush growing in a hedge at Bathford, near Bath. The late Mr. 
J. W. Tutt says of this species, ‘‘ Probably widely distributed all over 
the British Islands” (British Lepidoptera, vol. i., p. 213). Owing to 
this species not having been distinctly differentiated previously to the 
publication of that volume, where it is described for the first time, 
Tutt was only able to cite six counties in which it had certainly occurred. 
Somerset is an addition.—Atrrep Sicu, F.K.S. April 19th, 1920. 
Notes on Connective in Iraty (1918 anp 1919).—(Continued from 
page 63.)—March 8th.—To-day the two “‘ Bumble” Bees, Bombus terres- 
trisand Bombus hortorum, with their pretty stripes of yellow, black and 
white, have been crowding to the blossoms of Corydalis cava and I have 
taken for the first time this year Bombus agrorum variety pascuorum 
(Scop.), which is generally distributed throughout northern Italy and 
frequents the blossoms of the Labiatae, Umbelliferae, and Papilionaceae.. 
March 10th.—I spent to-day at Padua. In the Instituto Zoologico, 
a branch of the Royal University, where Doctor G. Teodoro, a professor 
of the University, kindly showed me the Natural History Collections 
which are housed there, there apparently being no Natural History 
Collections in the Museo Civico. Here I saw a good type collection of 
Huropean Butterflies and Moths which had, however, rather faded from 
exposure to light ; also a collection of Exotic Butterflies and Moths in 
good condition, with small general collections of Coleoptera, Diptera, 
Hymenoptera, and Orthoptera. In a separate collection of Italian 
Lepidoptera, somewhat neglected, I noticed specimens of Coenonympha 
oedipus from Piedmont, Chrysophanus thersamon from the Bologna 
district, and the large Dragon-flies deschna formosa and Libellula 
quadrimaculata, both of which species are found along the canal banks 
which intersect Padua. 1 also visited the Orto Botannico which is 
close to the glorious church of Santa Guistina. This fine old 
botanical garden, founded in 1545, contains several large hot-houses, 
and in the wilder portions are many trees and plants, of which I made 
a list of seventy different species in flower on this beautiful spring 
morning. The main building contains a good library and portraits of 
distinguished botanists of all countries. I was especially struck in the 
gardens by the bright pink flowers of the Heath, “rica carnea, which 
were out in mass under the hot sun, with Honey Bees and hibernated 
specimens of Polyyonia c-album crowding to them. 
March 12th.—The females of Pieris rapae were fresh on the wing 
up and down the green slopes of Monte Berico, accompanied by the 
males aud females of Pieris napi, which were also fresh and abundant. 
One male of Hesperia malvae fell to my net, apparently just emerged. 
The largest yellow-green lizard I have ever seen in western Kurope 
scuttled away to its rocky home from among the herbage, and 
Ematurga atomaria was flying over the grass. 
March 13th.—This afternoon, at the top of the winding slope 
which leads up through the gardens towards the top of Monte Berico, 
I saw three specimens of the large Orthopteron Acridium aeyyptium, 
and managed to secure one male with my hand as it settled on a tree 
