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trunk. The day being dull, the insect was rather listless and not 
inclined to fly far, though this species is difficult to approach on bright 
days. This Grasshopper is found in every province of Italy, and is 
also frequently common in Sicily and Sardinia. The male is from 
32mm. to 47mm. in length, and the female varies from 50mm. to 
66mm. I also took a fresh specimen of Pararye megera at the top of 
the hill; later this species will be abundant here. 
March 15th.—After several days of wet weather and thunder fresh 
butterflies have emerged and the sun is shining with great power on 
the slopes of Monte Berico. ‘The males of Pieris brassicae were flying 
and some that I have caught are rather small and remarkable for deep 
grey tips on the forewings instead of the usual black colour. I took a 
fine large hibernated specimen of Huvanessa polychloros, which species 
is abundant in this district, though not always easy to catch. A freshly 
emerged female specimen of the first brood of Celastrina argiolus was 
fluttering over the green herbage and seeking the young shoots and 
budding leaves of the Common Bramble and other bushes on which to 
rest. A single specimen also of Coenonympha pamphilus flew up and 
down a small grassy path in the bottoms of Monte Berico, and I 
secured a fresh specimen of the common Rumicia phlaeas. This 
outterfly is by no means so generally common in northern Italy as in 
the south of England. 
March 17th.--This afternoon on the higher slopes among the 
shrubs planted in the gardens of Monte Berico, Acridium aegyptiun 
was now very plentiful but unapproachable on this bright day, and I 
was unable to secure even one. They fly from shrub to shrub or from 
tree to tree, where they alight on the stronger twigs or stem, and 
remain as a rule quite still, but always ready for the next flight if 
approached closely. They make a decided noise with their elytra and 
wines when in flight, and are difficult to see when settled on twigs or 
tree stems as they so much resemble the dull colour of the 
twigs, etc., on which they rest. A single male specimen of Pararge 
aegeria, Li., was caught on the winding grassy road leading through 
the gardens, and a single hibernated male of Colias edusa was found to 
be in good order, but of pale colour, when I took it near the grassy 
bottoms of Monte Berico. A hibernated male specimen of Jssorta 
lathonia was in good order though small. Later in May, the fresh 
specimens will be common on these hillsides. At the bottom of the 
walk below the seminary on the hill-top, a small tree that was exuding 
sap was a feast of joy for several specimens of EF’. polychloros in various 
conditions. The imagines of &. phlaeas were more plentiful to-day 
and a study in variation; the majority of this first spring brood are 
smaller than the usual type, whilst the markings and colouring vary 
considerably. , 
March 19th.—For some days the males of the Emperor Moth 
(Saturnia pavonia) have been dashing about in the hot sun, and this 
afternoon I found a freshly emerged female of this moth sitting up on 
a twig drying her wings, on the lower slopes of Monte Berico. ‘This 
moth is found commonly up to 1500m. in Italy, in spring, but is more 
addicted to the northern than the southern portion of the kingdom. 
Some of the hibernated specimens of Aglais urticae were worth 
taking, but the majority were unfit for the cabinet; not so those of 
Polygonia c-album which are fairly numerous and in excellent condition 
