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" blood-vein," Timandra aiiiata, which rose on the hillside as I went 

 along, were quickly appropriated. 



May 16. — Although the sun was often beclouded, the heat even on 

 Monte Berico was terrific. The females of A. crataer/i were now out, 

 but not numerous, while the males were flying everywhere in the 

 gardens on the mountain slope, some of them being of very large size. 

 In the grassy pastures bordering the woods M. athalia females were 

 numerous and C. rubi could still be found quite fresh. The males of 

 M. (Udyma were now going over. Aiigiades si/lraniiswsis now abundant 

 in both sexes. The very numerous females of A. thetis were strongly 

 marked with blue. I captured a specimen of the moth Thalera 

 fiiiibrialis {tliymiaria), and near the wooded parts met with several 

 Acontia Inctuosa. I took two specimens of a " blue" which I think 

 .are Ctipido sebrns, but they are rather different from the forms of this 

 species I have usually met with at Digne. Diaphora mendica. was 

 taken on the way down, and in- the arcade mentioned before I found a 

 young larva of Cossns liriniperda. 



•On May 17th I Avas late reaching the ground and flight was almost 

 over for the day, and there was a slight breeze. I saw a male 

 Glancnpsyclie vielanops, and took a couple of nice P. amanda. Aricia 

 viedon (astrarche) was out, and A. si/lvaniis was still plentiful. The 

 first Adojjciea fiava (thainnas) put in an appearance and I again searched 

 for blue females of A. thetis with good success. While leaving the 

 ground I took the first Goenonymplia arcania I have seen here, a very 

 large form. 



May 18th was a favourable day for collecting on Monte Berico, and 

 I took advantage of it by getting on the ground earlier than on 

 previous occasions. Males of Colias hyale were numerous. Two more 

 S. or ion were taken at the same spot as before, and several A. mcdon 

 which had just emerged. Just where the road turns going down 

 towards the large farmhouse, I saw a male Liwenitis Camilla, but failed 

 to secure it. Hay-cutting had begun in the bottoms and on the lower 

 slopes, but probably plenty of ground will remain untouched for 

 collecting. There were plenty of day-flying moths about, and I added 

 Zygaena carniolica and Cosyuibia pendnlaria to my list of captures. 

 The Italian acacia is now very beautiful with its white masses of 

 flower. Just before leaving I took a freshly emerged Papilio viachaon 

 sitting on the blossom of a vetch which grows in quantity in the 

 gardens on the top, through which runs a wide path. Along this I 

 found the green-winged orchid, Orchis morio, bearing however white 

 flowers. 



This morning the Postmaster of Vicenza, who is interested in 

 Natural History, brought me a specimen of Satarnia pyri caught in 

 the town. I took Mamestra oleracea in the fierce sunlight on the slope 

 of Monte Berico to-day, and several Z. carniolica. S. orion is more 

 numerous, but requires careful selection to get perfect examples. 

 A single L. caniilla turned up again to-day as also did a male 

 •G. cyllarus. Two more C. sebriis were taken, and fresh males of 

 Ejiinephele jiirtina and A. urtlcae. Both (J. ediisa and C. hycde were in 

 increasing numbers, but much too wild to capture. Of Hesperia sao 

 my first specimen occurred to-day. 



May 21st. — At the bottom of the valley by 5 o'clock insect life was 

 nearly at rest after the torrid heat of the blazing sun, and it was 



