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siderable number of E. tithonm were examined, but beyond a male with 

 two black spots below the usual eye spots and a female with very 

 strongly marked spots on lower wings, nothing striking was taken. 

 Among the A. coridon are two specimens with wavy outer margins to 

 the forewings. 



The homeward journey was made via Winchester, Oxford, and 

 Leicester, and samples of A. coridon were taken from Winchester and 

 near Wantage, but onlj' quite ordinary forms could be turned up. — 

 Douglas H. Pearson, Chilwell, Notts. 



Notes on Entomology in France and Italy in 1918. — July 

 31st. — This afternoon I took a very fine specimen of Satyrns 

 briseis in the garden of the Villa, together with 5'. hermione, Pararge 

 aegeria (fresh brood), and a fresh or late emergence of MeUtaea phoebe. 

 The greater part of July was so hot that much collecting was quite 

 impossible, and no doubt I have missed some species. The whole 

 district is undoubtedly rich in both its entomological and botanical 

 fauna, but it is quite impossible to note everything in this month in 

 any one season owing to the heat of the climate. I should say that 

 the S. briseis was the only specimen I saw throughout my stay. 



August 3rd. — Last night Phisia bractea and Malacosojva nenstria 

 came in to the light, and this evening a large portion of the hillside to 

 the right of Monte Spineto had caught fire and the scrub and timber 

 burnt fiercely aided by the strong sirocco which blew hard all day. 



August 4th. — Up as far as the little cemetery in the gorge to the 

 right behind the village of Vocemola. Polyomviatus icartis was 

 extremely abundant, and fresh imagines of Leptosia sinapis were now 

 on the wing, the females of which in this brood have no markings 

 whatever above, and many are of large size. Melitaea dia was flying 

 on the hill pasture, and of Resperia comma I took one specimen, the 

 first so far. In the bed of the river, where many plants have sprung 

 up, the little Aricia viedon is quite plentiful, whilst on the tree trunks 

 near the Villa E. antiopa and Polyyonia c-album were taken. Although 

 there was practically unbroken fine weather by day since about June 

 25th, the weather today attempted a thunderstorm, but after a. slight 

 shower and a cooler atmosphere it has apparently quite recovered. 



August 5th. —I had the opportunity to-day of visiting Genoa, and 

 was much interested in this ancient port and its cathedral of San 

 Lorenzo, with the more magnificent church of Santissima Annunciata 

 del Vestato. In the afternoon I made my way to the Museo Civieo 

 di Storia Naturale, near the Piazza d'Armi, which contains the best 

 natural history collection in the city, although there is another in the 

 Palazzo deir Universita. The Director of the Museo Civieo, which was 

 closed to the public and being used as a Eed Cross Hospital, received 

 me with much kindness, and I was permitted to see as much of the 

 Lepidoptera as my time allowed. The local collection of Liguria is 

 very strong in Sphinges and Arctiidae, but in general a great deal 

 remains to be done in completing the collection of Lepidoptera, which 

 is well housed with plenty of space, and the assistant is keen for its 

 advancement. 



August 6th. — I went along the hillsides and the entrances to the 

 first and second gorges, and found Plebeius aegon still quite fresh, 

 while C. heia was now in numbers. H. comma was getting common 

 and the second brood of L. Camilla well out, but a windy day with little 

 sun gave less results. 



