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jvhere large masses of Eupatorium, cannabinum grow, large numbers of 

 Lycsenids were settling, together with Limenitis cawilla, B. dia, 

 Coemmi/mpJia /lamphiltts, Urbicola coniitia, and E. jurtina. Keturning 

 towards the cemetery I took the narrow pathway along by the 

 vineyards leading into the broad way mentioned on August 15th. 

 Passing through the little copse towards the river I at length reached 

 the ground where S. fttatilhius abounds. Both sexes were still in 

 numbers. I returned along the river bed, and a search in the villa 

 garden gave no further sign of Riiralis bettilae. 



August 26th. — This afternoon I crossed the railway in front of the 

 villa, and turning left, skirting the edge of the cliff, reached the 

 "Bluff." Descending the steep slope I worked the wooded portion at 

 the bottom, where not only the stream but also the backwater from 

 the river, the abode of dragonflies in June, was quite dried up. The 

 Sirocco was very gusty, but in comparatively sheltered spots I was able 

 to take S. statilinus, P. daplidicer, Colias hyale, (J. edasa, Pieris rgpae, 

 Polygonia c-albinii, U. comma, Agriades coridon, A. tltetis, and an Aricia 

 medon (astrarche). C. edtisa, C. hyale, and P, dapUdice appear to have 

 been fresh emergences, and I saw Pyrameis cardiii and P. atalanta, 

 both quite fresh. This morning, at 6 a.m., my servant knocked at my 

 door to inform me that there was a grass snake on the landing outside 

 my door. I dressed hastily and soon joinedin the hunt, and after a 

 little patience succeeded in getting our visitor into a bottle. It was 

 about 16 inches long and rather prettily striped with black on a dark 

 brown skin. How it crawled up the staircase I do not know ; it 

 seemed very muscular. 



August 28th. — Moths came very freely to the electric lights last 

 night, much more so than before during the whole month. Among 

 my captures were Lasiocampa quercus, Acontia luctiiosa, Ayrophila 

 trabealis, Rumia Inteolata [crataegata), Timandra amata, Xanthoy/to'e 

 tristata, Gnophos dilncidaria, etc. A female of Lymantria dispar 

 emerged this naorning. In the afternoon I went to the "Bluff'" 

 locality again and got the same species as before with males of C. 

 ediisa, which were settling freely in the dry bed of the stream, C. pani- 

 philits, quite fresh, one Ctipido sebrus. the only fresh example of Vanessa 

 io I have so far seen this year, and a very dark form of Ruuiicia phlaeas. 

 S. statilmus was still on the wing although somewhat the worse for 

 wear. 



August 29th. — This afternoon we had a heavy thunderstorm with 

 frequent lightning and a deluge of rain, the only real rain since June 

 25th, when we had a similar storm, though in early August there. was 

 a slight passing shower for a few minutes. 



August 80th. — Last night after the storm the following moths 

 came to light, Ainathes helvola {riijina), Tliamnonoma vauaria, Ettcldoris 

 smaragdaria, and Niniieria piilcmaiia, but what promised to be a good 

 night was frustrated by a lightning storm, which completely stopped 

 the flight. At the bottom of the " Bluff," at Arquata, this afternoon, 

 in addition to my former captures I took Pararge inegera, Flebeinsaegon, 

 Everes argiades, and one fime specimen of Erynnis alceae. The females 

 of 6'. statilinus were now very abundant, the males very worn. The 

 weather was much cooler, and Monte Eosa appeared very clear, ap- 

 parently fresh covered with snow by the storm. 



August 31st. — I ascended the steep hillside by the zigzag path at 



