62 THE entomologist's record. 



were netted. We drove back to Nauplia in rain, the first rain we 

 had had for a week. 



Daring the morning of April 22nd a visit was paid to Tiryus. 

 The only buttei'tiy taken was a S I', icanoi var. irariniis. He "sawed" 

 his hindwings up and down in the chip-box. What is the object or 

 origin of this habit? Rain was falling most of the day. 



April 23rd was wet. During the afternoon of April 24:tb we were 

 taken in a motor past Phalerum and the Peiraeus to the coast of 

 Salamis Bay. This coast is very barren. Practically the only 

 vegetation is a small sea-pine. A pair of worn Melitaea plioebe were 

 secured. This insect sails slowly about quite near the ground. Your 

 net is apt to pass right over it, and then it is very ready to sprint off. 

 The only other butterfly noted was (iUntcojmjche ojllarna (one J ). At 

 rest this insect sat with his hindwings strongly separated towards the 

 tornus and along the part which should be against the abdomen. The 

 forewings were close together as is usual in Blues and butterflies 

 generally. The hindmargin of the hindwings was also strongly 

 crinkled. 



On the 2oth we drove to Mendeli and climbed Mount Pentelicus. 

 Mendeli is at about 1,200 ft., the summit 8,640 ft. This was a most 

 enjoyable day. The butterflies were not peculiarly interesting, as 

 there was no sun after we reached Mendeli, and began to walk, but the 

 flowers and the view from the mountain through rifts in the clouds, 

 over Athens to Argolis, and over Euboea and some of the Cyclades, 

 was delightful. During the drive to Mendeli we missed an insect 

 which was either Colias ediisa var. Itelice, or else C. hijale. Males of 

 G. ri/llania occurred at various points up to the Monastery, often at 

 heads of ragged robin, almost invariably near flowers of some sort. 

 At jMendeli itself a ^ (J. osiri^ {sehriis) of normal size was taken. 

 Just by the Monastery we secured a fresh Calloii/ui/s nibi with no 

 white on the underside. The underside hindwings were covered with 

 pollen all over their bases. Perhaps butterflies are a greater factor in 

 pollen dispersion than is commonly supposed. As has probably been 

 frequently observed this insect sits with the hindwing tails twisted so 

 as to be at right angles to the plane of the folded wings. Two males 

 of a small black Psychid were taken, one quite close to the summit. 

 Not far from the top we found a small red toad with green warts. 

 What did he or she propose to do with the tadpoles ? 



During the afternoon of April 26th we went to Old Phalerum, and 

 walked southward along the coast to find some "craters" full of warm 

 sea water, of which we had heard. This walk should be avoided by 

 entomologists. The track is of deep sand. The land is largely culti- 

 vated. The craters are not to be found. We took tea on the only 

 rising ground in the actual vicinity, a little knoll 25 feet high. Of 

 course, it was a centre of attraction to P. canliii: one or two 3 S. baton 

 also met their death at this place. We found an exceedingly grotesque 

 stick insect, probably the larva of Kmjinm panjierata ; its Greek name 

 is " Mellengutschk." 



On visiting the garden of the " British School" next morning a 

 2 Satioiiia jii/ri — the largest European moth — was found asleep 

 under a little fir bush. She was exceedingly tenacious of life in the 

 cyanide-bottle. The following insects were captured, P. irants (not 

 var. irariniis), }'. brassicae, (jr. rhainni {3 and J), <j. cleopatra {2 ) 



