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In one respect — viz., in the absence of water and the con- 

 sequent xerophytic character of the vegetation — this locality 

 had much in common with Majorca, and when we come to 

 compare the species we tind that ten out of the thirteen taken in 

 Majorca occurred here also ; and doubtless, with a wider search, 

 the three absent species, G. rhamni, G. cleopatra, and E. ida, 

 would also have been observed, which seems to confirm the 

 theory — if any doubt ever existed about it — that the islands 

 were formerly joined to the mainland. The dissolution of the 

 partnership appears to have had a disastrous effect upon the 

 isolated partner as far as Lepidoptera are concerned. 



To me it was a great joy to see, for the first time, that lovely 

 little thing Euchloe euphenoides on the wing. We were probably 

 late for it, as I only saw two, but those two seemed to lift the 

 parched-up landscape out of the commonplace into (I had almost 

 said) a terrestrial paradise. Melanargia syllius, too, was new to 

 me, and new also its method of flight, which generally left me 

 much worsted in the race. But the most interesting capture was 

 JMelitcp.a aurinia var. iberica, a large and beautiful endemic form. 

 The butterflies captured here were as follows : — Papilio machaon, 

 L. ; one fine specimen. Pieris rupee, L.; several. P. daplldice, 

 L. ; several. Euchloe belia, gen. sestiv. ansonia, Hb. ; one only. 

 E. euphenoides, Stgr. ; two males. Leptklia sinapis, L. ; several. 

 Colias edusa, F. ; a few. Pyrantels cardui, L. ; occasional speci- 

 mens. Melitcea aurinia var. iberica, Obth. ; abundant — a large 

 and beautiful purely Spanish form, with a deep orange-red 

 ground colour on both sides, many of them rather worn. M. 

 yhoebc, Knock ; several, very fine. M. athalia, Eott. ; a few. 

 Melanargia syllius, Hbst. ; common, but getting worn on our 

 second visit. Pararge cegeria, L. ; common and fine. P. megcera, 

 L. ; common and fine. Epinephele jurtina var. hispulla, Hb. ; 

 abundant and fine, replacing the type. E.pasiphae, Esp. ; very 

 abundant and fine. Thecla ilicis, Esp. ; a few. T. ilicis var. 

 cesculi, Hb. ; one or two. CJirysophanus phheas, L. ; occasionally. 

 Lampides telicanus, Lang ; one fine female. Lycana astrarchc, 

 Bgstr. ; very common ; marginal row of red spots very bright ; 

 finer if anything than the Corsican form. L. icarus, Bott. ; a 

 few. L. cschcri, Hb. ; fairly common. L. coridon, Poda ; fairly 

 common. Cyaniris argiolus, L. ; a few. Adopcea thaumas, Hufn. ; 

 a few. Thanaos tages, L. ; a few, very fine. 



MoNTSERRAT. 



There was not much to detain us in Barcelona. Having, on 

 our previous visit, exhausted our stock of adjectives over the 

 wonders of the cathedral, with its magnificent cloisters and 

 sacred ducks, over its fine promenades lined with palms and the 

 oriental sycamore, and its bewildering network of trams, Jones 

 and I decided to do a pilgrimage to the monastery of Montserrat. 



