222 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



From Zea we went to Volo, and then immediately returned 

 to Malta, arriving on the 26th. Pieris hrassiae was now out, 

 and, of course, Pijrmneis cardiii and atalanta, with the ubiquitous 

 M. stellatarum. During March Plusia gamma was plentiful round 

 the electric lamps ashore, and larvae of Lasiocampa trifolii and 

 CalocamjJa exoleta were common. On March 22nd Pararge megcera, 

 Ccenonymphapamphilus, and Eurymus ednsa (newly emerged) were 

 common. P. hrassica was abundant, but worn, and P. rapce 

 just emerging, whilst I took one specimen of Pontia dapUdice. 

 At the end of March, also, Phragmatohia fidiginosa emerged from 

 a cocoon found at Citta Vecchia. On April 5th the first Polyom- 

 matus icariis, with Anaitis plag'iata and Metoptria monogramma, 

 appeared on the wing, and on the 12th I saw the first Chrysophanus 

 phlaas. 



On April 18th we left Malta for Corfu, arriving there next 

 day. On the 20th I landed with the net for a walk ; everything 

 seemed beautifully green after Malta, and there were quantities 

 of flowers everywhere. The roads here are very good, being a 

 relic of the British occupation, and are generally enclosed by a 

 cactus hedge. Away from the town the trees are chiefly olive, 

 which are not good for insects, but around the town there are 

 many clumps of trees and bushes. Owing to the wind, butter- 

 flies were chiefly to be found in sunny sheltered corners. 



Pi/rameis atalanta. — One only. P. cardui. — In the most profuse 

 abundance. There must have been thousands ; frequently five or six 

 were on the wing around me at once. 



Noviiades cyllarus. — Two males only. 



Plebeius baton. — One male only. 



Polyomviatiis icarus. — One male of the ab. icannus, Scriba. 



Chrysophanus phlmas. — One only; blue-spotted form. 



Leptidia sinapis. — One; very worn. 



Pieris rapes. — Not very common. P. brassica. — Abundant. 



Eurymus {Colias) ednsa. — Not very common ; in the vineyards. 



Plusia gamma. — One. 



On the 22nd we left again for Argostoli, in Kephallenia, 

 where "the sea runs into the land." 



Pyrameis cardui. — Abundant, but in nothing like such abundance 

 as at Corfu. 



Satyr us mara. — One female ; very worn. 



Callophrys rubi.— One female ; very worn. 



Nomiades cyllarus. — Two males. 



Plebeius baton. — Fairly common. 



Euchloe belia. — Fairly common, especially in meadows. 



Hesperia malvm. — Common. 



Acontia luctuosa. — One. 



Aspilates ochrearia . — Common . 



Psyche unicolor [yramineUa). — Cases common. I found a male 

 resting on a case from which a female emerged next day. 



