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fields were lying fallow, vineyards were neglected, olive-trees had 

 been cut down, and farm-houses burnt by the insurgents or the 

 Mahommedans. 



On May 12th we left Canea and proceeded to Platania, a 

 small village about six miles to the westward, to assist at and 

 superintend the embarkation of the Greek troops who were 

 leaving the island. We remained there until the 27th. About 

 a mile and a half off Platania there is a small rocky island 

 called Theodore Island. It is about half a mile long by a quarter 

 broad, is hilly, very rough, the ground being covered with 

 blocks of volcanic tufa, between which there was an abundance 

 of vegetation, consisting of two kinds of stunted and very prickly 

 bushes, the names of which I do not know, wild sage, thyme, 

 peppermint, bramble, many bulbous plants, various grasses, &c. 

 I landed on it several times and found the pretty little Coeno- 

 nympha thyrsis, which is peculiar to Crete, in the greatest 

 abundance, indeed they were so plentiful on flowers of pepper- 

 mint that I frequently had six or seven in my net together. 

 Besides these I noticed P. machaon, P. daplidice, P. megcera, 

 Satyrus semele, S. alccce, M. stellatarum, and several Acontia 

 Solaris. A pretty Phycis was also extremely numerous. 



During June, in the neighbourhood of Canea and Suda Bay, 

 I took the following : — 



Papilio machaon. — Common ; larva? on fennel. 



Papilio podalirius. — Common ; larvae on fennel. 



Pieris rapa. — Black blotch at tip of fore wings large and distinct ; 

 scarcely any black at base of wings ; under side of hind wings very 

 pale greenish white, almost white in fact. 



Pieris brassicm. — Only one seen. 



Leucophasia sinapis var. diniensis. — Three examples. 



Colias edusa. — Common. 



Polyomniatns phlceas. — A few, rather large and dark. 



Lyccena astrarche. — Common and typical, but small. 



Lyccena icarus. — Abundant. A remarkably small race ; some of the 

 females, which are dark brown without any blue, are only five-eighths 

 of an inch across the wings, and the males have the spots and 

 markings beneath very small and obscure. The comparison between 

 this race and the form taken a month later at Malta is very great. 



Lyccena argiolus. — Common, flying over bramble-blossom. Females 

 fine, and strongly marked. 



Vanessa egea. — Not uncommon. Generally found near habitations, 

 and fond of alighting on walls. 



Pyrameis atalanta. — A few, but rather a stunted race. 



Vanessa cardui. — Abundant. 



Satyrus semele var. aristmts. — First seen on June 12th ; rather 

 uncommon, and difficult to catch. Females very fine and large, 

 expanding 2h inches across the wings. 



Pararye megcera. — Abundant. 



Pararye egeria. — Abundant. 



