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arrived in Egypt from Turkey, and March 23rd, when I left for Athens. 

 In January and February Ant/ioc/uuis belctiiia was noted in fair num- 

 bers, and I took an example of Ila;/wanlla tdicanKs in late January in 

 a garden in Cairo. I have not generally taken this species in winter 

 in Egypt. Despite heavier rain than usual the desert was most unpro- 

 ductive. 1 took four Pontia j/lauanioine in December and January near 

 Heluan, On March 14th I paid a visit to Heliopolis for Ilesperia 

 evanida {aweuop/iis, Rev.). Result, one 2 Henjieria taken by my com- 

 panion, and a larva, apparently of this species, taken among spun-up 

 leaves on the lower stalks of ('onmlvulKs lanatns. 



On March 17th I went to the Mokattams to look for this " skipper" 

 and saw, but after a hard chase failed to catch, a J Catopsilia /lorella. 

 On the 18th Dr. A. Andres, of Heliopolis, took a <? of this species in 

 Wadi Hof. This is the first recent record of C. fioidla in Lower Egypt, 

 I believe. To the meagre list of Egyptian butterflies I must add 

 Anthochan's charlonia, of which Dr. Andres took a good $ late in 

 February, 1908, at Kingi Maryut, a station in the Maryut steppe. 



The butterflies observed or taken by me in Egypt this winter were: 

 — Cha}na viathias (just emerged, Cairo, March 21st, 1915), llcuperia 

 evanida, Virachola livia (larvie), Lainin'des boeticus, Uai/wardia telicanus, 

 y^izera Larsandra {hjaimon of earlier collectors, but identified by the 

 genitalia as the sp. or var. karsandra), Tanicits theophrastits, Fieris 

 rapae, Pontia (jlaucoiioine, Anthocharis beleniia, Coiias ediisa, CatopniUa 

 florella, Danain c/injsi})piis, Pjjra)iiei-s atalanta and P. cardtii — a total of 

 fifteen species. 



lie Colonel Mander's remarks concerning P. loiveii, is not the large 

 intensely coloured Egyptian (? form var. i/ii/as ! It seems to me 

 identical with my Lebanon specimens, which are certainly i/idoa. The 

 blue $ has been recently described by Dr. Andres. As regards ]l.ra- 

 vhola liria, I have obtained the larvas in spring and early summer, 

 before the pomegranate season, from the pods of "fitneb" — Acacia 

 faniesiana ; the larva has also, so I learn, been taken from dates. If 

 climatic conditions prove suitable there is really no reason why this 

 insect should not eventually make its way into South Asia Minor, 

 Crete, Cyprus, and the Peloponnese. I have taken it near Beirut, and 

 am inclined to think it a recent immi2:rant there. 



An early visit to Ranmore Common, Surrey. 



By Hy. J. TURNER, F.E.S. . 



May 9th was a lovely, warm and sunny morning after several fine 

 days, and being at liberty I thought that a trip to an old collecting 

 ground of mine would be a pleasure. A glance into the small garden 

 at the back of the house gave a glimpse of ( 'dastrina aryiidim flying 

 across, and on the railway bank beyond Pieris rapae was also among 

 the early risers. 



Burford Bridge station was reached somewhat past ten o'clock. 

 Strange to say not a single "white" had been seen on the banks of 

 the railway during the journey down. The dandelion had now replaced 

 the earlier Composite, the Coltsfoot, and other spring flowers were 

 beginning to show strongly. I noticed that one of the row of big 

 ipoplars near the station had no foliage, and showed clearly masses of 



