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and is a remarkably windy place. Mrs. Day kindly accompanied me, 

 and gave me the benefit of her local experience, and excellent Arabic. 

 I give our bag for April 30th, May 1st and May 2nd. The weather 

 was fine, but very windy : Papilio podalirins and P. machaon (much 

 damaged by wind), Thais cerisi/i, Pieris brassicae, P. rapae, P. dapUilicc, 

 AtithocJiaris belia, Euchloe cardaininrs $ , Gonepteri/.c deojiatra var. 

 antonia (or taurica), Leucophana sinapis, Pijramei!^ cardal, P. afalanta, 

 Polyf/onia e.fjea, Melitaea phoebe pale var., M. did y ma, M. trivia, Fpine- 

 phele janira var. telmessia, Pararge maera, P. nu'ifaera, Theda spini, 

 Chrysop/ianiis thersamon, C. phlaeas, Lampides boetica, Lijcaena rj/Ilarns 

 var. eriKjinosa, L. icariis, Ypsima asterope, Spilothr/nis alceae, Syricldhun 

 alveus, S. orbifer, S. melotis and S. nomas. Butterflies were few and 

 far between, no number flying in any one spot. May 3rd we descended 

 from Brummana and drove along the rich and narrow belt of irrigated 

 land along the coast, northward to the mouth of the glen through 

 which Dog River rushes to the sea — between steep limestone moun- 

 tains. These protect the narrow valley more or less from the prevail- 

 ing winds, so that it is a good place for butterflies, and I found them 

 in greater numbers than at Brummana. Danais rhri/sippKs was just 

 out in the irrigated belt. This insect remains a long time on the 

 wing, as I saw several on this occasion — then again on May 5th, on 

 May 14th, and on June 22nd, when I passed along the coast road for 

 the last time. In a cornfield at the mouth of Dog river, facing the 

 sea, a fine Melanargia, M. titea, was just out of chrysalis, and I caught 

 several. In the shelter, about half a mile up the glen, Lycaena 

 trochilus was flying in numbers ; I took nearly all the butterflies we 

 had found at Brummana, besides one specimen of Paraara mathias, 

 and two of Hesperia actacon. At the entrance of another valley nearer 

 Beyrout we took several specimens of Lycaena yamra, mostly much worn. 

 Returning to Beyrout, I found that quarantine had just been declared 

 from Port Said, Alexandria, and most of the Levantine ports, so that 

 the whole steamer traffic was disorganised, and Mr. Elwes would be 

 unable to join me. This was most unfortunate as I had relied entirely 

 upon his knowledge of the Asiatic insects (with which I am 

 unacquainted), to name my captures. In fact, I was quite at a loss 

 what to do, but finally concluded to start without him, and trust to 

 luck not to miss any valuable insects. So I engaged a dragoman and 

 went to Damascus on May 6th, in very cold wet weather which lasted 

 till May 10th. Then the sun shone and I spent the day at a little 

 place called Jedideh, a station nine miles up the Beyrout and Damascus 

 railway in the beautiful, well-wooded glen of the Farada. It was an 

 interesting day, and a good place for insects. On the barren hills 

 which sloped down to the woods by the river I got Mclanan/ia titea 

 var. titania, a Lycaenid I could not name, as all the specimens were 

 worn out, Lycaena astrarche, Melitaea didyma var. neera, Syrichthiis 

 melotis, S. poyyei, and S. orbifer. Among some rocks higher up Satyrus 

 telephassa was just out. In the valley, among the bushes, Thais rerisyi, 

 Gonepteryx war. antonia, Pararge eyeria and SyricJithiis nouias were plenti- 

 ful. I saw one Aporia crataegi, butfailed to catch it. P. daplidice was very 

 common, but no Anthocharis belia was to be seen, nor did I ever see 

 any in Syria, excepting near the sea-coast, and at Bloudan. May 

 11th I went to Bloudan, where there is a good mountain hotel in the 

 village, splendidly situated at an elevation of 4850ft., immediately 



