124 THE entomologist's record. 



I deduced, wrongly perhaps, a second brood. Speaking of second 

 broods, I took specimens of /-*. adiiu'tiiH var. ripartii on each of these 

 expeditions, and, on July 28th, took two fresh <? s close on 3000 feet 

 below, at a spot near Zahalta, which I had worked almost daily with- 

 out seeing the insect. One Chilades trocJiilus, very small, but unfit for 

 the cabinet, and multitudes of worn Theclas — apparently a small form 

 of T. ilicis — were interesting finds. I took I'l/anirns arf/iolus, worn too, 

 a little below the cup-shaped depression, and some fine Issoria lathonia 

 and PoUjijonia e(jea, with dark undersides, unlike the low country 

 specimens. But the most interesting takes were Polyomuiatini weleager, 

 two t? s, and a variety of Auiiiades po»?»m, with confluent creamy- 

 white spots on the underside of the hindwings (one only), this I took 

 to be var. fiallida. In a little depression full of flowers, above the 

 main cup, I took three fresh Melitaea var. caurasica, like my specimens 

 of deKevtkola from Egypt, but with whiti:ih spots on the apical costa of 

 the torewings. The mountain-top was a mass of rock, but none the 

 less produced a few K. lycaoii, small, and rather yellowish in colour, 

 near the description of var. lihanotica, Sijrichthus teKselliDn var. nomaa, 

 and numerous specimens of a < 'olias which, alas ! proved to be merely 

 ediisa. I had hoped to get (Joliaa libaiwtica, but a single ab. Iielice was 

 the most remarkable Colias I saw on the mountains. My trip was, of 

 course, too short and too late in the year, but I took or saw 61 species, 

 and hope in another season to make good use of my experience. 



The following are among the butterflies I took or recognised : — 

 Papilio podalirius, P. tnachaon, Pier is brassirae, P. rapae, Pontia dapli- 

 dice, Lencopliasia sinapis, Idmaia fausta, Colias cdtisa and ab. Iielice, 

 Go7ieptery.r cleupatra var. taurica, Danais chrysippns, Dryaa pandora, 

 Issuria lathonia, Melitaea phoehe, M. trivia, }f. didyma var. caiirasica, 

 Pijrameis cardiii, P. atalanta (one seen), Polyyonia eyea, Liiiienitifi 

 cainilla, Melanaryia teneates, Satyrits herinione, S. fatua var. dchaca 

 (one), N. anthe and ab. ? hanifa, S. telep/iassa, S. pelopea, VphtJiiiiia 

 asterope, Kpinepliele lycaon var. inteniiedia, Pararye ineyaera, P. moera 

 var. orientalis, Coeno7iyiiipha jianipliiliix var. thyrsides, Thecla spini var. 

 melantho (one), Thecla ilicis, Clirysophanus thersaiiion g.a. omphale, C. 

 ochiiinis, ('. phlaeas g.a. eleus (or aproaching it), C. dorilisYar. orientalis 

 (one), < 'iyaritis acainaii, Lawpideii boeticits, [j. jcsons, Chilades trochiliis, 

 Plebeius loewii, Polyoituiiatus panayaea, P. lyximon (/), P. anteros var. 

 crassipuucta, P. astrarche, P. icariis, I'. candalHs (/), P. (^Plebeius /) 

 nicliolli (worn <? s, at 6500 feet-7000 feet only), /'. nieleayer, P. adnie- 

 tus var. ripartii, Cyaniris aryioliis, Adopaea lineola, Aiiyiades sylranus, 

 A. comma var. pallida, Panara mathias, P. nostradaiiiiis, CarcJiarodns 

 alceae f.a. australis, ('. altheae (two), ( '. laraterae, Syrichthiis orbifer, S. 

 tessellion var. nomas, making a total of 61 species, of which 21, or more 

 than one-third, were Lyctenids. The same large proportion of Lycs- 

 nids is to be noticed in my Egyptian lists, where 8 species out of 24 

 taken or seen by me, in that very poor country for butterflies, belong 

 to that group. On the other hand, I have not seen a single Satyrid 

 in Egypt, while in Syria I took eleven species, and know that many 

 more occur. 



