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only one has well marked basal spots, a second has them faintly 

 indicated, a third has a small spot on one side only, while two are 

 altogether without them, This species is described by Kane as 

 occurring in S. Russia, Greece, and Turkey, and it has not been 

 previously recorded in Hungary by English entomologists, though 

 Miss Fountaine has met with it in Turkey and Asia Minor; nor is it 

 included in the Hungarian list published in Buda-Pest in 1896. 

 Hungarian specimens are, however, now to be found in the collection 

 at the National Museum, and Mr. Sheldon tells us that it has been 

 recorded from Transylvania. 



The remaining blues that we obtained were: — Ar/riades rniiilon 

 (only a single <? , but very large and with broad dark borders), A. tlwtis, 

 Ltjcaeua avion (mostly typical, but one 2 has a peculiar chalky blue 

 ground colour, lighter, even, than in most specimens of L. eiipheniHs), 

 Glaiicupsi/rhe cj/Uarmi, Hir^iitina daman, Poli/oiiniiatiis icarus (alea'is) 

 (the J s all of the brown form), Aricia astrarclie, Celastrina aniiulns, 

 Plebeian ar(/i/ro(iiinf)ion. Several Ruralids (Theclids) occurred in the 

 valley, namely, CallojJiri/s riibi, Cliatteudeiiia ic-albiiin, N»rdi)iannia 

 ilicis, N. acariae, and Kliujia spini, one of the latter being also found 

 at the summit of the Domogled. 



The two Pierids that are to be found at Herculesbad are of great 

 interest. /'. napi var. napaeae was by far the commoner of these, so 

 much so that it was difficult to pick out the occasional specimens of 

 P. nianni var. ?-«.s.su which occurred among them. The former is of 

 great size (up to 62 mm.), and in its most extreme form the markings 

 on the underside hindwing are almost entirely absent; some of the ? s 

 are very heavily marked on the upperside. Mr. Sheldon obtained the 

 spring brood of P. wanni at Herculesbad and these are apparently not 

 so heavily marked as the summer form ; in size our specimens are 

 about the same as ordinary P. rapae. Leitcopliana sinapis was fairly 

 common, and the (^ s do not shew much variation, but the $ s are all 

 of the form erj/siiri. A fine specimen of Culias ediisa ab. $ helice 

 was taken on the Domogled. 



The Argynnids were very much in evidence both in the valley and 

 on the Domogled route, Dryas paplda, Issoria lathonia, and Brenthis 

 daphne, being exceedingly common. Ar<iynniH adippe occurred in its 

 typical form and also as ab. inteiinedia and var. cleodo.va. Lh-yas 

 panddta is rare in the district, but we took one J , unfortunately 

 rather damaged, on July 11th, on the Suskului, where it had 

 previously been found by Dr. Rosa in 1909. Bient/iis herate is also 

 very rare, but we were fortunate enough to catch one very fresh S" in 

 the Csernathal on June 29th. 



Of the Melitfeids, M. matunia was found at the Quelle and else- 

 where on the Domogled route, but not abundantly, and some of the 

 specimens were very worn. Most of them are of the typical form, but 

 one has an almost uniform ground colour and must be referred to var. 

 irnlfensbert/eri. ili. trivia was a species that was new to us and we 

 were glad to find that fresh specimens were still to be obtained. It was 

 very much localised, but was fairly abundant on the summit of the 

 Domogled and near the top of the Suskului. It is a species that is 

 difficult to catch, its flight being low and jerky, and had il/. didyma 

 occurred at this elevation, the two would have been difficult to separate 

 on the wung ; in the cabinet, however, the very much brighter ground 



