192 THE entomologist's record. 



the Domogled and occasionally quite fresh, though, as was natural at 

 this date, the J s were commoner than the <? s. 



The last species of interest at Herculesbad that we shall mention 

 here was Melanargia galatea var. procida, which was very fine and 

 abundant ; but we did not meet with a single 5 during the whole of 

 our stay, nor were we fortunate enough to find the extreme melanic 

 form, ab. turcica. 



On July 16th we made an exceedingly hot journey back to Buda- 

 pest, and on the following day we visited the Svfib-Hegy with better 

 hopes of success than we had had on June 24th. We repeated the 

 visit on July 18th and 20th, and on each occasion we were richly 

 rewarded by this remarkable locality. The tiny Fi/rfius orhifer was 

 one of the species that we particularly wished to find, and fortunately 

 the second brood was just beginning to appear ; its small size renders 

 this species very difficult to see and to catch, but we obtained five S' s all 

 quite fresh. Another interesting species was Hirsntina admetus, which, 

 though very much confined to a spot on the north side of the hill, was 

 very abundant, so that we were able to take a good series of both sexes. 

 We also searched carefully for Lycaena iolas, but in spite of the large 

 amount of Colutea to be found growing on the western slopes of the hill 

 this species seemed to be scarce and only five specimens were obtained, of 

 which three were worth keeping. P. meleager was fairly common and 

 in fine condition, but Agriades coridon was quite scarce ; of the latter 

 species we took ten specimens which call for no special remark except 

 that even this short series includes two pronounced examples of ab. 

 obsoleta (^ and 5 ), and one of ab. arciiata (<? ). A rather undersized 

 race of Colias hyale was to be found here, showing a marked tendency 

 towards obsolescence of the central orange spot on the upperside hind- 

 wing. Of the Satyridae in this locality tlipparchia briseis, which was 

 new to us, was very fresh and plentiful. Melanargia galatea was also 

 exceedingly common, and we obtained a considerable number of the 

 interesting form ab. J lencomelas, two or three of which were easily 

 induced to lay, or rather, drop, about fourscore eggs in their peculiar 

 and negligent fashion. These hatched during September and began 

 to feed on a tuft of Dactylis glomerata ; it remains to be seen whether 

 they have survived the winter. (We fear this must now be answered 

 in the negative, June 19th.) Our other captures on the Svab-Hegy 

 included: Erynnis alceae, Chrysophanus thersamon (one $ ), Scolitantides 

 baton, S. orion, Everes argiades, Dryas pandora, Argynnis aglaia var. 

 cleodoxa, Melitaea didyma, Leptidia sinapis var. erysimi, Epinephile 

 lycaon (plentiful in certain places), and Satyr us circe. 



The afternoon of July 19th, we spent in visiting the well-known 

 locality for the two coppers, Chrysophanus rutilus and C. thersamon, 

 which has been fully described by Mr. Sheldon. We had some 

 difficulty in identifying the locality, as some of the previous descrip- 

 tions are rather misleading, but now we feel no doubt that the simplest 

 way of reaching it is to take the tram as far as the outskirts of Budafok 

 (Promontor), and then to follow the path and stream which meet the 

 right-hand side of the road at this point. At this date, the hay having 

 been cut, the meadows were quite dry and looked most unpromising. 

 For the first two or three miles we met with nothing of interest except 

 a small race of Coenonympha iphis, and we began to fear that we were 

 too early for the Chrysophanids. Finally, however, when we had 



