Seance, du 15 Drccmhrc 19 lo 141 



laiiisa/)V/o/-/.s lakoiial Amria, ill Ihe Marini Sleppe 4. VII. 

 1914 which is either a new species or amelanistic variety 

 ol/i'. zclleri IVom Nvhich it ditVers in havini^ the entire 

 uppLM- si(k' l)laekish-bi()\vii except lor the three siihapi- 

 cal yellow spots on the costal margin of Ihe fore-vvings. 

 The disappearance of the Iransparenl spols on the anle- 

 riors which are so marked a leature oï B.zelleri and ils 

 nearest congeners gives the impression thai Ihis Haoris 

 will, when sufhcient material has been obtained lo jus- 

 lily descii{>lion, prove to i)r a distinct species. 



('). Gegenes nostrddaimis, I 'a in;. 



Widespread in cultivation and on the edge of the 

 desert from IV to b. XI in linee or more broods. Some- 

 limes extremely common e.g. at Marg in Oct. 1015. 



It does not seem to have been yet recorded IVom lh(> 

 Marini Step[)e. 



Foodphinl : (ìranìinaceae spp. ? 



DLstribution oiiiside Egijpl. S. S})ain, S. Italy, N. 

 Africa, S. Balkans, Asia Minor and the hotter parts ol 

 ('entrai Asia, Sudan, Syria, (Cyprus, Tropical Africa, 

 India. 



7, Cigaritis acanids, Kmjg. 



A single female s[)ecimen was taken on the Suez 

 road E. of Heliopolis by Mr Adair 5. IX. 15. 



This is the only l'2gyplian lecoid. ' 



Foodphinl: Unknown. 



The earlier stages of Ibis interesting sp. are still 

 unknovxii. 



Dhlribulion outside Egypt. .Sudan (Suakin), Cyprus, 

 Syria and Cilicia to the Taurus, Persia with the hotter 



* Note. Since this paper was written I captured a fresh C. acanius 

 e.lV.16 on the Mokattani Hill'.. P. P.O. 



