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Should rurllier research prove Ihal Ihe Egyptian 

 form oC T. hnlliis is eoushuit il will deserve a varietal 

 name. 



Foodplant. Lotus and perhaps other Leguminosx 

 are its foodplants in S. France. The foodplant of the 

 Egyptian steppe form is not yet known. 



Dislribiilion outside Ktjypt. Local in S. France 

 (Ixiviera), Spain (littoral), Morocco, Algeria, Greece sec. 

 Oberthur. 



10. Lampides Imeticus, Li.w. 



A vvidesjiread and abundant insect occurring in all 

 parts of Egypt, including the desert where it is regularly 

 taken in certain Wadis and the Mariut steppe. Occurs 

 in varying numbers all the year round but is most 

 abundant in spring and early jjfimmer. 



Foodplant :" Lablabà"(Do/à7joi' labial)), cultivated 

 peas(/^/.s'«/» sativum) e[c.,Alhagi manniferum and many 

 other Leyuiiiinosiv. Myrmecophile. 



\'aries little. Small s[)ecimens are at limes taken 

 in summer. 



Distribution outside lujypt. A very widely distribut- 

 ed species, occurriiig through the greater part of the 

 African and Indo-iMalayan region and established as an 

 endemic species in Southern Euiojje and the Medi- 

 terranean littoral whence it IVecjuently invades Central 

 and N. F'rance, Switzerland, etc. but has thus far 

 failed permanently to establish itself there. 



An occasional visitor to the S. of England. 



11. Syntarucus teticcnnis, Lang. var. égijptiaca, Beth- 



B.\KEll. 



Widespread in cultivation» and often very abundant 



