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17. Chilades tmchilus, Far. 



Locally lïe(|uent in Egypt in dry l)ut not actually 

 desert places. Doubtless often overlooked. Near Cairo 

 IV. (Graves), Marg and Ezbet-el-Nakhla Vili, IX,X 

 (Graves). Gezira 29.8. lo (Dudgeon). Ezbekia Garden 

 IX. Oi) (Graves) Near Heluan Haihvay (Innes). Meadi 

 and Tura in IX and XII. 1912 (Coll. Min. Agr.), Kassassin 

 23.x. 1Ô, abundant (Graves). 



Not yet recorded from tbe Alexandria region. 



Foodplant: Heliotrophun spj). Myrmecopliilous larva. 



Distribution ontside Egypt. Sudan, Africa to Rbodesia 

 ( but not ap})arently in Algeria, Morocco or Tunis ). 

 (jreece, Asia Minor (local), Cyprus, Syria, Arabia (Aden) 

 and S. K. Ibrougli Asia to tbe Malayan Islands and 

 Australia. 



18. Plebeius loewii. Z.var. gigds. Stgr. 



Tbis, tbe Syrian form of tbe paler and more lilac 

 blue and smaller P. loewii (iype) of Asia Minor occurs 

 locally in I\' and early V, in or near tbe desert E. of 

 Cairo. Wadi HolT. V.03 (Graves).\Vadi Rasbid 27.IV.05 

 and b. V.07 (Graves). Mokattams 8. IV. 27. IV. 7. V. (Col. 

 Manders). Suez Road 20.IV. (Adair). 



Tbe Egyptian female is a distinct local subvariety 

 dilTering from ty[)ical females of botb P. loewii (type) 

 and var. f/igas, in being beavily suffused witb blue. 

 It bas been named /". joannae (Andres). Tbe typical 

 female bas been once captured in Egypt at Meadi (Col. 

 Min. Ag.). 



Foodplant : Astrag(üns fonikalei. ( (^ol. Manders.) 



Distribution outside Egijpl. Palestine and Syria 

 (var. gigas), Asia Minor, tbrougb Persia to Indian border. 



