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1917, first seen, Mahmudli, 8 : iv ; Saracli, 6 : v, to 12 : v. Not 

 very common. 



Aporia cratagi. Common throughout ; first seen, 1916, 

 30 : iv; 1917, 3 : v. 



Pleris hrassica. Common ; 1916, first seen near Lembet 

 Camp, IS : iii ; 1917, 4 : iv, Alahmudli. 



P. rap(e Common ; first seen, 1916, 7 : iv ; 1917, 5 : iv. 

 (Probably P. manni included.) 



P. manni. 1917, <$ taken, Saracli, 8 : v. I have again 

 noticed the difference in flight between this species and rapes. The 

 flight of vianiii is much more like that of siwapi.s. 



P. napi. Common, 1916 ; first seen, 27 : iii, Balje Pass ; 

 1917, early in v. 



Pontia daplidice. Abundant, 1916 ; 1917, first seen, Baisili, 

 24 : iii. 



EucJdoe ausonia* Common locally, and including some fine 

 forms. 1916, first seen, 7 : iv, gen. vern. triangula, Verity, Ak- 

 bunar ; 1917, early in April ; got. cest. melisanda, Fruhst., began 

 to emerge, 20 : v, at Saracli. 



E. ciirdaniines. Very local and not common ; first seen, 

 1916, 5 : iv, Akbunar ; 1917, first seen, 14 : iv, Saracli. 1 have 

 an idea that a specimen of E. enpkenbides possibly was included 

 in 1916 captures, but am not at all sure. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Collecting in the Highlands. — I was able last year to gratify 

 a wish I bad long entertained, and pass the whole of the collecting 

 season within sight of Schiehallion — often on it. The severe wniter 

 had left its mark, and vegetation was very backward ; snow still on 

 the mountains, and conditions generally unfavom-able for such species 

 as one hopes to get in the month of May. The wind seemed to blow 

 continually from the north-east, and beyond prospecting, which is a 

 very important preliminary to active collecting in a new district, I 

 did little until things took a bound forward in the month of June. 

 But the interval was not entirely a blank. The following is an 

 abstract from my diary, commencing May 16tb : 



" The first insect to occur in large numbers in the birch wood at 

 Annet was Peroiiea ferrugana, hibernated, of course, but in very 

 fair condition, showing a considerable amount of variation. Then 

 Endromis versicolor put in an appearance, but was too quick for me. 

 May 16th: Solenohial species occurred freely on stones, 9 ? o^^ly 

 bred. These appeared to me to have a shorter ovipositor than the 

 species I know as inconspicuella. These have been handed over to 

 Mr. Burrows, who has since informed me that as regards tarsal 



* I have adopted Lord Rothschild's nomenclature for the Macedonian forms. — 

 H. R.-B. 



