98 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



would rather suggest tlie end of June as the time of appearance for 

 this butterfly than the beginning of July. 



L. troclujlm, Frr. — Common round Beyrout and other places, at 

 low levels, from May on throughout the summer, I do not recollect 

 ever seeing it in Palestine. 



L. galha, Chr, — Occurring at the same time in all the same 

 localities as gamra. 



L. li/siiiwn, Hiib. — Only found by me on the Plain of Huleh, near 

 BAniyas, and nowhere else. L. galba, to which it bears a striking 

 resemblance, did not occur in the same place. 



L. loewii, Z. — I found these butterflies flying in some considerable 

 numbers near Damascus, on a mountain rising immediately behind 

 the Kurd village, the parched-up aridity of which baffles all descrip- 

 tion, being also more especially remarkable in contrast to the rich, 

 fertile plain, where the white city of Damascus lies surrounded by 

 gardens intersected with streams and watercourses. But, unfor- 

 tunately, on the 8th of May and succeeding days upon which I visited 

 this mountain, it was only with the greatest difficulty that I succeeded 

 in taking any specimens of loewii worth keeping ; the females espe- 

 cially were in very bad condition. I also took one male of this 

 butterfly at Baalbek in June, but saw no others. 



L. zephyrus var. nichoUi. — I was particularly interested to take this 

 variety, named after and discovered only a year ago by Mrs. Nicholl. 

 At Baalbek, though I searched everywhere, I neither found the variety 

 or the type ; but at the Cedars, the first week in June, I was more for- 

 tunate, and took some remarkably well-marked specimens of var. 

 nicholli. 



L. anteros var. crassipjincta, Christoph. — I took a good series of this 

 butterfly, mostly at the B'hamdoon Cedars, near Aiu Zahalta, in 

 April ; also a few specimens, including one female from Bsherreh in 

 June. 



L. isaurica, Ld. — At the Cedars, males only, in June. 



L. bellargm var. polonus, Z. (?). — This variety was fairly common 

 in the dried-up bed of a stream, on the way to the Cedars from 

 Bsherreh in June ; the females, however, were rare, and I only took 

 two specimens. In calling it polonus I am submitting to the superior 

 knowledge of Mr. Elwes and Mrs. Nicholl, for it seems to me to 

 approach much more nearly to corgdon than bellargus, and to answer 

 exactly to the description of var. corydonius, H. S. 



L. admetus var. ripartii, Frr. — Common in the neighbourhood of 

 Bsherreh and the Cedars in June. 



L. poseidon, Ld. — I took several specimens of this species, at 

 Baalbek, the Cedars, &c. ; I cannot think it is a variety of damon, the 

 males are so remarkably dissimilar, both sexes bearing a very striking 

 resemblance to damon females. I should be interested to know if this 

 is a distinct species or not. 



L. semiargus var. antiochena, Ld. — Common near Maharain, in the 

 neighbourhood of Ain Zahalta, in April ; the females, which were 

 much rarer than the males, were extremely beautiful, being shot with 

 vivid blue on all the wings, in addition to the broad orange border. 

 All the males had minute orange spots on the hind wings, near the 

 aual angles on the upper side ; more distinct, and on all the wings 



