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thickest undergrowth where, strange to say, it seldom injures its 

 delicate wings. 



Colias edusa var. helice. — Two specimens. 



Rhodocsra cleopatra. — One male. 



Polyommatus phlceas var. eleus. — A few. 



Lyccena telicanus. — Several. 



Lycana argiolus. — Common about bramble. Females were deposit- 

 ing their eggs upon terminal shoots and small unripe fruit. 



Limenitis Camilla. — One fine male. This, of course, must have 

 been a second brood. 



Vanessa egea. — Common, but the specimens were small. 



Melitaa didyma. — Common, and the females vary a good deal, and 

 some of the varieties are very interesting. A second or third brood. 



Argynnis paphia. — Several seen, and one taken on August 11th, 

 late in the afternoon, when they were retiring for the night among ivy- 

 leaves growing on trees in a gloomy little covert in the King's Park. 



Satyms hermione. — Common, but difficult to catch. They are fond 

 of sitting upon the trunks of olive-trees, and an old tree with a hollow 

 trunk is a favourite place. As one passes they dash out, but do not 

 fly far, generally pitching again on the next tree ; but they are very 

 wary, and have to be approached with great caution. There were 

 more females than males. 



Satyrus semele var. aristmus. — This species puzzled me a good deal 

 at first. Semele, as we know it in England, delights in the sun, occurs 

 in heathy localities, and upon downs near the sea, and when disturbed 

 usually settles upon a stone, or upon a bare patch of ground. These 

 were found sitting upon the trunks of trees in shady places, generally 

 high up, were very wary, and flew off at the least noise, and then 

 settled upon the under side of a branch higher up and quite out 

 of reach. It was some time before I succeeded in capturing one, and 

 then I could not quite make out what I had got. Two or three that I 

 disturbed flew into some thick covert, and upon following them I dis- 

 covered a good many sitting upon ivy-covered trees, upon the trunks, 

 under the branches, and upon the leaves. It was very dark and 

 gloomy, and not a place where one would expect to find such a sun- 

 loving species as semele. Nevertheless it seemed to be their head- 

 quarters, and I soon caught fourteen or fifteen of them, and might 

 have taken more had I wished to do so. They were nearly all females, 

 and large examples, very dark, and in fine condition, the females 

 averaging 2i inches across the wings. 



Pararge roxelana. — A few, but in poor condition. Habits similar 

 to those of 8. hermione. 



Pararge egeria and egerides. — Common in the King's Park. 



Epinephele ianira var. hispulla. — Common, but rather darker than 

 specimens from Crete or Malta. Was still on the wing on Sept. 27th. 



Epinephele ida. — A few, but mostly worn. 



Cmionympha pamphilus var. — A very interesting dark form. This 

 may be a distinct species. 



Spilothyrus alcece. — Common. 



Syrichthus proto. — Six examples only, on Vido, a small island lying 

 between Corfu and the mainland. 



Hesperia nostrodamus. — One or two, also taken on Vido. 



