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later Herr Torok very kindly sent me a good series (males only) in ex- 

 cellent condition, which he had taken at Csepel-Sziget, near Buda-Pest. 



Pararge ro.velana, Cr. — This rare and interesting butterfly occurs 

 not uncommonly in the forests round Herkulesbad and Orsova. Last 

 year I was too late to secure fresh specimens, more especially as I had 

 been two weeks in the neighbourhood before I discovered it. In fact, 

 it was already the 27th of July when I made a dash at a good-sized 

 brown butterfly near the white " Kreuz," on my way down from the 

 Domoglet, and found it to be a male specimen, much worn and 

 broken, of roxelana ; and I afterwards found that it inhabited the 

 forest below the Kreuz ; but none of the males were fresh, and the 

 females were so rare that I only succeeded in obtaining two examples, 

 though both were in excellent condition. This year, however, I deter- 

 mined to be in time for it ; and on June 23rd, in a wood above Orsova, 

 I secured four males, though I soon found that the Kreuz wood above 

 Herkulesbad was far the best locality for it. It is a difficult butterfly 

 to catch, as it has a habit of flying high and settling out of reach of the 

 net. The best plan (suggested to me by Herr Bourdon) is to mount 

 guard near an old oak tree which has the bark discoloured by a sort of 

 dry resin on which this butterfly feeds with great avidity, and by this 

 means many fine specimens may be secured. The afternoon is better 

 than the morning, as then it seems more inclined to descend from the 

 trees. 



P. clymeme, Esp. — If roxelana is difficult, clymene is ten times more 

 so. It seems to occur only at a considerable elevation, though I did 

 once take one specimen on the road going down to Herkulesbad 

 Station, but this 1 think was only chance, for there was a strong wind 

 blowing that day, and it must merely have been blown down from the 

 mountains. Except this one solitary exception, clymene, as far as I 

 could discover, seemed to be confined to one locality, i. e. the forests 

 in the immediate vicinity of the Domoglet. Last year I was too late 

 for it on the 21st of July, though males were common enough in this 

 spot ; they were nearly all damaged aud worn ; and this year it occurred 

 very much more sparingly ; besides, I was unlucky in the weather on 

 an expedition I made on July 6th ; the clouds rolled up from the 

 valleys, and there was no more sunshine after 9 a.m., so I had to be 

 satisfied with only one fine specimen for that day. On July 11th I 

 again visited this interesting mountain, and saw a magnificent female 

 (the only female I did see), but to my great sorrow she escaped me. 

 Two days later I was there again, but the males were already getting 

 worn, and were far from plentiful. I imagine they last but a very 

 short time in good condition, probably owing to the fogs, and especially 

 the winds which at so great an elevation are almost incessant. 



P. hiera, F. — In the woods near Modling in the beginning of May ; 

 and at Hideg-Volgy, &c, near Buda-Pest, early in August. At Her- 

 kulesbad I only observed mmra. Meyccra and egeria were also common 

 in most places. 



P. acldne, Sc. — A very fine form was abundant in the woods at Szep- 

 Juhaszue, near Buda-Pest, in the middle of June, but they were all 

 males. Herr Aigner said the female was always rare. 



Epinephele lycaon, Rott. — At Isaszegh in June ; and again in July 

 and August at Csepel-Sziget ; also at Farkas-Volgy, where I took a 



