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64. M. cinxia, L. 



Common near Rilo Monastir in the middle of June; tlie 

 females mostly very dark in colour. 



65. M. phcebc, Knoch. 



Not imcommon near Rilo Monastir. 



66. M. trivia, Schiff. 



A large form of this, very dark in colour, was common 

 on some flowery hillsides among rocks at 400O feet, near 

 Rilo Monastir, in the end of June. Some of the females 

 were almost melanic, others quite pale. There were also 

 some remarkable aberrations among the males, but on the 

 average they are lai'ger and darker than those from any 

 other locality whence I have specimens. 



67. M. (lidyma, Ochs. 



Not so common as the last. 



68. M. dictynna, Esp. 



A few were taken at about .5000 feet, 



09 M. athcdia, Rott. 



Common at Camkuriya near Samokov^ at Rilo Munastir, 

 and generally at the foot of the mountains. The specimens 

 are large and dark, like the so-called var. nichadicmis, 

 Gerh. 



70. M. aurclia, Nick. 



Common. Found at the same elevation as atlmlia. 

 Some of the females are hard to distinguish from those of 

 at] L alia. 



71. Argyiuiis selene, Schiff. 



Common from 5000 — 6000 feet in marshy Alpine 

 meadows. Tlie specimens we took average smaller than 

 usual in Europe. 



72. A. cuphrosgiie, L. 



The commonest butterfly in tlie wooded part of tlie 

 mountains from 4000 — 6000 feet, and apparently one of 

 the earliest to appear, most of the specimens being worn 



