A "butterfly summer" in ASIA MINOR. 137 



C. (hrilis, Hub. — In May, and again in August, at Broussa. The 

 females were dark, except for the orange band on both wings ; but I 

 have specimens equally so from Austria and Hungary. 



C. phlceas var. eleus, F. — A very good form of this variety occurred 

 at Broussa in August and September. Bersa caught a fine male, in 

 which the submarginal row of black spots on the under side of the fore 

 wings were elongated into broad black bands, almost confluent. 



Lijcana bcetica, L. — Fairly common at Broussa in August and 

 September. 



L. telicanus, Lang. — Common in certain places on the plain near 

 Broussa in September. 



L. balcanica, Frr. — A succession of broods seemed to appear at 

 Amasia throughout the summer. It also occurred singly at Broussa, 

 spring and autumn. The specimens were smaller and darker, with 

 more black spots on the upper side than those I took in Palestine two 

 years ago. Possibly the latter were L. theophrastus, F. (?). 



L. trochUus, Frr. — A brood was just out in the Maidan when I first 

 got to Amasia at the very end of May. Later on another brood 

 appeared in July, and I took a female on the Caraman, in which 

 the ground colour is black instead of dark brown, and the orange 

 bands above and below of a pale straw-colour, the freshness of the 

 specimen entirely precluding any possibility of its being faded. At 

 Broussa this species was rather rare. 



L. (Bffon, S.V. — Very common on the top of the Lokman, near 

 Amasia, in June. 



L. lo'ewii, Z. — At Amasia early in June. The males were very 

 common at Guelly, especially up a small narrow gorge, where a tiny 

 stream was still trickling down through the rocks ; later on this 

 stream was quenched in the drought of summer, Loeicii was also 

 common at Tokat, and both sexes were in fresh condition in the 

 middle of July. 



L. zephyrus, Frr. — One male taken at Mersivan, the end of May, 

 and a few females at Amasia a little later. 



L. eiirypilus, Frr. — Very common all round Amasia in June and 

 July, and it also occurred at Tokat. The females were sometimes 

 only distinguishable from those of L. loewii by the oraiige band being 

 brighter and less sufifused with black on the under side of the fore 

 wings. 



L. bavins, Ev. — Only two females caught in the Maidan, at the 

 beginning of June, the species being nearly over, and I should imagine 

 not common at any time. 



L. baton, Berg. — At Broussa in April, and Amasia in June ; not 

 very common. 



L. panagcBa, H.S. — I have only two specimens of this little butter- 

 fly. One 1 took in the " Nogellii Gorge," on the Caraman, and the 

 other in the Tschirtschir Valley ; both in June, I think I ought to 

 have taken more, but at a place like Amasia, with so many interesting 

 species, mostly occurring m swarms, things of insignificant appear- 

 ance are not uneasily overlooked. 



L. astrarclie, Bgst. — Common at Amasia throughout the summer. 



(To be continued.) 



