184 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A ^'BUTTERFLY SUMMER" IN ASIA MINOR. 

 By Margaret E. Fountaine, F.E.S. 



(Concluded from p. 159.) 



Melitaa ar^jn'wia,Esp. (?). — This is a very difficult species to identify. 

 I believe those I have from Broussa in the spring, and again in the 

 autumn, are true arduinna; but Mrs. Nicholl has thrown many doubts 

 upon their identity. I certainly did not see it at Amasia. 



M. phcebe, Kn. — Generally distributed, but not so common at 

 Broussa as at Amasia. 



M, trivia, S.V. — At Broussa in May ; and at Amasia a succession 

 of broods throughout the summer. The females varied enormously ; 

 I have one from Broussa in May, and one from Amasia in June, both 

 large and strongly marked ; while two I have from Amasia in August 

 are unlike these as any two Melitcea could well be ; they are small, 

 with very oblong wings, and the ground colour is light and even 

 throughout, while the black markings, especially in one of them, are 

 extremely sparse and scanty. 



M. didyma, 0. — As usual, presenting an interesting and pleasing 

 variation. The males of the summer brood at Amasia decidedly 

 inclined towards the var. neera, some much more so than others. The 

 females varied from pale fulvous to a greenish grey. 



M. athalia, Rott. (?). — One fine female from Tokat in July I liave 

 classed as belonging to this species, to which I have but little doubt 

 that it does. I do not recollect observing any others. 



Argynnis lathonia, L. — Generally distributed, and always typical. 



A. aylaia, L. — At Amasia in June and July. 



A. paphia, L. — Very common at Amasia; also Tokat, where I took 

 a fine specimen of the var. valcdna, and saw others. 



A. pandora, S.V. — Common throughout the summer; also at 

 Arndoutkeiny, near Constantinople. 



Melanaryia yalatea var. procida, Hbst. — Not common at Amasia ; 

 much more so at Tokat ; but none of the specimens presented at all an 

 extreme form of procida. 



M. larissa, H.G., and var. hertha, H.G. — First taken on the Upper 

 Maidan, at Amasia, on June 8th, where it afterwards became common 

 in all the localities round. Almost on the top of the Lokman, in July, 

 I took a female of the var. hertha, in which the black tracery is 

 extremely delicate and undefined. I did not see any others like it. 



]^J. (ithiops var. melusina, H.S. — In the pine forest at Tokat ; a fine 

 large form. 



Satyrm hennione, L. — Common at Amasia and Tokat. I could not 

 see that any of the specimens differed in any way from the type. 



S. circe, F. — Also common at Amasia and Tokat. 



S. briseis, L., and var. pirata, Esp. — Extremely common at Amasia 

 from the end of June, throughout July. The specimens were larger 

 and more brilliant than the European form, and var. pirata occurred 

 with the type, but I was only able to secure an odcasional specimen, 

 as it was far from common. 



S. semele var. mersina, Stgr. — Very common all round Amasia. 



