30 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



LYC^NIDiE. 



Chrysophanus thersamon : I captured only two examples — a 

 tattered one of the 1st gen., June 7th, and a fresh one July 3rd. 

 Both are males. C. pldceas : Scarce. 



Pleheius (egon : One male, June 18th. Scolitantides orion : 

 First seen June 27th. Rare. S. baton, var. clara : Appeared 

 April 13th. Very abundant in some places. Aricia medon, var. 

 sarmatis : Appeared April 23rd. Common everywhere. Poli/om- 

 matus icnrus : Very abundant in several broods. Agriades 

 bellargus : First seen May 27th. Common in fields at the foot 

 of Ai Petri. Large specimens. Males tinged with purple — very 

 different from the western ones. A. meleager : Appeared June 

 18th. Very abundant. In the southern part of Crimea the 

 females are ab. steeveui ; on the plains of the inland, typical. 

 A. corydon : Appeared June 30th. Cvpido minimus : One, June 

 3rd, at the top of Ai Petri. Nomiades semiargus : Appeared 

 June 27tli. N. cyllarus, var. cBriiginoui: Appeared June 30th. 

 Common for a short time in parks. Lyccena euphemns : In woods 

 of the inland. Thecla ic-albiim : Plentiful in beech-woods. 

 Once, on a sunny day, I found scores of sjoecimens settled on 

 some nettles. When disturbed they flew off, but immediately 

 returned again to their resting-place. T. acacice: First seen, 

 June 18th. Abundant here and there, on lawns, fluttering about 

 like a small Lyccsna. Some specimen? seem to be var. abdominalis. 

 Callophrysruhi: Appeared April 16th. Large specimens. Under- 

 side pale green, with only one white dot -the lower one — on 

 hind wings. Celastrina argiolaa : 1st gen. March 27th, 2nd gen. 

 June 9th. The commonest butterfly in spring. 



Papilionid^. 



IpJiiclides podalirius : Plentiful in gardens. First brood ap- 

 peared at the end of March, the second at the end of June. 

 Worn specimens of the first generation were on the wing as late 

 as June 15th. Papilio viacJtaon : I captured only one example 

 (June 3rd). In this specimen the two upper lunules on the 

 outer margin of hind wings are tinged with orange. This is an 

 unusual aberration. 



Parnassius apollo, var. ? : Said to occur near Simferopol. I 

 have seen specimens in local collections. 



Thais piolyxena : Abundant on the plains of the inland in 

 March. I have not noticed it in the south of Crimea. Thi& 

 also refers to the next species. 



PlERID^. 



Aporia cratagi : Two faded females, July 18th. Pieris rapa : 

 Ist gen. April 1st, 2nd gen. June 16th. P. napi : Ist gen. 

 March 27th, 2nd gen. June 2nd. Pontia daplidice : 1st gen. 

 March 23rd (ab. bellidice), 2nd gen. June 10th. 



