A FEW NOTES ON CRIMEAN LEPIDOPTERA. 81 



Euchloc helia var. uralensis : In one gen. First appeared 

 April 6th. This is a common butterfly in the parks and gardens 

 of the coast. E. cardamines : Appeared March 3rd. 



Leptidia sinapis : 1st gen. March 23rd. The males have pale 

 grey tips and the space between the inner margin and vein vii 

 on the underside of hind wings is suffused with greyish-green, 

 which reminds me of duponcheli. That species, as much as I 

 know, has never been observed in Crimea. 2nd gen. July 3rd. 

 Black tips and very pale — nearly white — underside of hind 

 wings, ab. diniensis ? 



Colias hyale : Single specimens throughout the summer. I 

 have a couple of males in which the dark markings are nearly 

 absent. C. edusa : Extremely abundant from March to late 

 November, in several broods. Ab. pallida (lielice) and inter- 

 mediate forms are frequent. 



Gonepterijx rhamni : Appeared June 20th, but was rarely 

 seen. Much more abundant in the spring. 



Nymphalid^. 



Drijas paphia : Not common. D. pandora : Appeared June 

 30th. Abundant for a week or so near Yalta. It was delightful 

 to watch, as it sailed to and fro, over roadside thistles. 



Argynnis aglaia : One specimen, July 13th, on a mountain 

 road. A. adippe : One male (ab. cleodoxa^, June 2nd. 



Issoria lathonia : 1st gen. April 10th, 2nd gen. June 6th. 



Brenthis dia: Appeared June 3rd. Scarce. 



Melitcea cinx'ia : Appeared April 28th. M. didyma, var. 

 necsra : 1st gen. June 7tb, 2nd gen. August 1st. Abundant with 

 cinxia on mountain slopes. A pretty, well-defined variety. M. 

 athalia : In woods on the northern side of Ai-Petri. Small, dark 

 specimens. 



Pyrameis cardiii : A great quantity of fresh specimens ap- 

 peared April 26th, and then again June 6th. It is the most 

 abundant butterfly in Crimea. In August on the plains of the 

 inland it is to be met in thousands — the only butterfly for miles 

 around. P. atalanta : Very common, too, chiefly in spring. On 

 sunny days in winter I have noticed numerous examples sailing 

 and fluttering among oak-trees. Vaness^a io : Now and then in 

 gardens. Aglais urtica : Abundant on the Yaila. Fine, warm- 

 coloured specimens. Kvgonia xanthomelas : One male July 2nd. 

 E. polycldoros : Plentiful in parks. 



Polygonia c-album : Rarely seen. P. egea : One female 

 February 2nd, in a Tartarian village on the coast. 



LYBYTHEID.iE. 



Libythea celtis : 1st gen. March 28rd, 2nd gen. June 9th. 

 Abundant in gardens and on the outskirts of pine-woods at the 



