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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Euchloe gruneri. — A single male in beautiful condition was sent 

 to me by Capt. Barraud with label, " Salonica, April 5th, 1916." 

 This is, no doubt, the butterfly suggested by him as E. 

 enphenoicles ('Entom'., li, p. H3). 



Colias edusa helecina, Obthr. — Kopriva, 6 : v : '17. 



Issoria lathonia. — I have from Capt. Barraud an aberration 

 of the female taken on the Hedja Tape at 3000 ft., which appears 

 to be undescribed. Unfortunately the hind wings are in rags. 

 It is melanic. All the black spots on the upper side are enlarged, 

 especially the three basal spots nearest the costal margin of the 

 fore wings, and they are coalescent. It must have been a superb 

 example when fresh. 



Melitcea pJioebe cetlieria. — Examples of this form in all the 

 collections, e.g. from Kopriva, 2 : vi : '17. M. didipna. — The 

 series contains forms of ihe female corresponding with Stau- 

 dinger's grmca. The males of the gen. (eat. from Mahmudli are 

 very small, not exceeding 35 mm., and dull in colour. 



Pyrameis cardui. — Many dwarf examples from Baisili, vi : '17 

 (Barraud), not exceeding 37 mm., and much worn at that date. 



Melanargia larism. — Since the publication of Mr. Barraud's 

 note on " var. salonicce (? Gibbs)," I have received a considerable 

 number of the Salonica form, but after careful comparison with 

 those in the Natural History Museum, I am inclined to think 

 that the range of variation exhibited does not warrant a vai'ietal 

 name for the Salonica examples. The late Mr. A. E. Gibbs, 

 moreover, never published salonicce ; if ever he described it at all 

 is doubtful. The name, therefore, is nomen ineditum. The form 

 of larissa, represented in the " Museum Collections " by a single 

 example, is none the less extremely fine and large compared with 

 the smaller and darker form of the Eastern Rumelian Balkan. 

 Indeed, while there is a wide tendency to varifition locally, it is 

 never very pronounced, though I can without difficulty distin- 

 guish those sent me by Major P. P. Graves from Kuchuk Chek- 

 meje, near Constantinople on the European side, where it flies 

 with galatea, from the Rhodope (Slivno), and South Macedonian 

 forms. Larissa appears to consort with galatea in the latter 

 localities also. 



Comparing the several lists now published in the ' Entomo- 

 logist ' with those for the north and east slopes of the central 

 Balkan Rhodope range up to 3000 ft., I find the following 

 Bulgarian species absent from the South Macedonian collections 

 under review : Thais ccri/sii, Parnassius apollo, Pieris ergane 

 (which I expect has been overlooked), Colias myrmidone, Zephyrus 

 betulce, Thecla pruni, Cltrysophanus virgaurece, Chilades tro- 

 chillis, Plebeius zephyrus, Scolitantides orion, Polyommatus eroides, 

 Agriades escheri, A. hylas, Hirsutina danion, Cupido sebrus, 

 Lyccena alcon, Ncptis lucilla, N. aceris, Apatura iris, A. ilia, 

 Limenitis populi, L. sibylla, Eugonia l-album. 



