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III. Notes on some Lepidoptera received from the 
neighbourhood of Alexandria. By Gerorae T, 
Bernune-Baker, F'.L.8. 
[Read Dec. 6th, 1893. ] 
PLATE I, 
Last year I had handed to me a collection of Lepidoptera 
from Alexandria for examination and determination, and 
during the present summer I had another collection also 
sent me, so that the two lots will give us some idea of 
the insects from this neighbourhood, and I therefore 
make no apology for cataloging the whole collection in 
detail, following the order of Staudinger’s list. The only 
thing that strikes me as worthy of special note, is the 
entire absence of any species belonging peculiarly to the 
Ethiopian region ; with sucha splendid migratory channel 
as the river Nile, this is not what I should have 
expected. 
1. Anthocharis belia, Cr. 
Two small but otherwise quite typical specimens. 
2. Colias edusa, F., and var. Helice, Hb. 
The type species not rare, and, as usual, a few of the 
white variety appear with it. 
3. Deudorix livia, Klug. 
Common. I have some dozen specimens in_ both 
Sexes. 
4, Thestor ballus, F.} 
One specimen quite typical, but small. 
5. Lycena boetica, L. 
Not uncommon, the blue suffusion of the 9 is un- 
usually bright in some of the specimens. 
6. Lycena egyptiaca, sp.n. (PI. [, fig. 1.) 
¢. Upper side, primaries and secondaries dull violet-blue, very 
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