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brought a score of specimens from Sicily to show you. I took a 

 few of them to the London Entomological Society, but the experts 

 there could not agree, and I got no information except that my 

 specimens were large, and that, of course, I knew. 



"Before touching on the Marbled Whites, I want to mention 

 Euchlo'e dantone, of which I exhibit a series from Sicily. This 

 species occurs in Turkey and Greece, but is not recorded from the 

 Italian mainland. It also occurs in North Syria. I have examined 

 the series of E. damone at the Natural History Museum, and the 

 specimens from Greece and Syria are identical with mine. I 

 have just come across a statement on Page xlii. of the " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Entomological Society of London," that specimens 

 from Asia Minor differ to some extent, but I have not seen them, 

 so I cannot form an opinion for myself. I may mention, however,, 

 that in the series of M. damone at the Natural History Museum 

 S. Kensington, at the bottom of the row, there are two specimens 

 from the Transcaucasus, which, while identical as to markings on 

 the upperside, are smaller than the others, and on turning to the 

 underside I found they are labelled E. eupheno. I attribute the 

 error to the fact that the European butterflies, have recently been 

 re-arranged in a new cabinet. 



"My exhibit of Melanargia japygia, consists of about a score of 

 examples from Sicily. I have not yet been able to refer to the 

 original description by Cyrille, but hope to do so shortly. 



" Roughly, I divide the " Marbled Whites " into dark and pale 

 forms. M. galatea belongs to the former class, having more 

 black than white on the upperside. M. si/llins and others have 

 more white than black, il/. larissa and the Sicilian form of M. 

 japggia belong to the dark class, while its variety cleanthe (Spain), 

 and sub-species snwarovius (Hungary), belong to the pale class. 



Owing to re-arrangement of the Butterflies at the Natural 

 History Museum the Melanargias are not quite completed. 

 One specimen (identical with mme) is labelled '' type Sicily," and 

 others (also identical) are labelled " Leach Collection, M. larisfta, 

 (Greece)." They are placed with M. japggia, but the labels have 

 not been altered. The Sicilian specimens are larger than any 

 others I have seen, the ordinary size being about 2^ inches, while 

 the Sicilians reach 2f inches. Perhaps this is a " seasonal " 

 difference. 



"Melanargia pherii.'^a. — This series of Sicilian examples shows 

 the gradual growth or diminution of the rings on the hindwings. 



Type (with rings) pJierusa. 



