Mr. Henry J. Turn or on the Butferflies of Cyprvf!. ^ 73 



more obscure species, I owe very much to Major P. P. 

 Graves of Constantinople, whose knowledoc of near 

 Eastern Lepidoptera is from personal experience recent 

 and reliable. And not less am I indebted to the acumen 

 of Dr. Chapman for his kind help and advice, especially 

 so for the separation of the new species Glaucojisyclie pophos 

 from G. melanops, for the confirmation of E. felmessia in 

 place of E. jurtina {JmpvUu), and of C. phiala in place 

 of Z. galha. 



In the following notes J.A.S.B. = Sir J. A. S. Bucknill, 

 A.E.G. = A. E. Gibbs, G.F.W. - G. F. Wilson, T.B.-F. = 

 T, Bainbrigge-Fletcher. 



Papilio machaon L. [race asiatica Men. = sphyrus auct. ; 

 ab. cypria Vrty.]. 



" Recorded by Lederer. I found it very connnon. I 

 was informed by Major P. P. Graves that a form from 

 Nicosia has been se]iarated as peculiar to Clyprus."- — • 

 J.A.S.B., 1916. 



" Only a few have been sent. One from Nicosia in 

 June is the summer form with broad band to which the 

 discal spot is joined. This used to be called sphyrns, but 

 I suppose we must now call it asiatica Men., or s'phyroides 

 Vrty. Verity says that there is in Cyprus a small race of 

 machaon which is peculiar to the Island, as there also is of 

 P. 6mmme."— A.E.G., 1916. 



" Common m the plains from March to October. Met 

 with rarely in the mountains. There appear to be three 

 broods, in February, April and Sejrtember."^ — G.F.W. , 1918. 



The fairly long series received show more ground-colour 

 than the British race, and the yellow is decidedly richer, 

 although not so rich as in the form aurantiaca Spyr. In 

 size the race is considerably above the average British 

 form; one female measures just over 100 mm. in expanse. 



According to Seitz (" Pal. Gr.-Schm.") the name sphyrns 

 Hb., has been wrongly applied by dealers to specimens in 

 which the marginal band of the hind- wing is wider and 

 makes a close approach or meets the spot at the end of the 

 cell, also having somewhat darker ground-colour. This 

 is the form asiatica Men. ["Cat. Mus. Petr. Lep.," I, 70 

 (1855)1 and most of the Cyprian specimens are of this 

 race. The true sphyrns figured by Hiibner [" Ex. Schm.," 

 775-6 (1826 ?)] and refigured by Seitz [I.e., I, 6 d (1906)] 

 is a nuich paler form caused by the black marking being 



