174 Mr. Henry J. Tumor nn lie Bvlferflies of Cyjtrva. 



very thickly dusted with yellow scales, with an increase 

 of })lue on the hind-winj^s both above and below, and of 

 small size. 



Verity in " Rhop. Pal." pp. 13, 108 (1905) describes a 

 very small form of the amilica race as cypria (I.e., pi. iii, 

 1). The base of the fore-win <t is more strongly powdered 

 with yellow atoms, and the blue in the band of the hind- 

 winf]f is considerably reduced. This form is evidently rare, 

 as it has not been sent. All my specimens are of early 

 May capture except a smaller not fresh specimen of 

 April 1st. I take it, there are only two broods really, and 

 that this last is a " precocious " specimen of the first 

 generation to which my May specimens belong. 



The tails strike one as being exceptionally long, especially 

 for an island race. 



Thais (Zerynthia) cerisyi Dodt. [race cypria 8tich. (1907)]. 



"Recorded by Led. I found it local, but in certain 

 spots very common in early spring."- — J.A.S.R., 19l(). 



" I took this to be the Asia Minor form deyrollei Obtr., 

 but it appears to differ, nnd Stichel has called it var. cypria. 

 The long series of ])oth males and females appear to be a 

 verv uniform lot and to jircsent very little variety." — ■ 

 A.E.G., 1916. 



" Separated as var. cyprin by Herr Stichel in 1907. 

 Found, so far as I am aware, at only one spot in the Island, 

 i. e. Aghirda at the foot of the Kyrenia Pass. Emerges 

 during the first week in March, and flies till about the first 

 week in April, when it disappears altogether. The males 

 are fairly common at this spot, but females are not so 

 easily taken owing to their sluggish habits. The males 

 are continuously on the wing in the sun, but I have only 

 taken the females by putting them up in walking."^ — G.F.W., 

 1918. 



A long series of this species including a fair proportion 

 of females has been received. They are very uniform in 

 size, marking, and colour. In the males there are two 

 shades of ground colour, some being very slightly duller 

 than the rest ; they show scarcely any aberration and 

 much resemble the race crefica Rebel, from Candia, but 

 are slightly larger, of not quite so white a ground, with 

 somewhat increased markings, and have the tail remote 

 from the anal angle developed, whereas in cretica all three 

 tails are almost suppressed. AVhile the type form has a 



