176 Mr, Henry J. Turner on ihc B^flferflies qfCyjwus. 



" Common everywhere from March to October. Early 

 broods have the under-wing much darker ^reen than the 

 summer broods." — G.F.W., 1918. 



I have received a short series of the summer brood only, 

 which has been named lepidii by Rober, but, as Verity 

 points out (" Rhop. Pal."), quite unnecessarily, since the 

 spring emergence has for many years had the name 

 chariclea Steph. 



The females in the series are all from Troiidos, 4000- 

 6000 ft., and are very large (the largest female 70 mm. in 

 expanse), with intensely black markings, all large in extent. 

 The apical blotch is very irregularly extended on the inner 

 side; two of the " teeth " in some examples run along the 

 veins to the large upper spot of the fore-wing. Both 

 discal spots and the inner margmal streak are very large, 

 the two former having more or less dusky clouding between 

 them, while the lower spot is quite united to the inner 

 marginal streak. Only one example has this streak 

 obsolescent. At the base of the fore-wings there is a 

 considerable amount of black dusting which extends along 

 the costa and is there more dense. The underside of the 

 hind-wings is uniformly pale yellow without any dusting 

 of dark scales. The specimens seem to agree quite well 

 with the Asiatic form named cafoleuca by Rober. In the 

 catoleuca in Seitz (I, pi. xix, e) there is an additional spot 

 on the underside of the fore-wing (at the top). This is 

 not present in the Cyprian form; Verity neither figures 

 nor refers to this spot. Incidentally, I note, that the 

 figure of nepalensis Verity (" Rhop. Pal.," pi. xxxv, 17) 

 agrees exactly on the upperside with the Cyprian females, 

 but it is stated to have a very considerable amount of 

 dusting on the underside of the hind-wing. On the under- 

 sides of the Cyprian females the spots of the fore-wing 

 have more rather than less black continuation marking 

 between them. 



The only male I have from Troodos is small, that is 

 more of the typical size, and it is a nigronotata Jach., 

 with the black " spot " (thin dash) on the disc of the fore- 

 wing. The other males are from the plains, Nicosia and 

 Platres. One of these is also an ab. nigroyiotata. In both 

 these specimens this " dash " is situated midway between 

 the veuis as it is in P. deota from the Pamirs and in the ab, 

 cyjyria figured by Verity (" Rhop. Pal." pi. xxxv, 14), 

 whereas curiously in Verity's figure of nigronolata {I.e., 11) 



