178 Mr. Henry J. Turner on the Bufterflief; of Cyi^us. 



earlier broods is dark and covers most of the hind-wing; 

 later doplidice have the green very pale indeed, and very 

 little of it, probably the var. raphani. Daplidice varies 

 also in size a great deal, some specimens I have taken 

 being no larger than a common blue." — G.F.W., 1918. 



A long series, dates ranging from May 12th to mid- July. 

 None of the early brood were received, hence none are of 

 the bellidice Ochs. (spring) form if it be produced there. 

 The earlier specimens (May) are of the ordinary daplidice 

 form, i. e. neither extreme, but intermediate between the 

 bellidice of spring in the northern part of its range and the 

 summer raphani Esp., which is strong yellowish green on 

 the hind-wing below. Most of the later specimens are of 

 this last form with a good sprinkling of a form corresponding 

 to the later summer race from N. Africa called albidice 

 Obthr., in which the green is still more camouflaged by 

 a paler yellow, the markings becoming obsolescent on the 

 inner margin and base, and the veins more emphasised in 

 yellow. This has been named persica Bien. 



One underside aberration has the yellow approaching 

 orange in richness without any diminution of marking. 

 Another has the marking reduced so that there is a complete 

 wide white band across the wing from costa to inner margin. 



None of the specimens are large ; a series taken at the 

 same period in Catania are all much larger than any of 

 the Cyprian examples. In fact, there seems a tendency 

 to reduction in size, and one example is but a shade larger 

 than a good-sized Polyommatus icarus and is the form 

 ab. minuscida Vrty. ; it was taken in July on Troodos. 



Except in one specimen, a female, which has a slight 

 yellow flush and approaches the ab. flaua Obthr., the 

 ground-colour above is a pure white. Tliere is but little 

 trace of the greenish yellow at the base of the fore-wings 

 below, a character iioticeable in some of the southern races. 



Most of the males have the discoidal spot on the fore- 

 wing somewhat small, contrasting with that of the females 

 which is generally somewhat large. One male has a spot 

 developed in the anal angle of the fore-wing above, a 

 characteristic feature of the female. As a rule the males 

 have absolutely pure white hind-wings with no trace of 

 markings, a few only have the costal blotch developed, 

 and a few are dark-scaled along the ends of one or two of 

 the veins near the apex. 



The females are extremely uniform ; a good proportion 



