182 Mr. Henry J. Turner on ihe Bulletjlies of Cyjjrus. 



1918, I sent to Mr. Gibbs in 1915. But in March 1918 this 

 species was particuhirly connnon, and I took some ten 

 females."— G.F.W., 1918. 



Only a comparatively few specimens have been received, 

 but amongst them are a remarkably small form of which 

 the males measure only 26"5 mm. and the females 27 mm. 

 This is the form ab. minor Ckrll. The specimens generally 

 are a small race ; among them are several of the ab. lur- 

 ritis Ochs., in which one side of the discoid al spot has 

 emerged from the orange apical area and is contiguous to 

 the white general ground-colour. Several examples have 

 dusky scales sparsely scattered along the inner margin of 

 the orange apical bk)tch, and thus are the incipient stage 

 of the form known as ab. j)hoenissa Kalchb. One male 

 has only a miiuite dot for the usually well-defined discal 

 spot fore-wing. In the females there is a tendency for 

 the hind-wings to become yellow on the upperside. In all 

 the specimens the orange is com|)aiable in extent to that 

 of our British race {brUannicae Vrty.) in not extending to 

 the anal angle, but terminating abruptly some distance 

 from it, whereas in the Riviera race it curves down and 

 terminates at the anal angle or even on the iimer margin. 



[Gonepteryx rhanini L. 



" Dr. Guillemard reports having met with this insect in 

 1888, but probably it belonged to the next species; I did 

 not see it." — J.A.S.B., 191G. (Not recorded by Led.) 



" Recorded, but I have never seen it." — G.F.W., 1918. 



This record appears to be an error. A large number of 

 specimens of G. deopatra have been received, l»ut of not 

 one had I the slightest doubt.] 



Gonepteryx Cleopatra L. [race taurica Stgr.]. 



" Led. records it. All the specimens of this species, 

 which was very common, were identified by the B.M. as 

 var. taurica Stgr." — J.A.S.B., 1916. 



" G. cleopalra v. taurica is interesting. I have compared 

 it with specimens from several regions, and the nearest 

 approach I have is one I took in the Balkans. The ground- 

 colour of taurica is said to be lighter than the usual form, 

 but I cannot see much difference in this respect though the 

 orange suffusion is certainly less than in any other forms 

 I have seen. My most strongly marked specimens are 

 from Morocco."— A.E.G., 1910. 



