Mr. Henry J. Turner on ihc Bulterjlies of Cyprm. 183 



"A fairly coiiuiion species of three broods; the first 

 emerges towards tlie end of February, the second and larger 

 brood at the end of May, and a very small brood in October. 

 A few are found in the plains generally in flower gardens, 

 but the largest numbers occur in the mountains usually 

 near small streams and among the bracken. Females are 

 comparatively rare."^ — G.F.W., 1918. 



In Seitz, " Pal. Gr.-Schm.," I. pi. 24, the figure of race 

 taurica shows but slight, if any, diminution of the orange 

 flush on the fore-wing; on the other hand Verity, " Rhop. 

 Pal.," pi. xlviii, figures taurica as havuig only the slightest 

 amount of this flush. In the Cyjjrian race the extent of 

 the orange agrees with neither figure, but lies midway 

 between in amount with a balance towards the larger. 

 In some of the females there is a slight indication of the 

 male ground-coloration around the outer margins of both 

 wuigs, but especially at the tips of the fore-wings, and in 

 one specimen this suffusion extends somewhat strongly 

 over the whole hind-wing. The size of the discoidal is 

 uniformly small on all wings. The orange is somewhat 

 paler than in the type form, possibly owhig to its more 

 graduated fall in depth of colour along the outer margin. 

 I do not thiidc that the ground-colour is really lighter 

 except that the females appear whiter, which is possibly 

 caused by the influence of the light undersides. 



As to the question of three broods. Verity asserts 

 definitely, " lihop. Pal.," that with the Italian races there 

 are three generations, which are clearly separated by 

 intervals of a month or two, during which no individuals 

 may be observed, except that individuals of the autunm 

 (3rd) emergence hibernate and may be met with all the 

 winter. The dates of my Cyprian specimens are from 

 March 5th to July 21st, with a very definite interval of 

 seventy days between March 5th and May 14th, and 

 another between June 20th and July 21st of thirty-one 

 days, but this latter may be qualihed by the fact that the 

 July specimens were taken high up on the Troodos moun- 

 tains and probably belong to the summer (2nd) emergence. 

 The March specimens are quite fresh and have apparently 

 not hibernated. All but the Troodos captured specimens 

 are from the lowlands. So far I have no examples of the 

 autunm brood. Kober (Seitz), " Pal. Gr.-Schm.," very 

 stronglv doubts the existence of three broods or even two. 



