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hintl-win<j, tlie band is almost wholly obsolete in the anal 

 half, and the rest macular, more or less dusky, and much 

 narrowed. The undersides are marmo rated, giving a 

 bark-like appearance to the under surface. The outer 

 area of fore-wing underside is yellowish, the band of the 

 hhid-wing below is covered by striations and speckles, 

 while the basal area has nmch lighter markuigs, so that 

 there is scarcely any difference between the basal and 

 outer areas so well-marked a feature in the type, but 

 they are separated by a wide deep black line. There is 

 often a small eye-spot midway towards the anal angle 

 of the fore-wing in both sexes. 



Satyrus briseis L. [race fergana Obthr. ; ab. pirata $, Esp.]. 



" Led. recorded this species and also var. pirata. I found 

 both at Nicosia, the latter beuiu much the less common." — 

 J.A.S.B., 1910. 



" S. briseis seems mostly from the lower levels and var. 

 pirata wholly so."— A. E.G., 1910. 



" Var. fergana is a fairly common species in the plains 

 and at the Kyrenian Pass. I have taken two or three 

 specimens on Troodos at about 500U ft. Emerges in May, 

 and is fojid of rocky places, small caves and river banks, 

 but taken sometimes on the flower of the connnon thistle. 

 Var. jyirala is of the same habits and frequents the same 

 locality as the preceding form, but is rare. I saw one on 

 Troodos in 1918."— G.F.W., 1918. 



A long series sent all of large size with very little differ- 

 ence in expanse of male and female. All are of the race 

 fergana Obthr., which is the largest and has much rich 

 reddish brown of different shades on the underside of the 

 fore-wing, with well-developed white discal bands on the 

 upperside of both wings. The second eye-spot in the sub- 

 margin is often obsolescent, beuig only represented by a 

 more dense spot in the general dark ground, with occa- 

 sionally a small white pupil. In the female it is usually 

 more apparent. One male has this spot very definite 

 owing to the extension of the white band on the marguial 

 side of the spot, a very unusual occurrence in this sex. 

 The apical spot of the female fore-wing is often destitute 

 of pupil. The underside of the hind-wing in the male 

 has clear white ground partially covered with soft grey, 

 with strongly marked costal and inner marginal blotches, 

 the contrasts bemg abrupt and strong. In the female 



