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the spots showing; up well. The males received are not 

 quite so distinctive. The majority are the summer form 

 calida, but not so distinctly calida as those I took in Corsica 

 and Algeria. The first calida is from Nicosia, May 30th. 

 In this brood the underside is coffee brown. "^ — ^A.E.G., 1916. 



" This insect has two broods ; one in March in small 

 numbers, and one in June, the latter being very abundant 

 both in the plains and on the mountains ; usually found 

 near water."— G.F.W., 1918. 



No specimens of the spring brood have come, but a 

 large number of the June-July emergence from Troodos. 

 There are but few quite dark enough on the underside 

 to be termed the ab. calida Bell., and some are fairly light. 

 In all examples the submarginal band of red blotches on 

 the upperside are strongly developed and of brilliant colour ; 

 in many specimens tJiese blotches are continued of full size 

 right up to the costa at the apex, and even when diminished 

 in size only rarely is the topmost blotch absent. On the 

 undersides the red blotches are also very vivid, they are 

 large and pretty uniform in size. The inner side of each 

 blotch on the fore-wing below is in most specimens margined 

 by a black cloud, which is generally large on the blotches 

 nearer the inner margin of the wing, but diminishing to 

 a line or is even absent on the blotches towards the costa. 

 In the reverse way these black clouds are margined on the 

 inner side by white lines which are always present towards 

 the costa, but diminish in strength towards the inner 

 margin of the wing. All the spots on the undersides are 

 of intense black and well developed. They are surrounded 

 by very clear white rings especially marked in the discal 

 spots of the fore-wings. The specimens are all of good 

 size, in fact rather large compared with British examples, 

 a few as large as average Polyominalus icarus females. In 

 most specimens the fringes of the fore-wings were brown, 

 dark enough to obliterate the chequer. I believe these 

 last have been called ab. brunnescens Harr. 



Polyommatus icarus Rott. [ab. minor Ckrll.]. 



" Common. The variation among males is very small. 

 The females have an external series of outer-marginal spots 

 (light in colour) outside the orange spots. One specimen 

 was ab. icanww."— T.B.-F., Larnaka, 25th June, 1902. 



" The icarus males appear to present no special features." 

 ^A.E.G., 1915. 



