Mr. Jleiiry J. Turner on. the BiUler/Jics of Cyjrrus. 203 



" Occurs on hotli rau<ji;os of mountains in small numbers. 

 On the Kyrenian range it flies during April and* May, and 

 on the Troodos range during June and July,"— (I.F.W., 

 1918. 



Not being satisfied with the received determination of 

 the Cyprian series as G. melanops Bdv., I submitted them 

 to Dr. Chapman, who after some comparisons thought that 

 they were probably a form or race of G. charyhdis Stdgr. 

 On further examination, however, he considetefl that he was 

 jus.tified in announcing it a, new species standing somewhat 

 close to G. charyhdis. 



Only a few specimens were obtained, and these were from 

 the two ranges of mountains. One would like to get the 

 other brood from each place if there be one. The two sets 

 dili'er considerably in size; those from the Kyrenian 

 mountains are much the smaller in both sexes. These 

 northern early specimens being the smaller would seem to 

 point to their being of an early brood, the offspring of 

 sunnncr larvae, added to the fact that the later specimens 

 from Troodos are large and prf)bably the imagines from 

 well-nourished spring larvae. The undersides of both 

 series are very dark and the spots on the fore- wings below 

 very large. One female from Troixlos has a series of blue 

 dashes on the outer margin of the hind-wings. 



Major P. P. Graves writes me : " The only Cyprian 

 melanofs I have seen struck mc as being somewhat different 

 from French melanops.'' He goes on to doubt the occur- 

 rence of melanops in Cyprus when it does not occur in 

 " S. Italy(?), Greece, Asia Minor, Turkey, etc.," and suggests 

 the examination and comparison of its genitalia. 



G. 'paphos has the general appearance of a Gkmcopsyehe, 

 and at the first glance, without comparison, might readily 

 be taken for a dark form of G. melanops. When, however, 

 series of tlie two species arc placed side by side one immedi- 

 ately separates them, both the males and the females, as 

 being quite distinct. The blue of the males of G. papJios 

 is deeper, more dense and richer, and although the veining 

 may be apparent it is by no means distinct as in G. melanops, 

 nor is there any suggestion of the silvery sheen of the latter. 

 The margins are deep black somewhat wider than in 

 G. melanop)s. The ground-colour of the female is a uniform 

 deep black brown very distinct from that of the G. melanops 

 female, and quite without any blue suffusion from the base, 

 but with a few traces of blue spots on the hind margin of the 



