204 Mr, Henry J. Turner on ilie BuKerfiies of Cyp'us. 



hind- wings of one example. On the underside the ground- 

 colour of G. papJios is dark with much less grey in it than in 

 the other species and without any blue suffusion at the 

 base. The curved row of spots on the fore- wing assimilates 

 generally to that of G. melano'ps, but the fourth spot from the 

 costa is in alignment with the second and third and not as 

 in G. melano'ps " round the corner " in alignment with the 

 third and fifth. On the margins of the hind-wings of 

 G. paphos there are no traces of the semi -suppressed row of 

 eye-spots which are invariably found in G. tnelanops. 



Celastrina argiolus L. [ab. hypoleuca, 9? Koll.]. 



" I found this species abundant high up on the southern 

 range."— J.A.S.B., 1916. 



" C. argiolus is a distinct form with very white almost 

 unspotted undersides in summer brood. No spring brood 

 specimens were sent." — A.E.G., 1916. 



" Confined to the Troiidos range of mountains, where it is 

 common during June and July. Usually found near water 

 on the dwarf oak and among bracken. Mr. Gibbs thought 

 this species might be separated into a Cyprian variety on 

 account of its very pale and almost spotless underside."— 

 G.F.W., 1918. 



Only specimens of the later brood have been received. 

 The females are particularly dark, a small area only of the 

 fore- wing and scarcely any of the hind- wing has blue 

 coloration ; in fact, in a long series one might reasonably 

 expect to find an uniformly dark female, so much has the blue 

 become obsolescent. The underside, as noted by Mr. Gibbs, 

 is light in colour and the markings arc much diminished 

 in emphasis, but in some specimens I note that the most 

 obvious underside markings are the dark submarginal 

 V marks beginning at the inner angle and diminishing in 

 size upwards on the fore-wings. The dark female is, I 

 believe', the form known as ab. hypoleuca Koll. 



Major P. P. Graves tells me that this dark form of female 

 occurs in Syria. 



Carcharodus alceae Esp. 



" Recorded by Led. I h )und it abundant in the plains." — 

 J.A.S.B., 1916." 



" Fairly common everywhere, March-October." — G.F.W., 

 1918. 



A fairly long series with very little variation was received. 



