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A "BUTTERFLY SUMMER" IN ASIA MINOR. 

 By Margaket E. Fountaine, F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 137.) 



Lycmia anteros, Frr. — Fairly common at Broussa the first fortnight in 

 May; singly at Amasia and Tokat. My best specimens of this species 

 I took in some sloping flowery meadows at Aruaoutkeuy, near Con- 

 stantinople, in the middle of September. It was evidently an autumn 

 brood. The females were easily distintruished from L. astrarche by the 

 warm tone of the ground colour underneath ; the males not unfre- 

 quently had orange spots on the lower margin of the hind wings on 

 the upper side, and the inclination to this was more decided in the 

 autumn brood. 



L. eras var. candalus, H.S. — Common round Amasia all the summer; 

 the females were, however, rare and difficult to meet with, which was 

 no doubt partly owing to their insignificant appearance. 



L. icarus, Rott. — Common everywhere. A beautiful form in the 

 female, shot with blue almost over the entire area of the wings, 

 occurred not uncommonly at Amasia and Tokat. I caught one male 

 at Amasia in July, almost without spots on the under side. 



L. bellanjus, Rott. — I did not see anything but typical specimens 

 either at Broussa or Amasia. 



L. corydon var. cnrydonius, H.S. — I took my first specimen of this 

 lovely variety at Tokat, July 13th, but did not see any more till I 

 returned to Amasia. It was not at all particularly common, and I 

 only took two females, and some ten or twelve males, all told. 



L. meleayer var. steveni, Tr. — All the females belonged to this 

 variety, both at Amasia and Tokat. 



L. admetxis, Esp. — Common at Amasia in June and July ; prin- 

 cipally the type, but there was an occasional inclination to var. ripartii, 

 Frr., in some of the specimens. 



L. mithiidates, Stgr. — This was a very rare butterfly, and though I 

 kept a sharp look-out for it, I only took one magnificent male at 

 Amasia, in July, just before I left for Tokat ; and afterwards, in August, 

 one female, which, I think, is also mithridates. 



L. dolas var. menalcas, Frr. — First specimen taken on June 20th, 

 in Tschirtschir Valley, where it afterwards became extremely abun- 

 dant, though the females were always much less common than the 

 males. "When flying, the male of this butterfly looks quite white ; the 

 ground colour of the under side varied from a dull ^I'ab to a pale fawn 

 colour, and in the females the tone was much warmer, 



L. hopfferi, H.S. — Also first captured on June 20th, in the Tschirt- 

 schir Valley, where it also became extremely abundant at the end of 

 June and throughout July. The females were extremely difficult to 

 distinguish from L. poseidon. 



L. poseidon, Ld. — This most lovely "blue" was not nearly so 

 common as the two preceding species. It flew at the same time, and 

 in the same localities, but on the Caraman it was rather more 

 common than either of them. 



L, damone var. cannon, H.S. — This beautiful butterfly elucidated 



