BUTTERFLIES OF SYRIA AND PALESTINE, 97 



them very diminutive, all freshly emerged, and frequently very richly 

 coloured. 



Melit(Ba didyma var. alpina. — Seen first on a wall at Aigle, and taken 

 on the road to Berisal. Again taken last season at Aigle and Berisal. 



M.phcebev&Y. occitomm.— Near Berisal, July, 1900; also var. minor. 



Argynnis paphia va.i\ valesina. — Stalden, Visp, and Aigle, August, 

 1901. 



A. selene. — Several above Brieg, July, 1900. 



A. dia.— Common in the Pfynwald last August; also one taken 

 near Zermatt on the path to Staffel Alp. 



Satyridje. 



Erebia epiphron var. cassiope. — One on the Simplon above Berisal, 

 July, 1900.— Var. valesiana. Two on the Matterhorn, August, 1901. 



E. mnestra. — Two specimens op the Matterhorn, August, 1901. 



E. ffi^/wojws.— Pfynwald, very large specimens ; and one female of 

 the var. leucotcenia, August, 1901. 



E. euryale ah. adyte. — Many specimens of euryale taken on the 

 Simplon, July, 1900, were of this form. 



Satyrus rfryas.— Sparingly at Aigle; but common in the Pfin 

 Forest last season. 



Pararge egeria. — One at Pfin, August, 1901. 



Hesperiidje. 

 Augiades {Hesperia) comma. — Occurred in the Pfynwald last August. 



Altogether during the three seasons about one hundred and 

 forty-four species and named varieties were observed, and taken, 

 with the exception of Limenitis populi. 



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A FEW NOTES ON SOME OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF 

 SYRIA AND PALESTINE. 



By Margaret E. Fountaine, F.E.S. 

 (Concluded from p. 63.) 



Lycana halcanica, Frr. — This exquisite little " blue " occurred 

 during the last days of June in great abundance on the shores of the 

 Sea of Galilee, and in other localities, always at low levels in Pales- 

 tine ; also on the Plain of Huleh, below Baniyas. I generally found 

 it flying round a small-leafed, prickly shrub, which grew in clumps in 

 all these places. 



L. gamra, Ld. — The butterfly, identified by Mr. Elwes as L. gamra, 

 which I only met with in Palestine, was first seen by me just above the 

 Sea of Gahlee, but not found, like balcanica, down on the very brink of 

 the lake. On the Plain of Jenin, on July 8rd, when I was riding from 

 Nazareth to the next halting-place, it literally swarmed ; some of the 

 specimens were in perfect condition, others not so fresh, so that I 



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