Mesopotamia and N. W. Persia. 597 



which Stichel (in Seitz, Macrolep. Pal. i. p. 208) appears to 

 be responsible, Avith regard to the Japanese forms of c-album. 

 Fentoni, Butler, is not a synonym of hamigera, Butler ; it 

 is an older name than lunigera, Butler, for the form with 

 the light brown underside. Lunigera was based on a 

 specimen of this form with slightly narrower forcAvings and 

 more melanic upperside — an extreme of the form, in fact. 



Lycsenidae. 



12. Lycmia dama karinda, subsp. n. 



7 S ,'!^ ? . 14.7.18.-9. 9. 18, Harir, Kariml, and Karind 

 Gorge, N.W. Persia. 



Differs from L. dama, Staud. (Iris, iv. p. 234), in that the 

 discal series of spots on the underside of hind wing is always 

 complete, although the spots composing it are minute. The 

 marginal and submarginal markings also are more fully 

 developed. In the female the veins on the upperside are 

 conspicuously darker. 



Le Cerf (Ann. d'Hist. Nat. ii. (2) p. 69) records one 

 female, under the name dama, from Deh-Tchechma, 

 Arabistan. Persia. This should probably be referred to 

 L. dama harinda, typical dama being only known from 

 Malatia. 



B.M. types No. Rh. 175, S ; ^7Q, ?, 16. 7. 18, Karind 

 Gorge. 



13. Lycosna damune damalis, subsp. n. 



12 (?, 12 ? , Karind Gorge and Harir, 13. 7. 18-9. 8. 18. 



Nearest the var. xerxes, Staud., in colour and in that the 

 hindwing underside is entirely devoid of any trace of the 

 longitudinal white stripe, but differs constantly in its much 

 larger size (30 mm. and more as against 23-24 mm. in 

 xerxes), and in being entirely devoid of any trace of basal 

 green scaling on the underside of both wings. The upperside 

 coloration of the male is perhaps a shade paler and brighter 

 than in typical xerxes, and the hind-marginal orange lunules 

 in the female more pronounced. The general coloration of 

 the underside in the male is lighter, more greyish, less 

 brown than in xerxes ; in the female of a more yellowish 

 brown. The discoidal spot on the forewings is anteriorly 

 more acute than iu any xerxes examined, 



B.M. types No. Rh. 177, S , 13. 7. 18 ; 178, ? , 16. 7. 18, 

 Karind Gorge. 



