598 Mr. N. D, Rilej on Rhopalocera from 



14. Lijc($na peilei, Betli. Baker. 



Entomologists' Record, xxxiii, p. 63 (1921). 



B.M. types No. Rh. 179, S ; 180, ? , 17. 7. 18, Karliid 

 Gorge. 



15. Heodes thersamon kurdistanica, subsp. n. 



18 c?, 18 ? , 15. 7. 18-14. 9. 18, Harir, Kariucl Gorge, and 

 Kennanshah. 



These specimens, especially tlie September ones, are 

 characterized by their small size and the lack of any fiery 

 tinge iu their coloration. They are also a much more 

 yellow-gold even than usual in European thersamon, though 

 not nearly so golden as ochimus. 



The underside coloration is more uniform than in typical 

 thersamon, the hind wing ground-colour approaching that of 

 the forewing, and the dark spots are much reduced in size. 

 The hindwing tails are comparatively long. 



\'AV.persica, Bienert, was described from N.E. Persia. It 

 can at once be separated from kurdistanica by its large size, 

 its fiery reddish-golden colour, and its dark border. 



B.M. types No. Rh. 181, c? , 19. 8. 18; 182, ? , 20. 8. 18, 

 Harir. 



16. Aphnceus epargyros marginalis, subsp. n. 



2 c? , 6 ?, 6 & 7. 8. 18, Paitak ; 2 S , 1. 9. 19, Sulei- 

 manyeh. 



Differs from typical epargyros (as represented in the B.M. 

 by 13 males and 8 females from Persia, Turkestan, &c.), 

 which was described by Eversmann from the Aral Sea area, 

 by its much smaller size, darker gronnd-colour, and the 

 great increase in the size of the black markings above. The 

 submarginal band of the forewing so wide as to join the 

 marginal line, thus forming a broad black band which, poste- 

 riorly, joins the median transverse band. The triangular 

 patch of ground-colour so enclosed is nearly half filled by four 

 spots between vein 4 and the costa. The black markings of 

 the hindwing are correspondingly larger. 



On the underside the ground-colour is greenish grey, not 

 silver-grey as in typical epargyros, and the irregular blotclies, 

 which iu epargyros are ochreous, are similarly slightly 

 greenish. The blotches themselves are more rounded, 

 neater, and the whole underside has a more delicate appear- 

 ance than in typical epargyros. 



B.M. types No. Rh. 183, S ; 184, ? , 6. 8. 18, Paitak. 



N.B. — Since its description by Eversmann in 1854, 



