64 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S EECOE0. 



and useful a work, one to which we have long looked forward, and 

 which fills a very serious gap in British entomological literature. 



Bulgarian Butterflies. 



By MARY DE LA B. NICHOLL, F.E.S. 

 {L'oncluded from p. 34.) 



We did not make a start till June 21st, but as it rained during the 

 greater part of every day, we did not lose our time, and when we reached 

 Samakov we had much to do in getting ponies and men to accompany 

 us into the mountains. It was afternoon before we left Samakov, and 

 we only got about three hours' ride out of the town before dusk, when 

 we encamped at the opening of the fine gorge of the Leva Eeka, some 

 seven or eight miles south of the town. Next morning was bright 

 but too windy for collecting, as we rode up the valley. We encamped 

 again about live miles higher up, as the weather looked very threaten- 

 ing, and we were caught by a thunderstorm before we could pitch the 

 tents. We stayed here the whole of the next day, hoping for fine 

 weather — it improved a little, and we went up a side valley to collect, 

 but did not get many insects for lack of sunshine. Our bag consisted of 

 one good Ercbia epiphrmi, three E. ociiw (var.), one A. sdene, several 

 A. pales and C. davua (var.), June 25th Avas a tolerable morning, so 

 we started, intending to cross into the Eilska valley and there encamp 

 at the butterfly corner, three miles above the monastery. But storms 

 set in almost immediately, and we could catch scarcely anything. In 

 a lucky gleam of sunshine, I got a specimen of L'. dorilis, and on the 

 way down the Eilska, took some nice A. pales approaching var, (jraeca, 

 and saw one Ci>lias »ii/r)iiidnne. We arrived at the monastery drenched, 

 were most hospitably received, and were glad to find a dry sleeping- 

 place, in such wild weather. 



June 26th Avas really fine, we went up to our " butterfly corner " 

 and took 62 species of butterflies before 8 p.m., when it came on wet. 

 I append list, of which the most remarkable items were the very large and 

 dark specimens of 21. triria J , and of Ji, cin.ria 5 , a ('. riiyaiorae almost 

 without white on the underside of the hindwings, and a large dark var, 

 of M. athalia. The list is thus : P, vineniosi/ne, i'. edusa, C. myrwidone, 

 A. crataegi, P. najn, P. rapae, K. cardaiinnes, L. miapis, T. rtibi, C. 

 xnrganreae, C. hippothoc, C. alciphron, ('. pJdaeas, C. dorilis, L. orion, 

 L. astrarche, L. eroides, L. icariis, L. eumedon, L. cscheri, L. bellaryus, 

 L. argiolus, L. semiaryus, L. cyllariis, L. alcon, L. arion, N. lucina, L. 

 populi, V. eyea, V. atalanta, Y. c-album, Y. nrticac, M. cinxia, M. trivia, 

 M. didyma, M. athalia, A. euphrosyne, A. dapjhne, A. aylaia, A. niobe 

 var, cris, K. medusa, P. maera, C. leandcr, C. pamphiluH, S. alceae, S. 

 carthami, S. malvae, N. tayes, H. thaumas, H. sylranus, C. palaemon. 



June 27th was a grey and showery day. We went up the the valley 

 of the Ilina Eeka, and made the most of a few transient gleams of 

 sunshine, but did not get much, L. amanda, M. phoebe, and C. hippo- 

 thoe were plentiful in the meadow along the stream, and we saw 

 Limenitis populi, but could not catch it, June 28th brought us still 

 worse weather, cold, grey, and showery, too bad for collecting. So we 

 explored the mountains, riding to one of the sources of the Eilska, a 

 wild little lake, at the head of the Corovica in very fine scenery. Here 

 we got a gleam of sun, and I took our first specimens of Erebia lappona, 



