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H. ? malvae. — A fine female apparently of this species on the 

 Manissa-Bumabat Road on April 28rd. 



Powellia orbifer. — Beginning to appear above Cordelio and on the 

 Manissa-Burnabat Road, April 21st and 23rd. Males only seen. 



Rumicia phlaeas. — Usually worn and not common at all stations. 

 The only specimen taken in good order was distinctly on the way to 

 aestivus, having the black margin of the forewings and the black spots 

 on these wings larger than in normal near eastern vernal specimens. 



Callophrys rubi.— Two in fair order at about 900 feet on the pass 

 behind Burnabat on April 23rd. 



Celastrina argiolus. — Seen in the Consulate and Garden at Smyrna 

 on April 20th. 



Scoliiantid.es (Turania) baton. — One fresh male taken with C. rubi 

 on April 23rd. 



Aricia viedon. — Abundant and generally fresh near Cordelio on April 

 21st. Frequent at other stations. The form resembles that taken at 

 Athens. 



Polyommatus icarus.— Generally frequent. Females not yet fully 

 out. The form taken here is distinctly nearer zelleri, Vrty., than that 

 found at Constantinople and resembles the Athens form. Such females 

 as were taken were but slightly, when at all, suffused with blue scales, 



Iphiclides podalirius. — Seen here and there but not taken. 



Thais cerisyi. — -Not at all common, and worn. 



Aporia crataeqi. — Abundant above Cordelio and seen near Burnabat 

 on April 22nd. 



Pieris brasxicae. — Going over. Seen in small numbers at all 

 stations. I was doubtless too late for the main flight of the first brood. 



P. rapae. — The same remarks apply to this species . as to P. 

 brassicae. 



P. daplidice. — A few specimens of the vernal form of daplidice were 

 taken. 



Anthocharis crameri (belia) var. graeca. — Two specimens taken at 

 Buja, April 20th. Others seen. 



Euchlo'e cardamines. — A male on the pass above Burnabat, April 

 23rd. 



Colias edusa. — Seen in small numbers. 



Gonepteryx cleopatra. — A male seen near Burnabat on April 22nd. 

 Unluckily I could not catch it so cannot say whether it belonged to 

 the Greek form or to var. taitrica of S. Asia Minor, Syria and Cyprus. 



Leptosia sinapis. — Sparingly on the Burnabat-Manissa Road on 

 April 23rd. 



L. duponcheli. — Local on the same road on April 23rd but much 

 more frequent than L. sinapis. One female taken. I notice a marked, 

 probably racial, difference between the seven specimens I brought back 

 and those I have of the vernal brood from Dillskelessi, between Ismid 

 and Constantinople (14 specimens) on the one hand and a male Syrian 

 specimen from Baalbek on the other. 



Pyrantels atalanta. — Seen April 20th, in Smyrna town. 



P. cardui. — Only a few battered specimens noticed. 



Melitaea phoebe, var. ? — A fine specimen taken on the roadside on 

 April 23rd and another seen. The specimen taken differs somewhat 

 from the Athens form and very much from that which I have from 

 Bithynia. 



