COLLECTING IN ASIA MINOR IN 1920. 47 



On the 21st I spent a long morning among the orchards to the N. 

 of Brusa. Here I took four fresh C. rutilus among the ditches, three 

 fine males and a chipped female, and also a fresh male of 0. thersamon. 

 There was a good deal of dock in the ditches which did not seem to 

 me to be big enough to be the Great Water Dock. In most 

 places where this dock grew one might see a male rutilus darting 

 about, but it was a lively insect and seeing it was one thing and 

 catching it another, especially where brambles overhung the ditches. 

 One male has a well marked spot between the discoidal spot and the 

 base on the upperside of the anteriors. Has this form been named ? 

 I devoted some attention to third brood Pieris rapae and P. napi. 

 The former resembled the Constantinople autumn race of P, rapae 

 which has a facies of its own as compared with the first and second 

 broods. P. napi showed in one or two cases more black scaling along 

 the venation of the hindwings on the underside than is usual on the 

 Bosphorus. I neglected P. brassicae rather to my regret, as I might 

 have taken several specimens and had meant to try to find out whether 

 the Brusa insect of the third brood was P. brassicae proper as are 

 Constantinople autumn specimens for the most part, or approached 

 g.a. catoleuca, Bober, which is the usual East Mediterranean summer 

 form in my limited experience. 



The following species were taken or recognised at Brusa. 

 Erynnis alceae. — Frequent everywhere. 

 E. orientalis. — One female. 



Hesperia (Hallia) malvae. — One very worn male at Kestel. 

 Hesperia armoricanus. — One worn male below the town. 

 Powellia orbifer. — A few worn-out females of the small second 

 brood. 



Chrysophanus thersamon. — One male only. 



C. dispar var. rutilus. — In the orchards, etc., below the town, and 

 at Kestel. See remarks above. 



Loweia dorilis. — -A few males on the slopes above Chekirgeh. 

 Rumicia phlaeas. — A few. 



Lampides boeticus. — Common at Kestel and a few seen at Softa 

 Boghan. 



Syntarucus telicanus. — Frequent everywhere. 



Everes argiades. — Fairly frequent in the meadow near Softa Boghan 

 marsh. Less frequent elsewhere. 



Aricia medon. — Frequent above the town but worn. Those taken 

 were normal enough specimens of g.a. calida. 



Polyommatus anteros. — Males only taken above Chekirgeh. 

 P. icarus. — Frequent everywhere. 



Celastrina argiolus. — A few males, one very fresh, in hedges and 

 orchards. 



Papilio machaon. — A few seen ; those taken were badly worn. 

 Pieris brassicae. — ISlot uncommon. 

 P. rapae. — Frequent. 



P. napi. — Specimens both of a more or less typical form and of a 

 napaeae-\ike form were taken. 

 Pontia daplidice. — Frequent. 

 C'olias edusa. — Also frequent. 

 Gonepteryx rhamni. — A fine male seen at Kestel. 

 Leptosia sinapis.- — Rare. 



