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range at 6500ft.-7500ft. This year, at the end of May, and in the last 

 days of June, I took little on the lower ground, but found the lower 

 slopes of the mountains, very poorly off for butterflies in July, 1904,. 

 perhaps more productive than even the summits. 



To deal first with the lower ground, except Folijonnnatiis icarus, 

 worn Syrichthiis orbifer, and fresh Melanartiia titea var. teneates, nothing 

 was common. Satyrus telephassa J s occurred in small numbers. I 

 imagine that there are two broods of this fine Satyrid. Chrysophamis 

 phlaeas and Adopaea jiara {thaniiias) were to be found now and then.. 

 The pines gave me more C. phlaeas, one or two Carcharodi(s altheae,, 

 Tkecla spini, and, on June 8th, one Satyriin pelopea. Dryas pandora,. 

 and an occasional Thah cerisyi, Vapilio podaltrius and HonepteryA- 

 Cleopatra var. tauvira, were also noted with the inevitable Pnlygonia 

 egea. 



Imadeone expedition to the cedars on the mountain-top on May 30th, 

 starting in dull misty weather from the village at 6 a.m. I reached the 

 opening of the ravine leading up to the cedars without getting anything 

 but an ochre-yellow Geometrid — that looked like t'oenonympha 

 painphilus in flight, and was most abundant — a burnet species, and odd 

 specimens of Polyommatm icarus and Thecla ilicis. I had just finished 

 my climb when it finally cleared, and, in the cedar hollow, I put in 

 about two hours' collecting and climbing. 1 took there plenty of 

 Melitaea didyma, including a curiously heavily-spotted ? with four 

 parallel rows of thick black spots on the pale forewings, any number 

 of Thais cerisyi, nearly all males, and Chrysophanus phlaeas. Syrichthiis- 

 orbifer w&s rare, and -S. nialvae var. inelotis, rarer. The Satyrids were only 

 represented by Pararye )iioera, l\ weyaera, and one or two Coenomjmpha' 

 pamphilus. I saw no Pierids, but Pieris rapae and Pontia daplidice,. 

 neither Anthocharischarlnnianox FJachloe daw one turning n^, C'olias edusa 

 was of course expected. The Lycsenids were not out in great numbers. 

 I got onej^ Polyowmatus isaiirica, and one J Plebeius uicholli, the latter 

 was not properly out, with plenty of Polyommatus icarus, worn, and a 

 few of the beautiful Xoiniades antiochena which is said to be a var. of 

 semiargus, but bears not the slightest likeness to the seniiaryus I 

 remember taking in the Grisons. The development of the reddish- 

 orange markings so beautiful^ shown in this species is noticeable in 

 several other blues taken in Syria, e.g., Plebeius nicholU, Polyonnuatus 

 icarus and P. astrarche. In the last two, the reddish band of spots on 

 the underside of the hindwings is always pronounced, and P. anteros 

 var. crassipuncta shows dull orange or red-brown marginal spots on tha 

 underside, thus differing greatly from the type as usually figured. 



I took Carcharodus altheae and saw Nisoniades riiarloyi on the rocks- 

 above the cedars, and, after climbing to the summit, where nothing was 

 out and snow still lay, descended to the hollow, where I netted what 

 seemed to be a Myrmeleon imago, and proved to be a most disreputable 

 $ of Doritis apollinus. I then descended the steep northwest slope of 

 the Jebel, taking a fine pair of Polyonuiiatus anteros var. crassipuncta, in 

 cop., and two <? Parnassius uineiiiosyne, till I reached the continuation of 

 the track which passes the entrance of the ravine leading up to the 

 cedars, and goes northeast to Kabr Elias near Zahleh. The track ran 

 through pasture and mountain-meadows where the corn was about a 

 foot high, walled in on the north side by a low stony ridge, on the 

 south by the Jebel Barouk's steep slopes. I here took Polyomtnatmt 



