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when brought in, but much resembles a Beirut summer specimen in 

 my collection. 



Erynnis alceae was always noted near a very woolly, pubescent, 

 sage-like plant, possibly a Phlomis or Marruhiinu, but to my unbotanieal 

 mind close to the descriptions in Post's tilora of Syria, Palestine, and 

 Sinai, pp. 633-634, of Salvia aegyptiaca. 



In a garden (deserted) near the border, I took what I should have 

 till lately called Tarncus theophrastus, but now believe to be T. 

 mediterraneae, B. -Baker. Speaking from memory — my Egyptian and 

 Syrian catches being in Cairo while I am now in Turkey — I should 

 say that all, or nearly all, my Egyptian ^theopJirastiis' are mediterraneae. 



The larva of T. balcanicus, of which I took three full-fed specimens 

 on Z. spina-christi, seemed to me to difter very slightly, if at all, from 

 that of T. viediterraneae, but though I brought my larvffi up to Cairo 

 during a few days' leave in September, hoping to be able to obtain the 

 Egyptian larvfe for comparison, I failed to find the latter in the very 

 limited time at my disposal. The- pupal stage of my bred T, halcavicus 

 was nine days in two instances, eleven days in the third. So much for 

 the sparse butterfly population of Umm el Kilab. Of the Heterocera 

 I will say nothing at present. Mr. Durrant has my " Micros," and 

 my " Macros " are in Cairo. 



On November 13th, during the action at Wadi Surar, I saw Pieris 

 brassicae, one female. This was about half way between Gaza and 

 Ramleh in Palestine. On December 28th I paid a visit to Khan Yunus. 

 Here I saw — and disgracefully missed — Pyrameis atalanta, Pontia 

 dajdidice, and Anthocharis helemia. 



From January 19th to April 6th, 1918, I was at Bir Salem, also 

 called Bir Yakub, near Ramlem, in the Coastal Plain. I had very 

 little time for collecting. A visit of about three hours, on March 8th, 

 to Kolonia, two to three miles west of Jerusalem, was my only 

 " collecting trip." The country near Bir Salem was light soil, and 

 rather sandy in places, otherwise rather heavy alluvium. Much of it 

 was planted with olive and fruit orchards, and all was abundantly 

 covered with vegetation — especially Crucifers — during the spring 

 months. 



The local naturalist, Mr, Aharoni, had been carried away to 

 Damascus in 1916 by Jemal Pasha, of odious memory, who bade him 

 start a Turkish Natural History Museum there — without funds ! 



My captures were : — 



Polyommatus icarus. — At Bir Yakub, from March 7th to April 5th, 

 sparingly ; two fairly blue females among five taken. 



Zizeeria karsandra. — Two specimens taken. 



Lampides boeticus. — Two damaged specimens seen in early April. 



Chrysophanus thersamon. — Five large specimens near Bir Yakub. 

 At the end of March and beginning of April. 



Rumicia phlaeas. — One male at Bir Yakub, March 10th. One 

 female at Ludd (Lydda), April 6th. 



Doritis apoUinus var. bellaryus. — Rare at Bir Yakub in March. Not 

 infrequent at Kolonia, March 8th. Very frequent on slopes west of 

 Hebron, descending towards Beit Jibrin, April 2nd (Lieut.-Col. A. C. 

 Parker). Near Gaza, April 8th, one seen. 



Pieris brassicae. — One female seen at Bir Yakub in January. 



Pontia daplidice. — Surprisingly rare. Only one male in bad order, 

 at Bir Yakub, on March 18th. 



