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the same day this charming little form was seen at Bab el Wad, above 

 Latrun. 



Colias edtisa. — Not infrequent, ab. ? helice was occasionally seen. 



Gronepteryx cleopatra var. taurica (autonia). — One <? seen at Bir 

 Yakub, on March 1st. 



Pyrameis cardui. — In most localities, usually worn. 



Pyraiiieis atalanta. — Only one seen. 



Shortly before I was invalided home to England, in June, I was 

 shown a small collection of Rhopalocera in papers made by a brother 

 officer near Ain Sinia, on or near the Jerusalem-Nablus road, at an 

 average height of 2,500 feet. These insects were caught in April 

 and the first half of May. I saw among them E. alceae, C. thermmon, 

 P. icariis, P. inachaon, P. alexanor var. viaccabaeus, described as not 

 uncommon ; Thais cerisyi var. deyrollei, Doritis apollrnvs var. bellargus, 

 Aporia crataegi, P. rapae, P. daplidice, A. aiisonia g. a. melisanda, 

 Eiichlo'e gnnieri, a large rather pale form somewhat resembling var. 

 armeniaca as figured by Seitz, Melitaea phoebe, a small race resembling 

 specimens I have from Beirut, Melanaryia titania'ox something near 

 it, and Paranie ineyera. 



In conclusion I should like to give brother entomologists a few 

 hints as to collecting in the Holy Land. For obvious and excellent 

 reasons Palestine will be more, rather than less, visited after the war. 

 I think, and I hope I shall prove a true prophet, that it will recover 

 more rapidly and be better policed than any other part of the Near 

 East during the next few jears. Had I time for a long collecting 

 holiday I should visit the country at the end of February — work the 

 subtropical Jordan Valley, and especially Engeddi (Ain Jidi — 8 hours 

 by mule from Jerusalem, where the fine Teracolus c hry son om e h.a.s been 

 taken at the end of February), in March from Jerusalem, and also 

 explore the foothills of the Judsean plateau, and the lower hills of 

 Galilee and the Carmel range in March. In April and early May I 

 should work the plateau and the Carmel range, looking out for 

 S. bavins (Haifa), E. gruneri, P. alexanor var. maccabaens, etc., and 

 make at least one dash into the Jordan Valley at Jericho, taking good 

 care (1) To sleep under a mosquito net at the Jericho hotel, (2) If 

 going into long grass and thickets to wear leggings. The fact that the 

 Ophidian fauna of tbe Jordan .Valley includes the Cobra, Russell's 

 Viper, Karait, Mesopotamian Viper, and Asp (Cerastis), and that ticks 

 abound there explains this hint, though none of our troops were bitten 

 there by serpents. 



If the political situation and the time allowed, I should visit the 

 Salt-Jerash region in late April, or preferably early May. All that is 

 known to me of this Trans- Jordan country from a naturalist's stand- 

 point is that Zegris euphenie occurs there, and that there is more timber 

 and vegetation generally there than on the very bare Palestine 

 plateau. It should give interesting results. Finally, let it be 

 remembered that Jerusalem till April is a cold place, and late considering 

 its latitude, in ordinary years, while the Jordan Valley, though rainier 

 in winter, is to be compared with Upper Egypt and Nubia as far as 

 spring and summer temperature is concerned. 



Akaba and Suez. 



In May I left Suez for Akaba to join the Arab G.H.Q. before Maan. 



