COLLECTING IN VARIOUS PLACES IN 191G-1918. 65 



My stay in Arabia was cut short by a violent and most painful attack 

 of conjunctivitis to my great disappointment. 



I made the following captures and observations : — 



Azanns jewiis. — A small form not uncommon round trees of Acacia 

 leucophlea near Akaba, May 22nd, etc. 



Chilades tronhilus. — A few (worn) near Akaba, May 22nd, etc. 



Tariictis meiliterraneae. — A fine form occurred near Akaba, 

 May 20th-22nd. 



Lycaenesthes ainarah. — One male at Aka, May 22nd. 



Pontia glancononu. — -Either this species or P. daplidice was seen on 

 the Akaba-Maan Road, May 24th. 



Catopsilia fitn-ella. — A fine female seen but not taken, March 22nd, 

 near Akaba. (At Suez, June 1st, males seen.) 



Teracolus race palestiiiensis. — Several specimens of this rare and 

 beautiful race of T. phiftadia with one 0. riorella came off the land 

 on May 20th, as our ship rounded Ras Mohamed, and flew about the 

 rigging. I have Akaba specimens taken by a " French Naturalist " 

 (who proved to be a German political agent some years later), in 1903 

 or 1904 I think, so recognised the insect. I made several attempts to 

 catch the Teracolus, but failed, and all but went overboard from the 

 rigging. Ras Mohamed is the southern extremity of the Sinai 

 Peninsular. 



Pyrameis cardui. — As usual. 



Melitaea race deserticola. — A very typical, rather worn, specimen of 

 this race of M. didyma was taken in our camp at Akaba, on May 22nd. 



I suppose Akaba is just Palaearctic, and if so, the capture of L. 

 amarah so far north is of interest. I expect it will turn vip in the 

 Jordan Valley. P. rapae and Banaia chnjsippus were seen at Suez on 

 June 1st. 



SCORRIER, 



During the last ten days of July, I was convalescing at Scorrier, 

 near Redruth, Cornwall. Here Pyronia [Epinephele) titJionus was 

 common, and gave some good aberrations. Pararye aegeria var. egerides, 

 Pieris napi, with a very heavily marked female form, tiipparchia aemele, 

 B. quercus, with dark undersides, above the normal size, were common. 

 Of a few Plehelus aeyon (argiis) taken generally in marshy places here 

 and near Portowan, four miles to the north, I may note that some 

 of the females show a certain amount of blue suffusion. P. icarus 

 was not fully out. One Aricia viedon was taken at Portowan at the 

 end of the month. Celastrina argiolus, Dryas paphia, Argynnis aglaia, 

 and Pararge wegera, were uncommon. Aphantopiis hyperantus, and 

 Epinephele juvtina, Qhund^diWihwi worn. Adopaea flava was common. 

 Aglais urticae swarmed. P. cardui, P. atalanta, and Vanessa io, were 

 not very common. P. brassicae and P. rapae were as frequent as 

 usual. R. phlaeas only just out, and Coenonympha pampMlus represented 

 by one worn-out first brood specimen. 



At Bude in August I found I was too late for Lycaena ario7i. I 



saw all the butterflies T had seen near or at Scorrier, except A. meclon 



and P. aegon, and in addition took or saw Aiigiades sylvanus, Raralis 



betulae worn on August 27th, near Poundstock, and Gonepteryx rlianmi. 



$ P. icarus were generally suffused with blue, some very extensively. 



