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N. Persia. These dates give some indication of its time of occurrence. Most 
were taken in shady spots by stone walls, rocks and roots of trees ; where they 
were difficult to detect. When put up they flew only a few yards and weie 
easily secured by dropping the net over them with the tail of the net held up 
when they invariably rose up into it. 
Localities ;—Mesopotamia: Kizil Robat, the Dyala. N. W. Persia: Karind 
valley 5,300-6,000 ft. 8. Kurdistan: Bazian Pass, Suleimanyeh. 
Of 83 specimens examined from the localities above mentioned, 
Capt. Riley remarks :—‘‘ 6 Q are of f. pirata, Esp. All are referable to 
the ssp. magna, Stgr. Underside very sandy. The 1 ¢ from Suleimanyeh 
has white band of forewing so wide that the blind ocellus of forewing 
upperside in area 2 is completely separated from the marginal dark border 
(as in the Q).” 
Buxton notes, Qasvin, 16th July-6th September 1919, 
S, hermione, ssp. syriaca, Stgr. 
1 g,1 9, Suwarra; early July 1919, ex. Capt. Aldworth, 
Capt. Riley notes :—‘“‘ Recorded from Lenkoran (8, EK. Transcaucasus) 
by LeCerf. N. Syria nearest locality in B. M. Seitz gives Mesopotamia, 
i.e. (probably) Malatia. 
Genus PARARGE, Hb. 
P. megera, L., Subsp. iranica, Riley, and variety from Mesopotamia. 
Compared with English specimens, eyespots somewhat larger, both the dusky 
ground colour and the tawny marks are paler in tone, these last also reduced in 
area. The postmedian tawny band of h.w., which is well marked in English 
specimens and sometimes united with the tawny patches’ surrounding the 
eyespots, almost obsolete. Underside greyer, less brown. 
18 specimens; Kizil-Robat.2 ¢ ¢ ; 28rd March. 
Karind Gorge, 6,2 92; Harir 8 ¢ gd, 10 QY, July and August. 
All except 5 9 @ now in the British Museum. 
Of these Capt. N. D. Riley remarks:—‘“ Underside of hindwing lighter 
yellowish than in true lyssa, Bois., in that respect agreeing with Herrich- 
Schaeffer’s description of megerina. Herrich-Schaeffer states, however, 
that the upperside of megerina is that of Hubner’s fig. 914, i.e., lyssa. The 
upperside of these specimens is more that of Staudinger’s transcaspica, 1.€., 
with the much obscured hindwing, but the underside of the hindwing 
is much darker than in that form. ‘The specimens are rather smaller than 
transcaspica and lyssa in the British Museum. Specimens referred by 
LeCerf to var. megerina are probably of this race. I can only regard 
megerina as a form of lyssa with yellower underside to the hindwing. 
The ‘differences’ given by Herrich-Schaeffer apply equally well to any 
form of megera. 
In addition there are in the British Museum 1 g, 1 9, from Mungereah 
Mountains, and 1 g, 1 2 from Gulek Taurus, which latter though rather 
larger than the others agree in all other respects. 
One of the 2 males taken by Col, Peile at Kizil-Robat is unusually dark 
on the upperside, the distal yellow spot in area 1b of forewing being almost 
entirely obscured by black and the fulvous markings being of a very dark 
shade. The other male taken on the same day is quite normal.” 
Capt. P. A, Buxton notes :—*2 ¢,2 9, 26-80th March, Menzil. These 
are not lyssa, they are very bright and red on the upperside.” 
Lt.-Col. Watney tooka 9 at Kizil Robat, February 1919. 
