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few still about in mid September. Baghdad, 28th October to 30th November. 
(Spring form). . 
Kermanshah, “Common about cultivated ground and around bramble 
bushes ”’ (Major Broughton). 
H. thersamon, kurdistanica, Riley. A. & M.N.H. Vol. 8, p. 598. 
31 4,34 2 (18 g, 18 of these now in B. M.) taken at flowers in a 
meadow and glades at Harir, Karind Gorge and Kermanshah in N. W. Persia. : 
Capt. Riley’s note on these runs :— 
“These specimens are characterised by their small size on the whole, 
especially the September ones, and the lack of any fiery tinge in their colour- 
ation ; they are a much more yellow-gold even than usual in European 
thersamon, though not nearly so golden as ochimus. 
The underside colouration is more uniform than in typical thersamon, the 
hindwing ground-colour approaching that of the forewing, and the dark spots 
are much reduced in size. The hindwing tails are comparatively long.” 
Type @, Harir, 19th August 1918; Q, Harir, 20th August 1918. (B. M.) 
(Types No. Rh. 181 ¢ ; 182 9). 
. persica, Mén., was described from N. E. Persia and is said to be a fiery golden 
colour, large with a dark border, 
H. thersamon, Esp. one female, very worn, 17th July 1919, Qasvin. 
(Buxton). 
Genus CYANIRIS, Dal, 
Cyaniris argiolus, L. itz. Vol. 1,83g- 
13.8 DRS SG Q* of these now in B.M.) taken by a brook at Harir 
(5,300 ft.) in N. W. Persia. 
Underside markings very faint on the whole, n some (August) specimens 
almost entirely absent=f. hypoleuca, Koll. 
Genus ZIZERA, M. (Ztzesri1a, Chapman). — 
Z. karsandra, Seitz. 1.295. 
3 violet blue with broad brown border above. Underside, grey with jet 
black conspicuous spots, and a black spot in middle of cell of forewing. 
Female above pale brown. Common, especially about cultivated ground, and 
widespread. Basra, Amara, Kirkuk, etc., and in Europe and Asia. 
Of 11 g,10 (now in B, M.) and 14 others, Capt. Riley remarks as 
follows :— 
“ T call this karsandra rather than lysimon in view of Chapman’s able paper 
on the group in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1910, p. 480. He says lysimon is 
African, karsandra Asiatic, inter alia. These specimens agree with karsandra 
type and with Chapman’s figures and description.” 
Z. otis, Fab. Seitz. 1.295 “‘ g Kizil Robat, October 18th” (Lt.-Col. 
Watney). 
“‘T got another species of Zizera (besides Z. galba) at Kut, probably otis, but 
the specimens were destroyed by ants” (Broughton). ' 
Genus CHILADES, M. 
C. galba, Lederer. Seitz. 1:77k, described from Palestine. The veining, 
basal black spots and 2 jewelled black tornal spots on underside of hindwing 
are more like Chilades than Zizera ; and Chilades phiala. Gr. Gr. also in Seitz. 
Macrolepidoptera, Pl. 77k, and of which the types from Bokhara are in the 
British Museum, is identical with galba. galba is abundant in the hot months 
