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these two pupz did not conform to the details noted by Dé Niceville for Chilades 
laius and Ch. trochilus. Shape short and thick, with constriction behind 
thorax. Thorax and abdomen dorsally prominent, straight, ventrally smooth. 
Colour at first green, wing-cases whitish and waxlike and semi-transparent, 
the abdominal contents appearing opaque. About the 4th day the thorax is 
grey, eyes black, conspicuous, antenne brown. Wing-cases pinkish waxlike, 
abdomen green with the segments indicated. Late on the 5th day after pupa- 
tion thorax and wing-case become chocolate brown, sharply distinct from the 
pale brown abdomen. 
Both male and female emerged on the 6th day after pupation, at about 8 
o’clock in the morning. 
By keeping the larve and pupe in the glass shaving soap tube with the 
cap on, the small destructive black ants were kept off them; whereas the 
attendant ants left with them did no harm. 
Habits. Soon after sunrise the butterflies settle about the plants with their 
wings half open to the sun; later on they fly about more actively and more 
often close the wings when they settle. The butterfly is especially abundant 
in the hot weather in June and July about the food-plant (Acacia campbelli). 
The very close resemblance of its larva to those of Chilades laius and Ch. 
trochilus—the similar venation to that of Chilades and the presence of jewelled 
tornal spots and very prominent basal black spots on the hindwing—and the 
fact that Chilades phiala Gr. Gr. is identical with galba,.should be considered in 
deciding whether galba should be grouped under Chilades or Zizera. 
Localities.—Mesopotamia : Kut, Kizil Robat, Baiji, etc. S. Kurdistan: Sulei- 
manyeh, Sept. 1. 
C. trochilus, Freyer, Seitz. Vol. 1. 77k. 
A male taken at a flower on the plateau near Kizil Robat on 25th June 
1919. 
This is the smallest butterfly of Europe, Mesopotamia and India. 
Expanse—O0°6 inch. 
Ranges from Africa through Arabia and India to Australia. 
Genus LAMPIDES (Potyvommartus). 
L. beeticus, L. “The long tailed Blue.” Seitz. I. 77h. 
Key: Upperside, male purplish blue ; female brown with some blue scaling 
and often a white band and four dark spots—always two—on hindwing. 
Beneath : the male banded grey, the female brown, a black spot in interspace, 
another in interspace 2, margined inwardly with ochraceous and both spots 
having metallic bluish green scales. It is very active and frequents cultivated 
ground, especially bean-fields. 
Localities.—Mesopotamia—common generally ; also widespread. 
Genus TARUCUS, M. 
T. theophrastus, Fab. Seitz, Vol. 1°77i. 
Male. Upperside, pale violet, the markings of the underside apparent 
through transparency. Underside white with black or brown spots, all or some 
of the subterminal series on hindwing having shining bluish metallic scales. 
Female, upperside dark brown, bases of wings suffused with blue: a white 
area and black bands and spots on the forewing. 
Localities—Basra, March 1917. (Broughton). Baghdad, Nov. 1920. 
Ranges from N. and W. Africa, through Arabia, Persia, to India Burma and 
Ceylon. Usually found about the thorny bushes of its food plant Zizyphus 
