368 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL UIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIII. 
HESPERIID. 
Genus CARCHARODUS, Hbn. 
C. alceze, Esp. (=malvarum, Hoff. malve, F. Hb. Bdv). Seitz. 1 
85a. Kane XV. fig. 1. 40 5,29 2 (25 &, 26 2, nowin B. M.) 
Varies in colour. Warm brown dappled with sepia, and having transparent 
white marks. Wings and margin of same chequered with brown and white 
dentations. In the hottest months some examples are of a pale reddish colour. 
Asandy brown female, taken July 11th, 1919, at Kizil Robat, is unlike any 
already at the Brit. Mus. ; a second similar example was taken. 
’ Of the 69 specimens above mentioned, Capt. Riley notes :— 
“JT cannot agree with LeCerf in regarding swinhwi as a distinct species. 
The type (and a considerable series from type locality) is in the B. M. and 
does not shew the peculiarities which ‘he attributes to it and on which he 
separates it from alcew. As a local race it is probably justifiable enough. His 
ab. isolatrix, judging by the long series obtained by Lt.-Col. Peile, would appear 
to bean extreme dry season form. Four @ and some 10 @ all taken during 
June and July are of this form, though only one Q is so extremely pale as the 
specimen figured by LeCert. 
January and February specimens are as dark as the normal European ones, 
and it is very instructive to note how the species get gradually paler during 
April-May till the extreme is reached in June and July, after which they gra- 
dually darken again. It is almost possible to tell the month of capture from 
the colouration of the specimen.” 
Localities—Mesopotamia: Jebel Hamrin, R. Dyala, June. Kizil Robat 
(Mirjana), Feb., April, May, June, July. Khanikin, October. Baghdad, 
August, October, November. N. Persia: Harir, Karind Gorge, Kermanshah, 
very common. (Broughton), Qasvin, July; Baghdad, September-October 
(Buxton). S. Kurdistan: Suleimanyeh, September. Widespread and abundant 
in Europe, also Baluchistan, Kashmir and Chitral. 
C. altheze beeticus, Rambur. Seitz, Vol, 1, 85a. 
Harir, 10th August 1918, 1 @. 
Genus GEGENHS, Hbn. 
G. nostrodamus, Fab. Seitz. 1. 88 e. 
Smoky black, unspotted; female with yellowish marks on discoidal cell of 
forewing. 15 @,69 (9 &, 5 35 now in B. M.), Baghdad, Jebel Hamrin 
(Dyala). 
Localities—Mesopotamia : Kizil Robat, May ; Khanikin, October. Range; S. 
Europe, W. & C. Asia. 
G. lefebvrei. Rambur. Seitz, Vol. 1, p. 349. 
One male, Kirkuk, 18th October 1919. 
It is questionable whether this is specifically distinct from, or only a form of 
G. nostrodamus, Fabr. 
Genus THYMELICUS 
T. lineola, Ochs. Seitz. Vol. 1°87 f. 
Pale reddish yellow; wings narrowly bordered with black, a short stigma 
on the forewing im males. Mosul, April, one female (Watney). Range : 
Europe, N. and W. C. Asia, N. Africa. 
Is very like ‘ The small skipper.’ 
