64 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
and useful a work, one to which we have long looked forward, and 
which fills a very serious gap in British entomological literature. 
Bulgarian Butterflies. 
By MARY DE LA B. NICHOLL, F.E.S. 
(Concluded from p. 34.) 
We did not make a start till June 21st, but as it rained during the 
ereater part of every day, we did not lose our time, and when we reached 
Samakov we had much to do in getting ponies and men to accompany 
us into the mountains. It was afternoon before we left Samakoy, and 
we only got about three hours’ ride out of the town before dusk, when 
we encamped at the opening of the fine gorge of the Leva Reka, some 
seven or eight miles south of the town. Next morning was bright 
but too windy for collecting, as we rode up the valley. We encamped 
again about five miles higher up, as the weather looked very threaten- 
ing, and we were caught by a thunderstorm before we could pitch the 
tents. We stayed here the whole of the next day, hoping for fine 
weather—it improved a little, and we went up a side valley to collect, 
but did not get many insects for lack of sunshine. Our bag consisted of 
one good Krebia epiphron, three KE. veme (var.), one A. selene, several 
A. pales and C’. davus (var.). June 25th was a tolerable morning, so 
we started, intending to cross into the Rilska valley and there encamp 
at the butterfly corner, three miles above the monastery. But storms 
set in almost immediately, and we could catch scarcely anything. In 
a lucky gleam of sunshine, I got a specimen of C. dorilis, and on the 
way down the Rilska, took some nice A. pales approaching yar. graeca, 
and saw one Colias myrmidone. We arrived at the monastery drenched, 
were most hospitably received, and were glad to find a dry sleeping- 
place, in such wild weather. 
June 26th was really fine, we went up to our “ butterfly corner ”’ 
and took 52 species of butterflies before 3 p.m., when it came on wet. 
Tappend list, of which the most remarkable items were the very large and 
dark specimens of M. trivia 2 , and of M. cinaia 9 aC. virgaureae almost 
without white on the underside of the hindwings, and a large dark var. 
of M. athalia. The list is thus: P. mnemosyne, U. edusa, C. myrmidone, 
A. crataegi, P. napi, P. rapae, 1. cardamines, L. sinapis, T. rubi, C. 
vurgaureae, CU. hippothoe, UC. alciphron, CU. phlaeas, C. dorilis, L. orion, 
L. astrarche, L. eroides, L. icarus, L. eumedon, L. escheri, L. bellargus, 
L. argiolus, L. semiargus, L. cyllarus, L. aleon, L. arion, N. lucina, L. 
popult, V. egea, V. atalanta, V. c-album, V. urticae, M. cinvia, M. trivia, 
M. didyma, M. athalia, A. euphrosyne, A. daphne, A. aglaia, A. niobe 
var. eris, Hi, medusa, P. maera, UC. leander, C. pamphilus, 8. alceae, S. 
carthamt, S. malvae, N. tages, H. thaumas, H. sylvanus, C. palaemon. 
June 27th was a grey and showery day. We went up the the valley 
of the Hina Reka, and made the most of a few transient gleams of 
sunshine, but did not get much, L. amanda, M. phoebe, and C. hippo- 
thoe were plentiful in the meadow along the stream, and we saw 
Limenitis populi, but could not catch it. June 28th broucht us still 
worse weather, cold, grey, and showery, too bad for collecting. So we 
explored the mountains, riding to one of the sources of the Rilska, a 
wild little lake, at the head of the Corovica in very fine scenery. pera 
we got a gleam of sun, and I took our first specimens of Mrebia lappona, 
