68 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
day, the 14th, the weather promised a little better, and the sun shone as 
we started up to the higher level of the valley to search for the Hrebia. 
But it clouded over at 8 a.m. and heavy storms set in for about three 
hours. At last there was a gleam of sunshine, and I got one KHrebia, 
of the new variety, and several nice H. epiphron, b. oeme, and LF. 
euryale. Then the rain began again, and we resolved to go down the 
valley to the lower hills, in hopes of getting our tents dry, and also 
our clothes, for everything was saturated. We passed much good 
eround on our way down to Kostenec, a village with a small bath 
establishment; about four hours’ ride down from the gendarmerie hut. 
Here we found sunshine, and a dry camping ground in a beautiful 
country, and remained for two days, making excursions around 
Kostenee and into the hills (about 8000ft. high) to the east of the 
baths. We took P. apollo, C. myrmidone and yar. alba (in some 
numbers), L. meleayer, much worn; L. arion (and a fine ab. of arion, 
almost unmarked), LL. erotdes, male and female, L. alcon, L. anteros 
(worn), A. daphne, A. ino, A. pandora, Neptis lucilla, Apatura iris, 
Limenitis populi, L. sibylla, L. camilla, M. galathea, a var. of M. 
didyma, with pale ground colour of the forewing ; 7’. ilicis, EF’. aethiops, 
F. ligea, S. serratulae, and many common insects. On the 17th, the 
weather looked better, and we rode up the valley again in hopes of 
getting a good series of the Mrebia. But again the rain came down in 
torrents, and again we pitched in the wet! The morning of the 18th 
was fine, and at 8 a.m., we were on our ground. No sooner had we 
arrived there—than thunderstorms gathered all round us, and for three 
weary hours we sheltered amongst the boulders. Then came a gleam 
of sun, and Mr. Elwes had the luck to eet three of the coveted 
butterfly—I never saw any. Then it rained all the rest of the day and 
we got into camp drenched. July 19th was worse than ever, so we 
determined to return to civilization and get dry, hoping to revisit the 
Airandere later on, to secure some more Hrebias in better weather, but 
our letters necessitated an early return home, so, instead of encamping 
again in the Rhodope, we drove across the Balkan, by the low pass of 
Ginec, 4500ft., to Lom-Palanka, on the Danube. It is an easy two 
days’ journey, and we collected as opportunity served as we drove 
along. The mountains were principally limestone, with rocky and 
rather barren slopes to the southwards, and fine rolling pastures on the 
higher levels, a broad and fertile range of hills rather than mountains, 
with fine forests on the northern slopes. We took several interesting 
butterflies, especially L. admetus and var. rippertti, L. zephyrus (a 
diminutive second brood), L.argus, N. lucina (a second brood, just out), 
Thecla quercus, 7’. acaciae (much worn), Satyrus phaedra, E'pinephele 
lycaon, swarms of Apatura ilia var. clytie, in the flats near Sofia, and 
many sundries, not deserving especial notice. ‘This was the last day 
of our tour, and I will conclude this lengthy paper with a correct list 
of captures from May 21st to July 20th— 
Papilio podalirius, P. machaon, Parnassius apollo, P. mnemosyne, 
Thais cerisyi, Aporia crataegi, Pieris brassicae, P. rapae, P. napi, P. 
ergane, P. chloridice, Anthocaris belia var. ausonia, Euchloé cardamines, 
Leucophasia sinapis, Colias edusa var. helice, VU, hyale, C. myrmidone 
(and var. alba), Gonepteryx rhamni, Thecla ilicis, T. acaciae, T. rubi, T. 
quercus, Chrysophanus virgaureae, CU. hippothoe, C. dispar var. rutilus, 
CU. thersamon, C, aletphron, C, dorilis, C. phlaeas, Lycaena aryiades, L. 
