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reserved for the cattle, and for late summer, and if you 

 have a good dragoman, he will find out from the country 

 people where such spots are to be found, and encamp there ; 

 when a good bag is easily and speedily made. Near Afka 

 we again encamped in such an oasis, and I had two good 

 days collecting, June 20th and 21st, my last in Syria. 

 Here I took P. ergane, the only specimens I got in this 

 country. On the 22nd of June I had to ride to Beyrout 

 in order to catch the direct steamer for Europe, such 

 steamers being few and far between during quarantine. 

 I much regret that I did not revisit the Cedars and explore 

 the Dahr el Khotib district, but the northern Lebanon is 

 too cold for butterflies before June 20th, the sheep do not 

 go up to the highest pastures till June 15th or 18th, and 

 as I was obliged to leave Syria a full week sooner than I 

 had intended, Dahr el Khotib had to be given up. 



1 . Papilio podalirius. 



At Brummana and around Beyrout, not very common. 



2. P. machaon. 



At Brummana and near Beyrout, not common. All I 

 took were damaged. 



3. Doritis apollonia. 



(Abundant at Ain Zohatta early in April, but not seen 

 by Mrs. Nicholl. Most of the specimens have the blackish 

 border on the hind-wing more developed than in the Asia 

 Minor form, and thus come near the var. bellavgits, Stgr., 

 but are not so dark as those from Antioch. — H. J. E.) 



4. P. mnemosyne. 



Lebanon, Djebel Keneysseh, and Hermon, not very 

 common anywhere, about 4000 feet. (The specimens 

 have the spots of the cell small, and the black inner 

 margin narrower than in any others I have seen. — 

 H. J. E.) 



5. P. apollo. 



(Not found by Mrs. Nicholl, but a large form most like 

 var. sibirica, Nordm., was sent to Mr. Leech from North 

 Syria.— H. J. E.) 



