Butterflies of the Lebanon, 87 



45. S. pelopca. 



Not quite so common, mid June. 



46. S. semele, var. mersina. 

 Common on Lebanon in June. 



47. S. actseco, var. hctdjina. 



Only .on the higher foothills of Hermon, June. (Var. 

 hacljina, Heyne-Ruhl. The specimens brought by Mrs. 

 Nicholl seem to come nearest to this form, from Armenia, 

 but have only one ocellus on the fore-wing below — which, 

 if constant, might serve to separate them. There are, 

 however, already too many named forms of this species, 

 which do not seem very constant. — H. J. E.) 



48. Yphthima asterope. 



Very common near the coast. I never took any in the 

 mountains. 



49. Epinephele jurtina, Linn. (Janira), var. (? bona sp.), 

 telmessia, Zell. 



Very common everywhere, and has a curious habit of 

 sitting on the bare earth which Janira never does. April, 

 May, and June. (This appears to me, as it did to Staud- 

 inger in 1879, though he now treats it as a var. of 

 jurtina, to be a good species. Lederer, however, as 

 quoted by Staudinger, says that there are intermediate 

 forms. All my numerous males from Syria, Armenia, and 

 the Taurus seem distinct from jurtina in size, colour, and 

 shape, and in the different form of the sexual brand. 

 The females are not so distinct, but as Staudinger says 

 that both telmessia and jurtina are found in Anatolia and 

 Cyprus, this is an additional reason for treating it as a 

 species. — H. J. E.) 



50. E. lycaon. 



Common. Hermon and Lebanon, 3000 — 5000 feet, June. 

 (This should be a form which has been described by 

 Staudinger as follows — " var. Libanotica, wagnitudine 

 Lycaonis, multo pallidior, ^ at. ant. fere totispallide ochraceis 

 al. post. (£ et.$) subtus albido-griseis." I have a specimen 

 from Staudinger from the Lebanon, so named, which 

 conforms to the description, but one from Afka taken by 



