88 Mary cle la Beche Nicholl on 



Mrs. Day, in August, is much larger and darker, and three 

 of Mrs. Nicholl's from Hermon are as dark on both surfaces 

 as any in my collection. This variety therefore is clearly 

 not constant enough to be named. — H. J. E.) 



51. Pararge roxclana. 



Two specimens only. Zebedani, June. I saw no more. 



52. P. egeria. 



Not common. Dog River, Afka, Damascus, May and 

 June. (A pair from Afka, taken by Mrs. Day, in 

 September, and a female from Damascus, in May, are of 

 the southern form. Those I took at Patras, in Greece, in 

 May, are intermediate ; those from South Russia, Podolia 

 and the Caucasus, being of the paler form egerides, which as 

 a rule is fairly distinct. Thus it cannot be called a "forma 

 septentrionale" though it occurs as far north as St. Peters- 

 burgh.— H. J. E.) 



53. Pararge racer a, var. 



Lebanon. Common. (The form found in Syria is separ- 

 ated by Stgr. as " var. orientalis, differt. a var. Adrasta colore 

 castaneo, in $ etiam. al. ant. cellula med. castcmeo ins r pcrsa." 

 Besides Mrs. Nicholl's specimens, I have others from 

 Beyrout and North Syria, which agree fairly, but which 

 differ so little in either sex from German specimens taken 

 by myself at Kreuznach in June, that I would hardly like to 

 say that I could distinguish individuals among them, though 

 I could tell the habitat from a series. Var. Adrasta is 

 supposed to be a summer brood, but the seasonal differences 

 are not at all definite in my large series from many 

 localities, which vary extremely. — H. J. E.) 



54. P. megxra. 



Very common everywhere above 4000 feet ; swarms on 

 all the highest summits in May and June. 



55. Ccenonymplia pamphilus. 



Common everywhere. I did not take var. lyllus, which 

 probably occurs later. (Mrs. Day sent a pair of very worn 

 specimens of lyllus. — H. J. E.) 



56. Thecla spini. 



Common at low elevations, Dog River, foothills of 



