Bit Iter flirt of the Lrhanon. 89 



Lebanon, and Hermon, Afka. Var. Melantho replaces type, 

 or nearly so, on the higher mountains, common on Lebanon 

 and Hermon. (From Mrs. NichoH's specimens I cannot 

 distinguish two forms of this species, " subtus pallidior, 

 longius caudata" which is Stgr.'s definition of melantho; 

 does not seem to be a well-marked character in those 

 taken at higher elevations, or in those that I bad before 

 from Beyrout,— H. J. E.) 



57. Th. ilicis. 



Not very common. Hermon and Lebanon Valleys. 

 Var. caudatula occurs with type. Not uncommon. (All 

 my specimens from Asia Minor and Syria seem to have 

 somewhat longer tails than those from Germany, Bulgaria, 

 and Greece, but the difference is trifling. — H. J. E.) 



58. Th. acacim, var. abdominalis. 



(Specimens taken on the Lebanon and at Hassan 

 Niha by Mrs. Nicholl belong to this form, the differences 

 of which " siibtus pallidior al. ant. angulo anali plaga 

 fusca," seem trifling and inconstant. — H. J. E.) 



59. Th. rubi. 



Lebanon and Hermon ranges. Common at 6000 feet, 

 May and June. (A specimen from Blouden, like one I 

 have from North Syria, agrees with the var. sua veola from 

 Turkestan described by Stgr. as " major, subtus pallidior 

 al. post, acaudalis!' I have no Turkestan specimens for 

 comparison, and as there were none in the Grum-Grshi- 

 mailo collection, I suppose it is rare there. A pair from 

 North Persia, taken by Christoph, are much like this, but 

 one taken by Mrs. Nicholl at the Cedars of Lebanon is like 

 the common form. — H. J. E.) 



GO. Th. myrtale. 



Common on all the higher mountains, 4000 — 6000 feet, 

 May and June. (This has, since Klug described it in 

 1832, remained one of the least known butterflies of our 

 fauna, and I am not aware that any specimens have since 

 been obtained until Mrs. Nicholl found it. It is a distinct 

 species of a plain grey colour above, and the tail is very 

 short and inconspicuous, or wholly absent. Below, it is 

 grey, with a faintly marked band of white spots across the 



