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them as follows — " Isaurica $," and " certainly $ and £ of 

 one species which I do not know." Isaurica is labelled 

 Ain Haour, and the other two from Afka and Hassan 

 Niha resemble candalus very much, but are of a somewhat 

 different shade of blue above. — H. J. E.) 



79. L. candalus, H. S. ? 



(Besides these are several males, some very small, from 

 the Cedars of Lebanon, taken by Mrs. Day, in August, 

 which might be candalus or eros, which latter occurs in the 

 Caucasus. As, however, there are no females, I cannot be 

 certain what they arc, and must leave the identification of 

 them till I have more material. — H. J. E.) 



80. L. amanda. 



Very common. Hermon, Anti-Lebanon, and Lebanon, 

 3000 — 6000 feet. (Two females in bad condition, 

 from the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, are blue with a dark 

 broad costal and apical border, and a marginal row of 

 orange red spots, which give them a very peculiar and 

 brilliant appearance. There is nothing like them in my 

 collection, though three females from Sweden are all blue 

 with black marginal spots on the hind-wing above. — 

 H. J. E.) 



81. L. poscidon, H. S. 



(I am inclined to refer specimens taken at Cedars of 

 Lebanon in August, by Prof. Day, to this species, though 

 Staudinger doubtfully refers what I suppose to be the 

 same insect to a var. of clamonc, Ev. He admits no less 

 than twelve named forms of this very difficult species, 

 which I have studied very carefully, and in which my 

 series is extremely rich ; but notwithstanding this, I fail 

 to follow the minute distinctions which he adopts in 

 separating them. — H. J. E.) 



82. L. bellargtis, Rott., var. polonus, Zett. 



Common. Anti-Lebanon and Lebanon, 3000 — 6000 

 feet. (Staudinger refers the form found in the 

 Lebanon to this var., which seems also to occur in East 

 Prussia and Aragon. Mrs. Nicholl's specimens differ from 

 the type of bellargns in their colour and broader border 

 above, and are apparently quite as near the Caucasian form 



