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of corydon as they are to bellargus. The underside, though 

 paler than in bellargus, seems more like that than corydon. 

 — H. J. E.) 



83. L. meleager, Esp. 



(A pair from the Cedars, taken by Prof. Day in August, 

 and three from the Natural Bridge, Lebanon, show some 

 variation from the type, but do not agree with the short 

 diagnosis of the var. ignorata, Stgr. (versicolor Stgr. in 

 litt.), or with a specimen of this from the Taurus, though 

 two of them are evidently a transition to that form. — 

 H. J. E.) 



84. L. admetus, and var. ripartii, Freyer. 



Very common 4000 — 5000 feet. Lebanon, Afka, June. 

 (Prof. Day took this at the Cedars and Afka in August. — 

 — H. J. E.) 



85. L. semiargus, var. bellis, Freyer. 



Not uncommon at 4000 — 5000 feet. Lebanon, Djebel 

 Keneysseh, and Djebel Sunnin. I took none on Hermon. 



86. L. semiargus, var. antiochena, Led. 



Four specimens only, three on the western face 

 of Lebanon at 8000 — 4500 feet, third week in May, 

 and one on May 31st at Baalbek, in very bad order. 

 Probably an early var. (Male specimens of var.. bellis 

 agree with those I have from Asia Minor, Armenia, and 

 North Persia, but I have no females from Syria. A male 

 which I sent to Dresden is returned by Herr Banghaas as 

 bellis, while a pair from Lebanon taken by Mrs. Nicholl 

 are returned as antiochena, Led. Of these the male seems 

 to me more like a very small specimen of zephyrus, var. 

 nieholli, whilst the female is undoubtedly antiochena, 

 which has been treated by Stgr. as a variety of semiargus, 

 but my Syrian specimens are not sufficient to decide 

 whether, as I believe, antiochena is a variety or not. 

 Semiargus seems to be represented in Greece and Syria 

 respectively by the vars. known as parnassia and bellis, but 

 the males are not so distinct as the females, and though Mrs. 

 Nicholl appears to have taken the two in different localities, 

 as I took helena and parnassia in Greece, I must remain 

 in doubt as to their specific identity — H. J. E.) 



