96 Mary de la Beclie Nicholl 



on 



of them except one of those from Mesopotamia has a 

 trace of the orange spots on the margin of the hind- 

 wing above, which is conspicuous in about half of the 

 Syrian males, and only absent in a few specimens. 



The females above are like those of zephyr us, except that 

 they all have a well-marked marginal series of reddish 

 orange spots on both wings, above and below; which 

 occur in my zcphyrus females only in one from Granada, 

 and one from Mesopotamia, though visible to some extent 

 on the hind-wing only, in other females. 



Below, the Syrian form in both sexes is more like 

 zephyrus, though the pale band of arrow-head shaped marks 

 on the hind-wing usually, but not always, seen between the 

 orange and the inner series of black spots, is wanting. 

 Notwithstanding the variation shown by this insect, I 

 could recognise all, or nearly all, the specimens by the 

 characters mentioned, at least as well or better than any of 

 the other named vars. of zephyrus, and propose for it the 

 name of var. nicholli, in which probably the Mesopotamian 

 form will be included. — H. J. E.) 



91. L. eurypilus, Freyer. 



(Mrs. Nicholl seems to have found this in several 

 places on the Lebanon and on Hermon, but did nut 

 recognise them as distinct from the last species, of which 

 the females are very similar in appearance. The Syrian 

 form has in both sexes broader and more extended 

 marginal bands on both wings above, than any of those I 

 have from Asia Minor and Persia. — H. J. E.) 



02. Parnara mathias. 



Dog River and along the coast, not common, May. 



93. Erynuis comma, Linn. 



(Staudinger describes the Syrian form as " var. pallida" 

 but a pair taken by Prof. Day in August, as well as one 

 from N. Syria, do not show any well-marked distinction ; 

 though, as might be expected, all my southern and eastern 

 specimens are paler than those from North and Central 

 Europe.— H. J. E.) 



94. Spilothyrus althete. 



Common, coast, Djebel Keneysseh, 4500 feet, Anti-Leba- 

 non, etc. 



