306 Zoological Society. 



ney, and was at that time, when Donovan figured it, in the possession 

 of Mr. Francillon. 



Having thus recorded the pecuUarities of the species which must 

 be considered the type of this genus, I shall now point out how one 

 series of specimens brought by Mr. Fortune differ from it, though 

 in general they are very similar to the one just described. Yet the 

 uniformity of all the specimens of the series, which comes nearest to 

 Donovan's figure, induces me, provisionally at least, to form it into 

 a separate species, under the name or . ^ , r,,p. 



'! Sericinus Montela*. (Cat. of Lepid. B. M. i. -j^fe.^'pl'.'f S. 



. : Like the preceding ; but the fore wings have a large subtriangular 

 black spot very near the base, which is divided into three spots by 

 the nervures. The anterior margin is slightly edged, and the ex- 

 terior margin is, for most part, broadly margined with black. The 

 hind wings have a broad band obliquely across the costal area, aftd 

 the crimson band at the anal angle appears broader in this specieS;. ; 



The species is always, as Mr. Fortune has kindly"; iirfpiipftiijjliie, 

 found in the valleys among the hills. :<■') ^siooq^ eixiT 



..:->?■ ..-i!/ yd 



Sericinus FoRTUNEif . (Cat. Lep. B. M. i. pi. 13. fig.,^,.)^l» 



The fore wings are yellowish white, with many irregular black 

 spots which vary in size, some of them so placed that they apparently 

 form five bands across the wing; the external margin is also black. 

 The hind wings also yellowish white, with a basal band and three 

 irregular curved bands of black spots ; the second band from the base 

 is broadest at the anterior angle, and marked with a small crimson 

 spot ; while that portion towards the anal angle is margined exteriorly 

 by an irregular crimson band, which extends from the angle to the 

 fifth nervure ; the third or marginal band is ornamented on the deep 

 black below the crimson by a series of pale blue lunes. The under 

 surfaces of all the wings are less prominently marked, otherwise they 

 are similar to the upper side, except that on the fore wings there are 

 two crimson spots, one on the band near the costal area and the other 

 on the posterior margin. 



This species is found, according to Mr. Fortune, on the sides of 

 the hills. 



Mr. Wilson Saunders has obliged me by the loan of a specimen 

 for examination, which presents several differences from those pre- 

 viously noticed. It is rather smaller and the caudal appendages are 

 shorter than in the other three species ; the latter being only about 

 half an inch in length. These with other characters induce me to 

 form it into a species under the name of 



* Sericinus Telamon, Westw. & Hewits. Gen. Diurnal Lep. p. 530 sup pi. pi. 1. 

 fig. 1. 



t Sericinus fasciaius, Brem. & Grey, Beitr. Sehm. des Nord, China, p. 5. Since 

 this paper was read, Mr. Fortune has sent a series of specimens which show that 

 this is the female of the preceding. 



