( 390 ) 



This form is distrilnited over Northern Abyssinia from Massaua to the Atbara 

 River and Bhie Nile. 



The following specimens are iu the Tring Museum : 

 c?. Keren, Eritrea 



1 (?, 1 ¥. Auseba River, Keren, Er; 



1 <?,!?. f^etit District, Eritrea 



(J. Damba, Eritrea 



?. Mai Mentai, Eritrea . 



?. Naikhala, Atbara Kiver . 



trea 



Exchange from Florence Museum. 

 5, 6. iv. 03. Borioue Giorgio coll. 



R. Gentile coll. 



N. Beccari ,, 



1904. 

 14. xi. 05 

 8. xi. 05. 

 2. ii. 04. 



C. Rothschild 

 Henley coll. 



and 



NEW SUBSPECIES OE PABNASSIUS APOLLO. 



By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, PhD. 



Parnassius apollo finmarchicus subsp. nov. 



DIFFERS from F. njtoUo apollo by its much larger size and more distinct 

 markings. 

 (J Nearest to P. apollo democratus from Eastern Russia, but the submarginal 

 blackish transverse band of the forewings much more distinct and the transparent 

 marginal area separated entirely from it and narrower. Black spots in cell of 

 forewings and on disc larger. 



J. Nearest to that of P. apollo hesebohts, but submarginal band of fore- 

 wings much wider, blacker, and more distinct; the transparent marginal area 

 more sharply defined. The submarginal baud of black sagittate patches on 

 the hindwings more continuous and sharply defined ; the marginal area white, 

 fully scaled, not transparent. 



A considerable series : Helsingfors, in Finland. 



P. apollo levantinus subsp. nov. 



<?. Nearest to that of P. a. Uhuniicus, but smaller, with less extended 

 marginal transparent area to the forewings ; submarginal band more obsolete, 

 black spots in cell smaller. On hiudwing submarginal row of sagittate spots 

 larger and more distinct ; marginal area ])ure white, fully scaled. 



? . Nearest to that of P. a. carputliicus, but whiter, and all dark and trans- 

 parent areas, both marginal and submarginal, much more distinct and well 

 defined. 



Aintali, N. Syria ; one pair received from Messrs. Staudiuger & Bang-Haas. 



