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XXVI. PARNASSIUS DELPHIUS Eversmann. 



This species varies iiidiviiliialiy so enormously tliat most of the subspecies, siicli 

 as namanganus, in/ernalis aud others, must be treated as aborratiou only. 



I. P. delphius delphius Eversmann. 



6 ??, Kaschka-Ssn, Tian Shan, July 10—17, 1902; 31 SS, 18 ??, no 

 locality; 2 SS, no locality, ex coll. Felder ; 17 <?<?, 14 ? ?, Turkestan; 1 ?, 

 Turkestan, ex coll. Felder ; 1 c?, 1 ? , Pamirs, Austaut's types of var. suffiimnta ; 

 4 c?c?, 5 ? ?, Transcaspia; 1 <?, Pamir; 1 c?, 1 ?, Pamir, types of Austaut's var. 

 traiis/e»s ; 1 <?, Kyssyl, Tartary, 4 S <S , Ale.xander Rlountains ; 3 Jc?, 1 ?, Hi 

 District ; 2 c? cJ, 3 S ? , Issyk Kul ; 2 c?c?, 1 ? , Kuldja (from Tancre) ; 4 Sd, 1 ? , 

 Aksu; 9 cJcJ, 5 ? ?, between Osch and Usgeut, July— August ; cJc?, 3 ? ?, Syr 

 Daria ; 1 cJ, Songaria ; 1 <S (?), ex coil. Felder ; 1 S, Alatau ; 1 <^, Alatan, ex coll. 

 Felder ; 1 S, ex coll. Felder, Great Altai, Grum-Grshimailo's var. iti/firiialis, 

 cotype of Elwes ; 3 6 S, Knkn 'Ror, ah. i/i/criiali.:< ; 2 SS, Kuldja (from Tancr^) ; 

 1 c?, Kuldja ; 1 c?, Hi District (from Tancre), 1 i, Great Aksu, Issyk-Kul, July 1st, 

 1902 (Kutsenko), all ab. styx ; ~ d S, Turgan Aksu Pass, Tian Shan, August 12th, 

 1905 (Kutsenko;; 1 (?, 3 ?¥, Little Kizil Pass, Tian Shan, July 21st, 1905 

 (Kutsenko). 



2. P. delphius staudingeri Bang-Haas. 



2 S6, Transalai, ex coll. Felder; 2 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Samarkand (Ilaberhauer) ; 

 1 d',Karategin(Grum-Grsiiimailo); 1 c?, 1 ?, Fergana; 1 ?, Mouut Hissar, 11,000 ft. 

 ex coll. Felder; 3 ? V, Alai Mountains, ex coll. Felder; 1 ¥ (?), ex coll. Felder; 



cJc?, no locality ; 1 <?, 1 ?, Samarkand ; 1 cJ, Samarkand ; 1 c?, no locality, and 



1 S , Turkestan, all ex coll. Felder : all these are a/j. cardinal. 



3. P. delphius dolabella Fruhstorfer. 

 5 i S, Kashgar (2 ex coll. Bartel). 



4. P. delphius maximinus Staudinger. 



•Z SS, Taschkend (from Tancre) ; 1, same locality; 1 cj, 1 ?, Kuku-Nor ; 

 ■1 SS, Amur. 



llerr Stichel places this as an aberration of ddphim deljihius, but 1 believe 

 it is a distinct species. However, for the jirescnt 1 treat it as a subspecies, till 

 the exact extent of its habitat is known. 



5. P. delphius albulus llourath. 



\x SS, 2(5 ¥ ?, Naryn District, north side of Tian Shan Mountains ; of these 

 \\ tS S and 13 ¥ ? are from the Nura Mountains. 



6. P. delphius stoliczkanus Felder. 

 1 (?, 1 ¥, types, Ladak (Stoliczka, ex coll. Felder) ; 1 S, Kulii. 



7. P. delphius acdestis Grum-Grshimailo. 

 1 ¥ , ex coll. Felder, Siuing Blonntaius ; cotype. 



