498 [December 



9 Sericinus Fortunei, G.R.Gray, Proe. Zool. Soc. p. 72. (1852). 



" Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 79. n. 363. t. XIII. 

 f. 5. (1852). 



" List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. \. p. 93. (1856). 

 Sericinus fasciatus. Brem. & Grey. Beitr. Schm. des Noerd. China, p. 5. (1853). 



Female. — " The primary wings yellowish-white, with many irregular 

 black spots which vary in size, some of them are so placed that they appa- 

 rently form five bands across the wing, and the exterior margin is also 

 black. The secondary wings are 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 second sub-costal nervule ; the third or marginal band is orna- 

 mented on the deep black below the crimson by a series of pale blue 

 lunes. The caudal appendages are slender, of about one inch in length, 

 the base and apex yellowish-white, with the intermediate part black. 



" The under surface of all the wings is less prominently marked ; 

 otherwise they are similar to the upper side ; except that on the pri- 

 mary wings there are two crimson spots, one on the band near the costal 

 area, and the other on the posterior margin. 



" The specimens brought by Mr. Fortune were found on the sides of 

 the hills."— r?. R. Grarj. 



Expanse 2.87 inches. 



Hah. — China. (In my collection.) 



Northern China. (^Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



There is certainly great incongruity between Mr. Gray's description 

 and his figure representative of the same sex. Neither are wholly correct, 

 in comparison with the specimen in my possession. In the figure, 

 there is but one blue lune on the posterior wings, instead of " a series," 

 whilst in mine there are three. The caudal appendages, in the figure, 

 are not very slender, and by no means an inch in length, as stated in 

 the description, but only about .63 inch, neither is it at all yellow at 

 the tip. In my specimen they are .iJo inch in length, otherwise agree- 

 ing with his description. 



Below, there is not the slightest vestige of red spots upon the ante- 



