NpVlTATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 66 



Iiuelidorfia japonica Pryer. 



1 cannot agree with Staudinger and Stichel that L. japonica is only a sub- 

 species of L. puziloi, for the horny pouch of the ? is totally different. In puziloi 

 this pouch is winged and in shape somewhat like a butterfly, and along the 

 centre runs an upright flange or ridge developing behind into a free lappet and 

 coloured rich chestnut-brown. In japonica on the other hand the pouch is 

 almost circular, sharply truncated in front, having in the centre a broad raised 

 roof-like structure resembling a tent or penthouse, the whole coloured deep 

 black or deep black-brown. I therefore conclude that L. japonica is a good 

 distinct species. It has three races and occurs in China, Japan and Formosa. 



Luehdorfia japonica japonica Fryer. 



Luehdorfia japonica Leech, Entomologist, vol. xxii. p. 25. pi. I. f. 1 (1889) (Gifu). 



16 (?<?, 8 ??, " Japan " ; 3 <J,J, 2 ?$, Gifu Hondo, 11 <?<?, 1 ?, Yokohama, 

 Japan. 2 larvae and 1 pupa, Gifu. 



Luehdorfia japonica formosana subsp. nov. 



Diners from j. japonica in having the black markings on the forewings 

 more extended and the yellow bands narrower. 



2 (J(J, Formosa (bought of Ernest Swinhoe, 1905). 



Luehdorfia japonica chinensis Leech. 



Luehdorfia japonica var. chinensis Leech, Butt. Chin. Jap. and Cor. vol. ii. p. 491. t. 33. f. 1. ?. (1893) 

 (Central China). 



Dr. Staudinger calmly united L. j. chinensis with L. j. japonica as a 

 synonym whUe not even quoting China as a habitat of japonica. The true 

 facts of the case are that L. j. chine )sis is an abundantly distinct subspecies. 

 Differs from L. j. japonica in its deep yellow ground-colour, very narrow black 

 markings, and especially in the red submarginal band of the underside of the 

 hindwings being present on the upper side ; whereas in all other Lnehdorfias 

 there is on the upper side only a subanal red patch above the tcrnus. 



The horny pouch is similar to that of /. japonica but smaller, and the tent- 

 like erection is much less developed. 



1 (J, Lu-Shan Mountams, Kiukiang ; 1 ?, Chang Yang, 6,000 ft. 1889 (Nat. 

 Coll.), ex coll. Leech, ex coU. British Museum in exchange. 



EUBYADES. 



'■ ■ Euryades duponcheli (Lucas). 



Papilio duponcheli Lucas, Ann. Soc. Enlom. France, vol. viii. p. 93. pi. 8. f. 1. (1839) (Entre Rios). 



4 <J(J, Estancia Cooper, Alto, Paraguay (Th. Inslay) ; 1 <J, 1 $ Sapucay, 

 Paraguay, May 1902 — November 1903 (W. Foster) ; 1 ? Rio Burmejo — ^Rio 

 Pulcamayo, December 1903 (W. Stembach) ; 1 (J, 3 $?, Corrientes ; 5 <?<?, 1 ?, 

 Tucuman, January to April, 1901 (G. A. Baer and W. L. Reeve) ; 3 SS, 3 ?$, 

 Parana, January 1897 (Ruscheweyh) ; 15 SS, 5 ?$, Suncha Corral, Santiago del 

 Estero, Argentina (J. Steinbach) ; 1 <J, 1 $, La Rioja, Argentina (E. Giacomelli) ; 

 Belgnano, Buenos Aires, March 1897 (Ruscheweyh) ; 1 <J, 1 ?, Entie Rios (Bur- 

 meister), ex Felder coll. 



