70 NOYITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXV. 1918. 



SEBICIITUS. 



There is only one species of this genus but a number of subspecies ; each 

 p.obably appearing in two seasonal forms, of which the spring generation of 3 

 only have been described. 



Sericinus telamon (Don.). 

 There are six subspecies of this insect. 



Sericinus telamon telamon (Don.). 



Papilio telamon Donovan, Epit. Nat. Hist. Ins. China, pi. 27. f. 1 (179S) (Pekin). 



Gener. Vern. telmona Gray. 



Sericinus tdmona Gray, P.Z.S. 1852, p. 72 (N. China). 



2 <?(J, 2 ??, N. China; 2 SS, 1 ?, N. China, bred in Zoological Gardens, 

 London ; 1 larva. 



Gener. Aestiv. telamon Donovan. 



6 3S, 4 ??, N. China ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, N. China, exFeldercoll. ; 1 <J, Pekin, Tatari- 

 noff, 1 3, Ningpo (Muirhead), ex Felder coll. ; 1 (J, 1 ?, Tsingtau, Shantung (L. 

 Klapheck) ; 1 <J, 1 $, Peki'.i, September — November, 1902 (Colonel Browne) ; 

 6 <J(J, 2 $?, Chifu, Shantung, N. China ; 1 3, Wei-hai-Wei, September 1898 (Dr. 

 Lambert) ; 1 ?, Talhienteze, N. China. 



Sericinus telamon amurensis Stdgr. 



Sericinus telamon var. amurensis Staudinger in Romano!!, Mem. Lipid, vol. vi. p. 13U (1892) 

 (Sutschan District). 



Gener. Vern. telemacbus Staudinger. 



Sericinus telamon var. amurensis gen. vera, ielemachns Staudinger in Romanoff, Mem. Lepid. vol. vi, 

 p. 133 (1892). 



4 ^(J, 6 ??, "Amur." 



Gener. Aestiv. amurensis Staudinger. 



3 S3, 2 $$, "Amur." 



Sericinus telamon koreana Fixs. 



Serecinus telamon var. koreana Fixsen iii Romanoff, Mem. Lipid, vol. iii. p. 257 (18S7) (Korea). 



Gener. Aestiv ? koreana Fixs. 

 1 ^, 1 ?, Korea. 



Sericinus telamon leecbi subsp. nov. 



(J. Differs from t. montela Gray in the dark bands and patches being much 

 narrower and less heavUy marked. 



?. Differs from t. inontela in tlie light bands on the wings being much more 

 extended and theu' yellow colour being much paler. 



Habitat. Chang-yang (A. E. Pratt). 



» <J(J, 7 ??, Chang-Yang (A. E. Pratt), ex Leech coll. 



