^NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXV. 1918. . 71 



Serecinus telamon montela Gray. 



Sericinus montela Gray, P.Z.S. 1852, p. 71 (Shanghai). 



1 <J, *' N. China " ! ; 2 ^^, Ningpo (Muirhead), ex coll. Felder ; 1 <J, Ta- 

 tsien-lu) ; 6 JcJ, 2 $?, Kiukiang, June 1887 (A. E. Pratt), ex coll. Leech. 



ZEBTITTHIA. 



This genus is much better known as Thais Fabr., but Fabricius' name is 

 preoccupied by Thais Bolt, 1798, a genus of Molluscs, so the next oldest name 

 Zerynthia Ochs. (Ochsenheimer and Treitschke Schmetterlinge Europdis., 1816) 

 must be used. 



Zerynthia cerisyi God. 

 There are 8 subspecies of this species. 



Zerynthia cerisyi cerisyi (God.). 



Thais ce.risyi Godart, Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, vol. ii. j). 234. pi. 20. ff. 3, 4 (1822). 



2 (J (J, 2 ??, No locality ; 1 <J ? ex Felder coU. ; 1 S, Greece ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, Asia 

 Minor; 1 <?, 1 ?, Smyrna; 1 <?, 1 ?, Shipka Pass, ex larva, April 1891 ; 5 <?<?, 

 1 2, Burnabad, Smyrna; 6 SS, 4 ??, Cordelio, Smyrna, March — April 1905 

 (Dr. Martin) ; 2 SS,2 $$, Balkan Peninsula (Haberhauer), ex coll. Felder ; 1 <J, 

 Brussa (Mann), ex coll. Feld. 



Zerynthia cerisyi cypria Stich. 



Zerynthia cerisyi cypria Stichel. Entfim. Zeitschr. Sliittg. vol. xxi. p. 178 (1907) (Cyprus). 



34 SS, 20 $9, Aghirda, foot of Kyrenia Range, Cyprus, 1,400 ft., March 

 1914 (G. F. Wilson) ; 1 $, St. Hilarion, Northern Range, Cyprus, 1,800 ft., AprU 

 1914 (G. F. WUson), ex coll. A. H Gibbs. 



Zerynthia cerisyi martini (Fruhst.). 



Thais cerisyi mirlini Fi-uhstorfer, Soc. Entom. vol. xxi. p. 147 (1906) (Rhodes). 



5 S, Rhodes Island, March— April 1905 (Dr. Martin). 

 Zerynthia cerisyi speciosa Stich. 



Zerynthia cerisyi speciosa Stichel, Entom. Zeitschr. StiUtg. vol. xxi. p. 83 (1907) (Syria, Palestine). 

 14 (J<J, 4 ??, Beirut, Syria ; 1 cj, Syria ; 1 ,J, 3 ?9, Jerusalem ; 1 $, Anti- 

 ochia ; 2 <J(J, Lebanon, ex coU. Felder; 17 larvae, Beirut, Syiia. 



Zerynthia cerisyi caucasica (Led.). 



2'hais cerisyi var. caucasica LeJerer, Wien. Entmn. Mon. vol. viii. p. 165 (1864) (Caucasus). 



2 SS, 2 ?$, Caucasus ; 1 (J, 3 ??, Cau;asus (Haberhauer), ex coU. Felder. 



Zerynthia cerisyi deyrollei (O berth.). 



Thais deyrollei Oberthur, Pelites Noau. Entom. vol. i. No. 2. p. 7 (1869) (Alpes-Pontique;-, .'tsia 

 Minor). 



1 (J, 4 ??, Armenia ; 1 iJ, 1 ?, Aintab ; 1 ^, Armenia (Sintenis) ; 2 ??, 

 N.E. Asia Mmor (Pontus) ; 1 cJ, 1 ?, Amasia ; I S, Trebizond ; 1 (J, 1 $, Brussa ; 

 1 $, No locality; 1 (J, Asia Minor; 1 <J, Trebizond (DeyioUe) ; 2 cJ<J, 5 ?$, 

 Amasia (Mann), ex coll. Felder. 



