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Zerynthia cerisyi cretica (Rebel). 



Thais cerisyi var. cretica Rebel, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien. vol. liv. p. 2 (1904) (Crete). 

 2 3S, Crete, May 1903 ; 1 J, Hag Myron, Crete (Holtz). 



Zerynthia cerisyi louristana (Le Cerf). 



Thiis cerisyi var. louristana Le Cerf, Bull. So: .-E iit-ym. -France, 1908. p. 21 (Louristan). 



1 (J, 1 ?, Sultanabad, S. Persia, 2,000 metres = 6,500 ft., April 1910 (C. H. 

 Ragnow) ; 1 (J, 1 ?, Azuh Louristan, Persia, AprU 1908. 



Zerynthia polyxena (Schiff. and Den.). 

 Zerynthia polyxena polyxena (Schiff. and Den.). 



PapUio polyxena Schiffermiller and Denis, Syst. Verz. Schmett. Wien, p. 102. No. 1. (1771) (Vienna). 



2 (J<J, 2 ?$, " Europe," ex. coll. Meyer ; 5 <J<J, 5 ??, No locality (Austria), 

 ex coll. Felder ; 4 S6, 6 $9, No locality ; 2 cJcJ, 2 ??, " Germany " ! bred 1894 ; 

 1 <J, 1 ?, Brunn; 1 <?, Hungary, ex Buchecker coll.; 1<J, 2 $?, Hungary; 2 ??, 

 Kronstadt, Transylvania; 1 (J, Bishofsbad, Bihar Comitat, May 1911; 2 <J(J, 1 

 Juc, 1 Tiszovicza, nr. Szvinicza Costellitz, Hungary, May 1912 ; 18 <?<?, 12 ?$, 

 Csehtelek, Bihar Comitat, May 1912 ; 5 larvae ; 2 pupae ; eggs ; 2 Hymenop- 

 terous, and 1 Dipterous parasite. 



ab. rufescens Oberth. 



3 cJcJ, Gravosa, S. Dalmatia, April 1901. 



Zerynthia polyxema subsp. ? 



I have 1 (J from Delphi (Kriiper), which is very small and pale, and differs 

 a good deal from p. polyxena in pattern, but I cannot describe it from 1 c? only. 



I also have 1 tj, 1 $, labelled Parnassus which agree with above in marking, 

 but are of the same colour as polyxena ab. rufescens. 



Zerjmthia polyxena subsp. ? 



1 have a (J $ from Talysch, Caspian Sea, which are very large and very 

 strongly marked. These also are coloured like ab. rufescens. The material is 

 too insufficient to describe this form. 



Zerynthia polyxena creusa (Meig.). 



Thais creusa Mcigen (demnosia Dahl MS.). System. Beschr. Eur. SchmM. vol. I. |i. 101 (1829). 



Stichel in Wji;sman's Genera Insectorurn, Fasc. 59, p. 10, No. 2b, quotes 

 Meigen's creusa as ex Dahl MS. and does so also for the second quotation, Mann, 

 Stett. Entom. Zeit. vol. v. p. 359 (1854). This is wrong as Meigen's creusa = 

 deninosia Dahl MS. and only Mann's creusa = creusa Dahl MS. It is very 

 unfortunate that this mistake has arisen, for Meigen's nav/.e must stand. The 

 6 specimens from Alassio and the 1 from Rome are very pale. 



2 ii, 4' ?'9,'Aiassio, Ciulf of Genoa, April 1910 (A. E. Britton) ; 1 9, Marino 

 Forest, Rome ; 1 ?, " Italy," Buchecker coll. ; 4 S6, Bordighera, March — April 

 (W. and N. C. lidthschild/ ; l' 9, S. France ; 3 S3, 3 99, Ficuzza, Sicily, March 

 (Geo. C. Kriiger), ex coll. Turati ; 1 o', Zeng. Croatia, Api^il 1912, ex coll. N. C. 



