256 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 



Parnassius delpbius albulus Honr. 



Paniassivs dtlphixie var. albtUus HonratM. Bed. Enlotn. Zeitschr. v<il. x.vxlii. p. 161. pi. 16. 2 

 (1889) (East Alai). 



7 SS, 10 ?? Naryn, north side of Thian Shan ; 7 <S3, 14 ?? Nura Mountains, 

 north of Naryn. 

 Ab. ? 



Intermediate between albulus and ab. styx. 

 1 <J, 2 ?$ Naryn, north side of Thian Shan. 

 Ab. styx Stdgr. 

 4 (?<?, Syrt Naryn, East Thian Shan. 



Parnassius delpbius maximinus Stdgr. 



Parnassius delphiui var. m:iximln>is Staudingor. Iris, vol. iv. p. 158 (1S91) (Mt-i. on S.W. side of 

 Lake Fssyk Kul). 



This form is imdoubtedly very distinct, but the localities on my specimens 

 are evidently mixed. 



1 (J, 1 $ Amur ? ! ! ! ; 1 o, 1 5 Kuku-Nor ? ! ! ! ; .3 c^o" Tashkent ex Tancre 

 coll. (As Tancre's collector Ruckbeil discovered maximinus I fail to understand 

 Tancre's localitj^ on my specimens.) 



Parnassius delpbius macdonaldi subsp. nov. 



This is a very distinct subspecies, being intermediate between lumfidius 

 Fruhst. and albulus ab. styx. 



S. Forewing deep sooty grey-black, basal one- fourth obliquely above vein I 

 powdered conspicuously with white, 2 large white patches and 2 intense black 

 ones in and at extremity of cell ; 2 transverse postdiscal bands of white spots 

 from costa to vein 1, below vein 1 is one large coalescent wliite postdiscal patch. 

 Hindwing basal three- fo irths sooty grey-black, 2 intense rather small crimson 

 ocelli with deep black lings, 2 «liite spots on each side of upper ocellus ; outer 

 one-fourth white, 2 black dots in place of 2 blue ocelli, a sinuate blackish-grey 

 band from costa to vein 3 narrowing from costa downwards, margin irregularly 

 dark grey. ? similar but whiter, basal one-third of forewings being almost 

 white, and postdiscal rows of spots mucli larger, w hile outer one-third of hind- 

 wing is white. 



Length of forewing : cJo 28-32 mm. 5? 27-33 mm. 

 Expanse: ^S 60-68 mm. ?? 58-70 mm. 



Habitat. Yatung, Thibet. 



13 S<S, 10 ?? Yatung, 12,000—14,000 ft., Thibet (D. Macdonald). 



Parnassius delphius stenosmus Honr. 



Parnassius delphius var. sitcwsmiis Honiatli, Eiilom. Nadir, vol. xvi. p. lii" (ISi>U) (Ladak). 



8 (Jo, 3 2? North Cashmere, ex coll. Leech. 



Parnassius delpbius stoliczkanns Fekl. 



Parnassius stoliczJcanits Feklor, lieisii dir Xoi'rira Le.piJ. vo!. i:. (2|. p. l.'IH. pi. {10, ff. 2. 3 (1801 

 (Marka, Kupscliu, Ladak). 



I (J, 1 ? Ladak, 12,000—18,000 ft. (Dr. Stoliczka) (Types) ex coll. Felder. 



