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was to a large extent justified in regarding kamtschadalus as a syno- 

 nym of aliaska^ interpreted on the basis of Doctor Holland's figure. 

 In P. 711. kamtschadalus, however, the black markings are more re- 

 stricted than they are in the corresponding American forms, the dark 

 border on the hind wings in particular being very narrow, that por- 

 tion within the row of submarginal lunules being not so broad as 

 the lunules themselves. 



PAPIUO MACHAON ALIASKA Scndder 



Plate 2, Figuees 1, 2; Plate 5, Figures 1, 2, 4-G ; Plate 6, Figubes 1, 2, 4-6; 



Plates 7, 8 



Papilio aliaska Scudder, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 12, p. 407, 1869 (de- 

 scription ; Alaska, Nulato and a short distance below the Ramparts, and 

 also just above them; specimen from Hudson Bay is hudsonianus) . — Hol- 

 land, Butterfly book, p. 312, 1898 (Alaska; not pi. 41, fig. 1, which is 7ii.(?- 

 sonianus). — Baknes and McDunnough, Contributions to the natural his- 

 tory of the Lepidoptera of North America, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 54, pi. 4, fig. 2, 

 Dec. 5, 1916 (Rampart House; joannisi Verity a synonym of aliaska). — 

 Holland, Butterfly book, 2d ed., p. 314, 1931 (Alaska; includes joannisi 

 Verity; specimens from Rupert House and Labrador are hudsonianus). 



Papilio machaon var. aliaska W. H. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 74-75, 

 May, 1882 (St. Michael; comparison with Old World forms; specimens 

 from Rupert House are hudsoniamis) ; vol. 3, no. 3, p. 60, Mar., 1883 (same 

 as the Himalayan form). — Lyman, Can. Ent., vol. 32, no. 4, p. 119, Apr., 

 1900 (Dawson, Yukon). 



Papilio machaon a. aliaska Keele, 35th Ann. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ontario, 1904, p. 

 61, 1905 (quite common along the shores of Mayo Lake and valley of 

 Mayo River, Yukon, during July and August). 



Papilio zolicaon Wright, Butterflies of the West Coast, p. 86, 1906 (in part; 

 Port Wrangel, Alaska). 



Papilio zelicaon Rothschild and Jordan, Nov. Zool., vol. 13, no. 3, p. 550, Aug. 

 30, 1906 (Alaska ; based on Wright's record). 



Papilio machaon aliaska Rothschild and Jordan, Nov. Zool., vol. 13, no. 3, 

 p. 553, no. 65a, Aug. 30, 1906 (synonymy; Alaska, but not Oregon or Hudson 

 Bay).— Jordan, in Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the world, vol. 5, p. 24, 1907 

 (Alaska; Hudson Bay refers to hudsoniamis, which is the form figured; 

 includes joannisi Verity). — Kermode, Rep. Provincial Mus. Nat. Hist. (Brit- 

 ish Columbia) for the year 1915, p. N 16, pi. 8, fig. 1, 1916 (Atlin, British 

 Columbia). 



Papilio machaon joannisi Verity, Rhopalocera Palaearctica, p. 12, pi. 10, fig. 16, 

 1907 (Alaska). — Jordan, in Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the world, vol. 5, 

 p. 24, 1907 (synonym of aliaska). — Barnes and McDunnough, Contribu- 

 tions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, vol. 3, 

 no. 2, p. 54, Dec. 5, 1916 (synonym of aliaska). — Holland, Butterfly book, 

 2d ed., p. 314, 1931 (synonym of aliaska). 



Note on the type specimen. — Prof. Nathan Banks, of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, has been so kind as to write me that there is in the collection 

 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College a speci- 



