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body is black. There is only one specimen in the British 

 Museum. 



Anothek species of this genus, Parnasmts Hardwickii, is a 

 native of ISTepaul and Chinese Tartary. Its colouring is rather 

 complicated and not easily described, especially as it is an 

 exceedingly variable species, but may be briefly given as 

 follows: — 



The upper surface is almost entirety l)lack and white, but on 

 the upper wings there are four patches of red near the upper 

 edge. The insect has a sort of translucent look about it, and is 

 very glossy. Scarcely any two specimens are exactly alike, the 

 chief variation taking place in the red spots on the upper wings. 

 In some specimen;-; they are so much enlarged as to form one 

 patch of considerable size, while in others they are barely half 

 the size of those which are shown in the illustration. 



One of these insects, Parnasahis Stullcndorfii, is entirely white 

 with the exception of the nervures, which are black, so that it 

 bears a very close resemblance to our " Black- veined White" 

 Butterfly. 



The curious genus Serecinus now comes before us. These 

 insects have very long tails to the lower wings, and bear a close 

 resemblance to some of the Papilionidse. This resemblance is 

 well shown in Serecinus Telamon, which may be seen figured on 

 page 572, this being the lower figure of the two. It is a native 

 of Northern China. 



The colouring is very simple, the ground colour being white, 

 on which are placed a number of dark brown marks, arranged as 

 shown in the illustration. On the lower wings there is a large 

 black patch occupying the space between the anal angle and the 

 tail, and extending into a black stripe along the lower edge. In 

 this patch there are three round spots, which are powdered with 

 a blue dust. The abdomen is cream-coloured, witli some black 

 spots. 



The female resembles the male, but the colours are duller, and 

 there is a larger proportion of brown. 



Another fine example of this genus is seen in Serecinus 

 Montela, also a native of Northern China. The illustration 



