PARNASSIUS I. 



Larva unknown. 



Found in the Sierra Nevada, Yo Semite Valley and other localities in California. 



Respecting this sj-tecies, Mr. Henry Edwards writes, " I have seen Clarius on 

 the wing and have taken both sexes. They were flying in a shady canon of the 

 Sierras near Donner Lake, alighting frequently, taking short flights and having 

 very much the a2:>pearance of dirty and worn Fieridce. Their flight is a short, 

 jerking motion not unlike many Hesperians and they are easily caj^tured. Clarius 

 is a much more common insect than Clod ins and seems to have a far wider range. 

 I have also seen it in various parts of the Sierra Kevada from near ]Mt. Shasta down 

 to Inyo Co., while Clodius I only know from the specimens collected bvMr. Behrens 

 at Bodega. Clarius appears to be strictly a mountain insect, being found at as 

 high an elevation as 7500 feet, while Clodius occurs at far lower levels, and even at 

 the sea coast." 



PARNASSIUS CLODIUS. 5—6. 



Parnnsshis Clodinx, Jlenctries, Enum. Corp. Auim. Mus. St. Petersb. I. p. 73. 



Male. Expands 3 to 3.5 inches. 



Ujiper side of both wings cream white, except the outer extremity of jirimaries 

 which is semi-transparent and crossed, as in Clarius, by two rows of white lunules ; 

 in the cell two bars, as in that species, but the one on arc broader and at its lower 

 extremity sharper, the color of both being a dense black, therein differing noticeably 

 from Clarius; a black patch in sub-median intersjjace; costa and base moderately 

 powdered with black scales which extend over nearly one-half the celL 



Secondaries densely powdered with black from base quite to the extremity of 

 the cell ; two nearly round, bright red spots, of equal size, situated as in Clarius, each 

 in a broad black ring and usually with a small white jmpil ; at anal angle a con- 

 spicuous black arc, sometimes wanting. 



Under side vitreous, the black markings as above but jialer; the ocelli 

 distinct, their jiupils enlarged ; at anal angle a red arc edged by black ; at base 

 three or four red patches, usually distinct with well defined black edges, but 

 occasionally faint without black ; these red sjjots when distinct are visible on 

 ujiper side. 



Body above covered with grey hairs ; abdomen at extremity yellow, be- 

 neath yellow brown ; palpi yellow brown ; anteuua3 black. 



Female. Unknown. 



From several males taken at Bodega, Marin Co., California, by Mr. James 

 Behrens. 



Having seen but a limited number of r;ii-nassians from California, I had sup- 

 posed the insect represented by flgs. 5 and G, on the plate^ to be a marked variety 



