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C. desgodinsi Ohcrfh. (21i). Femora and underside of abdomen pale yellow. Shoulder without spot, desgodinsi. 

 Tlie streaks and comma-spots interrupted by a black line which runs from the middle of cosla of forewing 

 obliquely blackwards, being on hindwing almost parallel to distal margin; frequently a similar line also near 

 base of forewing. — Very common in West China. 



C. pratti Let'ch (2h). Similar to (h'sfjodinxi; paler, a black, curved, subbasal band on forewing, ihe praiti. 

 black median band more evenly curved. — Central and West China, rather common near Chang -Yang on 

 the middle Yang-tse-kiang. 



C. minima Ohcrfli. (2f). The smallest known species; perhaps a dwarf-form of hi^frioninis WeMw. minima. 

 A yellow shoulder-spot on mesothorax as in hisfrioHiciis; femora grey-yellow; abdomen below reddish yellow, 

 llarkings of forewing yellow, the costal and hindmarginal streaks being broad. — West China, Omei-shan 

 and Ta-tsien-lu, in June and July. 



15. Genus: Slistia Hbu. 



Both wings strongly elongate. Forewing with numerous vein-lets between costa and edge; 1. sub- 

 costal anastomosing with costa, cross-vein deeply angulate, the upper angle of cell strongly projecting; in 

 hindwing the cross-vein not angulate, short, all veins from cell. — Larve brown, with pale red warts, 

 reminding one of the larvae of Aristolochia - Papihos. Piepers found the larva of libelluloldes in Java on 

 Bischofia javanica. The cocoon was fastened on a rolled-in leaf. 



The imago resembles the tailed black Ai-istolochia-Papilios. 



H. rhodope Cram. Head, breast, the larger proportion of the abdomen and a jjasai spot on the 

 underside of the wings red. Hindwing blue-green from base to about apex of cell. North India to the 

 Loo-Choo Islands. — The Chinese form is small, the blue of the hinwing being strongly reduced, especially 

 in ?: nigrinus mhsp. nov. (3 a). West and Central China, rather rare. nigrinus. 



16. Genus: Agalope W^a/k. 



Frons slightly prominent. Antenna much shorter pectinate in ? than in o^. Body and wings without 

 metaUic gloss. Wings parchment-like, semitransparent , clothed with small hair-scales. Cross-vein sharply 

 angulate in both wings; 1. subcostal of forewing free. — Afghanistan and China to New Guinea. — The 

 Indian species hifa.^ciafa is described a good tUer, occurring in company of />rf?a.s and flying rather high 

 above the ground. All species yellow or yellowish at (jr near the base of forewing. 



A. eronioides Moore. Danaid-Hke. Forewing with white basal dot; both wings distally more or less 

 black; forewing with whitish spots. — The northern form, diluta .^nb.-<p. nov. (3b), from W^est China, is di/iila. 

 much paler than the Indian one, the distal margin being much less densely scaled black and the white 

 spots of the forewing being larger and less sharply marked. Omei-shan and Mupin, in June. 



A. bieti Oberth. (3b). Similar to diluta; wings, especially the forewing more extended fuscous, but bicti. 

 not so black as the distal margin of Indian eronioides; the yellow basal spot of forewing small, not sharply 

 defined; hindwing without the fuscous band which in diluta touches the tip of cell. — Ta-tsien-lu. 



A. dejeani Oberth. (3a). Forewing very faintly yellowish at the base; two blackish bands between dejeani. 

 base and middle; distal margin of both wings feebly washed with blackish. — Ta-tsien-lu, at high altitudes. 



A. davidi Oberth. (3a). Similar to the previous, basal spot distinct, the two bands absent; upper davidi. 

 angle of cell of hindwing less projecting than lower. — Common in Central and West Cliina, in June. 



A. immaculata Leech (3b). Similar to davidi; branches of antenna longer; wings much less blackish, immaculata. 

 hindwing almost pure yellowish white. — Ta-tsien-lu, West China, in July. 



A. hyalina Koll. (3b). Forewing with basal spot; a band distally of centre of cell; a white spot in hyalina. 

 front of .5. subcostal and a larger one before i. median. Hindwing white. — Afghanistan to Burma. 



17. Genus: £lcysina Btlr. 



Similar to Af/alope, hindwing tailed, 2. and 3. radials stalked. — Larva thick, dirty pale yellow, 

 with five violet-brown longitudinal stripes; between the stripes short black bristles. Cocoon dirty white, 

 fastened to the midrib of a leaf. — Southern Amurland, Corea, Japan, Birma. Only one species known. 



E. westwoodi. Yellowish white, semitransparent. Antenna black. Veins and distal portion of 

 wings more or less blackish. Base of forewing yellow, this patch distally bordered by a black line. Two 

 forms in the Palaearctic Region, a third in Birma. — The species was first described from Japan; in this 



