^2i Mr. H. J. Elwes 07i the 



minute study before the numerous named forms can be 

 distinguished or accepted. 



4G. L. liceifn-a. Stgr., S. E. Z. 18G7, p. 100. Iris, v, 

 p. BIG. PL ill, Fig. 1, 1892. 



I found this beautiful species at Kuyuktana in the 

 Tchuja Valley, at about 5000 feet, on July 21st, and it 

 seems to be not uncommon at Ongodai in the middle of 

 that month. My specimuus agree with those collected by 

 Leder in Mongolia. It seems to stand nearest to evcrs- 

 manni, whilst themis, Gr.-Qr., of which the types from 

 Amdo are in my collection, is a synonym. 



47. L. optilcie, Kuoch. 



I only found this at one spot in a willow swamp on a 

 tributary of the Bashkans at about 5000 feet; Jacobson 

 also took it at Ongodai. Staudinger says that his speci- 

 mens from Kentei are between the typical form and the 

 small northern one known as cyparissiLS, and he distin- 

 guishes them as var. sihirica. I cannot, however, see any 

 ground for this name, as I have specimens from Kamt- 

 schatka, Irkut, and Amurland, which all appear to be 

 very similar to those from North Russia. 



48. Z. zcpliyrus, Friv. 



I did not take this species, but received it from Ruck- 

 beil's collection through Herr Tancre, taken at Kenderlik, 

 which being south of the Irtysch river is not strictly 

 speaking in the Altai Mountains. These specimens agree 

 with those from the Caucasus (Borjom) and from Astrabad, 

 which are called zcphyrinus by Christoph (cf. Rom. Mem. 

 Sur Lep., vol. i, p. 102, t. vi, fig. 3, a, h). This was described 

 as a var. of zephyrus by Staudinger (cf. Stett. Ent. Zeit, 

 1886, p. 205) from Turkestan specimens. I have seven pairs 

 from Osch. Gultcha and Darwas taken by Grumm, which 

 vary considerably in all the characters used by Staudinger 

 to separate this form, and I fail to see how any of the 

 Asiatic specimens, of which I have a long series, can be 

 separated. 



49. L.pylaon, Fab. 



Recorded by Lederer, but not taken by any one else. 

 The only insect I can find in Staudinger's collection from 



