362 Mr. H. J. Elwes on the 



159, Cosnonymplia cedipus, Fab. 



Riborded by Ruckbeil and Lederer, but not seen by me. 



160. Cmnonympha iphis, var. iiohidcs, Stgr., Iris, v, p. 338, 

 var. heroides, Christoph. op. cit. vi, p. 87. Herz, op. cit. xi, 

 p. 248. 



I found this species common in the Tchuja and Bash- 

 kaus Valleys after July 20th at about 3000—6000 feet. 

 On comparing them with those taken by Herz on the 

 Vilui, by Leder at Irkut, both under the name of heroides, 

 Christoph, and with one from Kentei, described by Staud- 

 inger as var. iphicles, I can find no appreciable differences 

 between them ; and though I ^v^ould have preferred to 

 use the name heroides on account of the marked resem- 

 blance of this variety to some specimens of 7ie?'o, var. 

 pcrseis, the females especially being very similar, yet as 

 Staudinger's name has a year's priority over Christoph' s, 

 I adopt it. The differences between this form and i^^Ais 

 from Europe are trifling, and two females from the Ural 

 seem to form a transition ; but on the whole they are 

 somewhat paler in colour with the ocelli much better 

 marked above, and on the underside of the hind-wing 

 surrounded by confluent rings of fawn colour, which I 

 do not see in any of my European specimens. 



C. iphis ? var. mahomctana, Alph., Lep. Kuldja, p. 95 (in 

 separata). 



This is a well-marked form from the Thianshan, and 

 was also taken at Kenderlik, a Russian frontier post 

 south-east of Lake Saisan by Ruckbeil ; but insects from 

 this locality, though they have been sent out by Tancre 

 as from the Altai, can hardly be included in the fauna of 

 the district as I restrict it. 



161. G. amaryllis, Cram. 



A very abundant species in the lower parts of the 

 country up to about 4000 feet. I took it fresh on June 

 l7th, and it was still flying, though a good deal worn, on 

 July 30th. These specimens are a trifle smaller than 

 those from Pokrofka on the Amur, and the ocelli better 

 marked than in the supposed var. rinda, M^n., which I 

 have from Blagovescbenk on the Amur, taken by Hede- 

 mann. Another form taken by Roborowsky and sent to 

 me by Alpheraky as his var. evanescens seems to be like 



