32 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE GENUS PARNAssius. [Jan. 19, 
the fore wing and four on the hind wing), together with the four basal 
ones, are almost always present, corresponding to those on the upper 
surface, in which the red is often absent. The pattern of the under- 
side is very characteristic, and would, I think, alone be enough to 
distinguish all the specimens from Lahoul from any other species. 
The antenne are decidedly blacker than in any of the allied 
forms, and though ringed faintly with whitish in some specimens, 
are never so much so as in all the forms of P. delius, or in P. actius, 
discobolus, and jacquemonti. They vary so little in 100 specimens 
that I have examined, that should series from other localities besides 
Lahoul be found to present the same constant differences in antennze 
and markings from P. actius that these do, I think it might be allowed 
specific rank with as much or more justice as other so-called species 
of Parnassius. Of the habits we know but little. It begins to fly 
about the middle of July or earlier, according to the season and ele- 
vation, and continues to be found in a fresh condition till the end of 
August. 
i think that the figures of Blanchard and that given by Oberthir, 
which is taken from a male specimen from Boisduval’s collection, 
supposed by him to be the type of Boisduval’s description, represent 
this species and not the true P. jacquemonti. : 
Whether this species ever occurs in the same region with that 
insect I am not at present able to say; but I think it does not occur 
at so high an elevation, and I doubt whether it extends to Ladak. 
I have never seen specimens from any locality east of the Ganges 
valley in Upper Gurwhal, where Mr. Duthie found it at elevations of 
about 11,000—13,000 feet near Phuladaru. 
P. HONRATHI. 
Parnassius honrathi, Stgr. Berl. ent. Zeit. xxvi. 1882, p. 161, 
t. i. figs. 4, 5, 5a. 
P. corybas, Ersch. Fedtschenko’s Reise, p. 2, t. i. figs. 1, 2 (1874) 
(nec Fischer). 
This little-known species seems to have been first discovered by 
Fedtschenko at Kulbasin, near Sangi Djuman, on May 25, and 
Kuli Kalan on June 25, in Zarafshan, about 7000 feet high, but 
being mistaken by Erschoff, who described the Lepidoptera of the 
collection, for P. corybas of Fischer, remained unknown until Haber- 
hauer sent from the Hazret Sultan Mountains south of Samarkand a 
number of specimens (about 20 males and 5 females), which he took 
at about 6000-7000 feet in July 1881. These were described by Dr. 
Staudinger, who considers the species quite distinct from P. corybas 
of Fischer, which comes from Kamschatka, and is probably only a 
form of P. delivs. 
It differs from all other Parnassius of this group in having black 
antenne, black fringes, and black legs and feet ; the clothing of the 
body beneath is also black. 
The pouch of the female is of the apollo type, though this is not 
shown either in Erschoff’s or Staudinger’s plates; and Staudinger 
says that in one specimen it has a rather produced peint. 
