18 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE GENUS PARNASSIUS. \Jan. 19, 
class, instead of last but one as in Kirby’s catalogue, whilst Herrich- 
Schiffer places Parnassius as the second section of the genus 
Doritis. 
Synopsis of the Genus. 
Fam. PARNASSIIDA. 
Imago imagini Papilionidarum similis quoad alarum structuram, 
sed foe 1 nina nupta sacculo corneo ad ventrem extremum instructa. 
Pupa haud suspensa. Larva distincta, larvis Heteroceror um affinis. 
Gen. 1. Parwnassrus, Latr. 
SECT. I. 
dy pAponnioy Wninn:ye.c.cecseesest ssc ssees es Europe (excl. reg. pol. et Anglia) ; 
Armenia; Caucasus. 
a. Var. hesebolus, Nordm............- Siberia, Altai, Alatau, Ural, Caucasus. 
vy. major, dalbidior, 9 obscurior. 
transitus ad hesebolus  .......0.0.204- Tarbagatai (fide Stgr.), Cauc. Arm. 
(fide Rom.). 
DE MMITURS Heaps S),. dakcbsetes tees tee Alps Eur. cent., Caucasus ? 
a. Var. intermedius, Mén. ........- Altai, Sib. cent. et or. (Irkutsk). 
sedakovii, Mén. 
6. ? Var. corybas, Fisch. de Wald. Kamschatka; ? Sib. s. or. 
c. Var. smintheus, Doubl. ......... Rocky Mts. U.S. Am.; Colorado, &e. 
d,? Var. Behrii, Edw. 
e. Var. 9 hermodur, H. Edw.......... Rocky Mts., Brit. Columbia,Montana, 
major obscurior. &e. 
? transitus ad discobolus. 
Os NOMIONS PIS ss sect cece sack eoce acces Prov. Amur, Alaska. 
G. Var CNN. eee eheee ee eee Brit. Columbia. 
(transitus ad smintheus?) 
AS KORIUS,) TVS | dees ctenc beens teehee tact Alps of Turkestan. 
a. Var. discobolus, Stgr. ........-++- Alatau, &c., Alps of Khokand. 
major obscurior (an delius refe- 
rendus ?) 
b. Var. rhodius, Honrath............ Proy. Ladak, Alai, Khokand. 
?=epaphus, Oberthiir. 
(minor, al. post. punct. bas. coc- 
cineis. ) 
c. Var. himalayensis, Elwes......... Prov. Lahoul, &.; N.W. Himalaya, 
jacquemonti, Blanch. et Alps, 11000-16,000 ped. alt. 
Moore in part. 
(? an delius referendus.) 
5. HONRATHT, Stgr......... RT eae Alps of Samarkand, Bokhara, &e. 
corybas, Ersch. 
6: payamts, Oberthiir™ <2: 5.c..5...se0-= Mountains of N. China. 
( Qmihi natura ignota incertz sedis.) 
(qj BREAUGRI, SBremn:.¢-5 0.4 s<ceosdse ees ace Prov. Amur, 
8, APOULONDUS, Hive a.noe eee ce ee ecnees Prov. Kuldja, Khokand, steppes and 
mountains. 
SECT, I. 
9. "A0CO! Gray Seka nero ees Proy. Ladak, Tibet. 
TLO: sro; \Grays teaser ape cere eea ce Proy. Ladak. 
(? ignota incertz sedis.) : 
SECT, III. 
11. sacquemontt, Boisd. ............ ... Prov. Ladak, N. W. Himalaya, supra 
?=epaphus, Oberthiir. 14,000 ped. alt. 
Var. ? a. sikkimensis, Elwes......... Alps of Sikkim, Tibet. 
(minor, orientalis). 
