874 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [NoV. 15, 



Papilio MARiESii, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. 

 p. 23, t. iv. fig. 4. 



Described from a single specimen collected by Maries at Kiu- 

 kiang. Very near the last, but distinguished by the absence of the 

 submarginal band on fore wings and narrower discal belt of hind 

 wings. I notice that in a series of F. ylycerion these bands are 

 variable in breadth and distinctness. 



Sericintjs telamon. 



c? Pap. telamon, Don. Ins. China, t. xxvii. fig. 1 (1798) ; M6n. 

 Cat. Mus. Petr. t. vi. fig. 3. 



S. montela, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 71 ; Cat. Lep. B. M. i. p. 78, 

 t, xiii. figs. 1, 2. 



2 S.fortunei, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 72; Cat. Lep. B. M. i. 

 p. 79, t. xiii. fig. 5. 



2 S. fasciatus, Brem. Grey, Schm. nordi. China, p. 5 ; Men. 

 Cat. Mus. Petr. t. vi. fig. 1. 



$ S. cressoni, Reak. Proc. Eat. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 499 (1864). 



S. telmona. Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 72 ; Cat. Lep. B. M. i. p. 78, 

 t. xiii. fig. 3. 



2 S. greyi, Brem. Grey, Schm. nordl. China, p. G, t. i. fig. 2. 

 There is considerable difficulty iu deciding as to the species of 

 this genus, unless one has a series from various parts of China. 

 The specimens which I have seen vary extremely among themselves, 

 especially as regards the presence or absence of red spots ; and these 

 can no more be considered as specific characters than in Paniassius. 

 I should suppose, however, that there are two distinct forms : — one, 

 S. telamon, Don. cJ, S. fasciatus, Brem. & Grey $, inhabiting the 

 neighbourhood of Pekin ; and the other, S. telmona, Gray, which 

 appears to be found in the same part of China. Neither of them, 

 as far as I know, occurs iu Central China. 



LuEHDORFiA puziLOi, Ersch. 



L.puziloi, Oberthiir, Et. Ent. v. p. 12, t. v. fig. 2 (1880). 



This is one of the most interesting and beautiful additions to our 

 knowledge of the Paltiearctic fauna which have been recently made. 

 It appears to be common in spring on tl>e coast-region of Anmrland 

 at Nikolaiefsk, Vladivostock, and Askold, and is reported to occur 

 also in Japan. 



The female has a sort of pouch on the abdomen, analogous to that 

 of the female Parnassius ; but, according to M. Oberthiir, this is 

 probably not developed till after copulation has taken place. The 

 species is also said to occur in North China. 



Parnassius nomion, Fisch. de Waldh. Ent. ii. p. 242, t. vi. 



This species seems to be the eastern representative of P. apollo, 

 to which indeed it comes very close. In all the specimens I have 

 seen from the Amur, and, according to Bremer, in the numerous 

 varieties which he has examined, it may be distinguished from the 

 Siberian forms of P. apollo by the dark borders of the wings. 



