112 LEPIDOPTERA IN DIG A. 



Parnassiiis Hardicickii, var. albicans, Frahstorfer, Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1898, p. 1^7. (Hot-season form.) 

 Parii. Hardiciclcii, abr. afer, Fruhstorfer, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1899, p. 354. {Cold-season form.) 



IirAOO. — Male. Upperside white or creamy-wliite ; fringe white. Forewing 

 with the base and costal border black speckled ; a black cell and a discocellular bar, 

 an inncr-discal upper narrower sinuous bar and a lower spot above the submedian 

 veiulet, the upper bar being either entirely blaok, or more generally, it has a lower 

 or an upper and lower pale or deep scarlet central spot, the intervening discal 

 interspace across the medians being either entirely free, or it is sometimes traversed 

 by a more or less slightly apparent, or a distinctly defined sinuous row of black 

 scales, these scales, in others, also slightly border the median veinlets ; beyond is a 

 submarginal slightly recurved row of black spots, the upper four being connected, 

 the lower three or four smaller ; followed by a sinuous inner-edged marginal paler 

 black band which decreases posteriorly. Hlndwing with the base and abdominal 

 margin and anal bar black scaled, these scales extending outward, in some 

 specimens, below and within end of the cell ; a costal and a discal black-edged spot 

 centred with pale or deep red, these two spots varying in size and shape, the costal 

 spot being lunate or oval, the discal triangular or irregularly angled, sometimes very 

 small and entirely black, and rarely obsolete ; beyond is a submarginal curved row 

 of five, or six, ocelli, which are black-edged, dark blue centred, and pupilled with 

 white scales, these latter spots are more or less round or oval, the lowest and the 

 two, or three, upper being the smallest, the uppermost minute or absent, the latter 

 sometimes not pupilled with white scales ; beyond, the outer margin is either clear 

 or very slightly lunularly speckled with blackish scales. Underside glossy, very 

 slightly olivescent-yellow tinted ; the base very sparsely black scaled ; marginal 

 markings of the upperside being visible by transparency. Forewing with the black 

 cell bars shorter, the upper discal spots and the lower discal spot centred with 

 bright scarlet. Hindiving with the basal blackish-speckled area more or less thickly 

 interspersed with bright scarlet scales ; the costal, discal, and anal macular bar with 

 slender black scaled edge, pale or bright scarlet centre and white pupil. 



Female. Upperside creamy-white ; marked similar to the male, except that in 

 tho foreicing the submarginal macular baud is generally more or less continuous and 

 of uniform width throughout ; the sinuously disposed black scales across the disc 

 being more distinct, and on the hinchving a basal pale red spot is sometimes present, 

 and the anal bar is sometimes slightly centred with pale or bright red. Underside. 

 Similar to the male, but more distinctly tinted with olivescent-yellow. Anal pouch 

 rather larger and broad, somewhat triangular, laterally concavely-compressed, and 

 grooved along the middle beneath. 



Iq some examples of both sexes, the black markings and the red spots on the 

 upperside, are more intensified, the basal areas more thickly and broader black 



