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Nepal, taken by Gen. T. Hard \vi eke and Gen. Hearsej; both sexes from Sikkini- 

 Tibet, taken by Capt. F. C. Colomb during the Commission of 1895. 



In Mr. J. H. Leech's Collection are specimens of the drij-scason form from the 

 N.W. Himalayas, viz. :— Narkunda, 8000 to 9000 feet, April ; Dana, N.E. of 

 Dalhonsie, June; Kokser in Lahoul, 31,000 feet, July and August, taken by Capt. 

 McArthur ; Dugi Pass, 12,000 feet, August and September; Kutie Pass, E. of 

 Dalhousie, 8500 feet, July, taken by Capt. Thompson ; Deosai Plains, August, and 

 Goorais Valley, May, taken by Mr. Leech. Of the we.t-neason form, Kutie Pass, 

 8500 feet, July ; Dugi Pass, 12,000 feet, August and September (Capt. Thompson) ; 

 Kokser, Lahoul, and Goorais Valley, August and September, taken by Mr. Leech. 



Mr. H. J. Elwes records it as " not uncommon in the hio'her ranges of the interior 

 of Sikkim, but not obtained in British Sikkim " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 438). Mr. L. de 

 Niceville records it as " common on the higher ranges in the interior of Sikkim. It 

 is very variable ; the blackest specimens of the species I have ever seen have come 

 from Sikkim, others again are very light coloured " (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 175). 



Of our illustrations of this species, Plate 408 represent the dry hut-season form ; 

 figs. 1 and Ig, a male and female from Sikkim (Coll. Milller), taken in June, from 

 Mr. W. Rothschild's Collection ; figs, la, b, c, d, e, males, and If, female, from Lower 

 Kuna-A'ur and Simla. Those on Plate 409 represent the drij cold-season form ; 

 figs. 1, la, b being males from Sikkim and Nepal, identical with type of Aj'er, 

 Frust. ; Ic, d, e, males, and If, g, females, from the NVV. Himalayas. Plate 410 

 represents the iret-season form (Chariuo), figs. 1, la being males from N. Kashmir 

 and Gurlnval, lb, c, males from Sikkim, and figs. Id, e, f, g, females from Sikkim, 

 Nepal, and Gurhwal. 



C. Asia, Tibet, and N. China Species. — Parnasshis Tihodius, Honrath, Berl. 

 Ent. Zeit. 1882, p. 178, pi. 2, fig. 6, c? ; id. 1885, p. 274. Rahltat. S. Samarcand.— 

 Parnassins Eomanovii, Gr.-Gr. Horaa Soc. Eut. Ross, 1888, p. 303, Austaut, Les 

 Parnas. pp. Ill, 203, pi. 10, fig. 3, <S , Suppl. pi. 5, fig. 3, 2 (1889). Elwes, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 41. Ilahltat, S. Kokand. — Parnassius Caesar, Gr.-Gr. Rom. 

 Mem. ii. p. 247 (1885); id. iv. p. 187 (1890). Eiwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 188G, 

 p. 41. Habitat. Alai Pamir. — Parnassius Tibdanus, Oberthiir, Etudes Ent. six. 

 p. 3, pi. 8, fig. m, 67. Leech, Butt. China, etc., p. 496. Kabltat. Tchang Kou, 

 E. T\hei.— Parnassius Poefa, Oberthiir, Et. Ent. xvi. p. 2, pi. 2, fig. 9 (1892). 

 Habitat. E. Tihi't.— Parnassins Daridis, Oberthiir, Et. Ent. iv. pp. 23, 108, pi. 2, 

 fig. 2, c? (1879) ; id. xiv. p. 2, pi. 1, fig. 3, ?. Leech, Butt. China, etc., ii. p. 498. 

 Habitat. N. China.- — Parnassius Orleans, Oberth. Et. Ent. xiv. p. 8, pi. 1, fig. 2, S 

 (1891); id. xvi. p. 3, pi. 2, fig. 14, ? (1892). Leech, I.e. ii. p. 502. Habitat. E. 

 Tibet; C.W. China. — Parnassius Nanehanica, Austaut, Le Naturaliste, 1899, 

 p. 285. Habitat. Nanchan, N.E. Tibet. — Parnassius I'saidamensis, Austaut, 



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