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lioiirs sonic supcrKcial rrsemblnnce in the imngo slate. 

 The palpi, however, are shorter than in '/'/lait, and 

 the antennae longer. The expanse of the wings is 

 somewhat greater, the f w. more triangular in .shape, 

 and with an extra nerviile not found in /'//«/.. II. w. 

 more distinctly caudate. 



9 with an ahd.iminal puuch as in /'arnasiiin. 



I. L. puziloi Krsch. 



54 -60. mm. 



i Bright ochreous yellow, 9 lighter, l-'.w. with 

 long and short bands of deep hlark starting from the 

 Costa, h.w. with a sub-marginal row of black lunules 

 with blue centres, with basal and costal black dashes, 

 and a bright carmine blotch near an. ang. I'.s. paler, 

 especially h.w. which have the cent, area nearly while, 

 the outer third i>f wings is occupied by a triple band 

 f red, blue and yellow, at an. ang. a blue spot. 



l.ufhiiorjla piizilo!. upper .'in.i under sides. 



Antennae black, and head, thora.\ and abdomen black 

 with yellowish hairs longer than in Thais. 



The pattern of the f. w . recalls thai of Pjpilio atexanor 

 and /'. podaliiius. That of the h.w. is like the 

 pattern of Tlims ; in fact, its external appearance is 

 an index to the composite character of this interesting 

 .ind beautiful species. 



IIab., Amur (VVl.ad., .A.sk., Baran., Suif.) 1\'. V. 



l.AKVA oil .hariini (R. and M. ), ? Aristolorhia. 

 GF.Nfs 4. THAIS Y. 



Middle-sized butterflies having thehcidand eves of 

 nioder.ale size, palpi straight, passing beyond ihe head. 

 Clubs of antennae curved. Wings opaque Imt some- 

 times with a small transparent patch on fore wings. 

 All the known species have black .spots on costa of 

 f.w. H.w. denlaled and often subcaudale, and 

 sometimes caudate at 011. maig. generally with a 

 sub-marginal row of red and black spot.s. The ground 



colour of the wings is yellow, v.irying iioiii whitish to 

 deep orange ochre. 



The larvae are cylindrical, rather short and armed 

 with spines, which are set at the extremity of 

 tubercular elevations. A small Y-shaped process 

 posterior lo the head. They feed on various species 

 of .Irislotoihitt. 



This small but beautiful generic group is confined, 

 except in the ca,se of one sixjcies, to the immediate 

 neighlwurhood of the .Mediterranean, on the Euiopcan, 

 .Asiatic, and African sides. 



There are three distinctly marked tyiJes, 'J', 

 cerisyi, T. foty.xeiia, and /'. ritmiita. Some of 

 the fonns that were formerly accounieil varieties 

 of these, seem to deser\e specific rank, which will 

 be here accorded. 



The species that are most easily found by British 

 collectors are T. polyxcna, which occurs I'n the .South 

 of l-'rance, and in Canton Tessin in .Switzerland, also 

 T. medisiiaslf, which is common in many places in 

 S.W. and S. li. ]•' ranee. 7'. (erisyi is an eastern 

 species, occurring in Bulgaria, Creece, and Asia 

 Minor. 7'. dcyrollei is found in the neight)ourhood 

 of the Sea of Marmora, and T. caiuasiia in the 

 Western Caucasus and .Armenia. The well-marked 

 and very beautiful aberration of T. iiiedesiiaslcnimeA 

 hoiioialii is absolutely confinetl to the neighbourhood 

 of Digne in the Basses Alpes. It is strange thai its 

 area should be .so limited, and I cannot help 

 thinking that il may some day be found 

 in other localities in the same part of 

 France. Up to the time of my now writing, how- 

 ever, it has only been taken in the locality above 

 indicated where a few specimens are found ever)- 

 .season, chiefly by the native collectors, who send them 

 to the dealers, by whom they are oftcred for sale ai 

 about £2 each. It is to be obtained by collecting 

 large mmibers of the larvae of T. niedfsitasic and 

 rearing them on the chance of obtaining var. Iwnoralii, 

 but I do not think that this wholesale method is to be 

 commended, as it is likely to lead to the extermination 

 of the species in the particular locality in which /wHwviC// 

 has hitherto occurred. For my own part, during tw.i 



ThitU dtyroUfi ab. 9 iilbiJior. 



visits to I )igne I found T. mcdesitaslc far from common 

 and only saw one specimen of honoralii. Fortunately 

 great numbers of the larvae must feed in inaccessil le 

 places, yet il is very desirable that eniomologi>-.s 

 should bear in mind that hoiioralii might be exlcr- 

 min.ited by over collecting. 



