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K>! 'I thi I pit] pti r.i arc to 



" .1 / ',-,V/,'Hv 



nus Cuaillia. Even such fori 

 and /. Irifolii, ponsa 



■""' ' ■ " ; ."'■ and P. pitlchrina are 



■ Irt as an; 



13, P. bremeri Brem, Lepidopteren ost. Si 

 18&) Cat. 1871. lust. Parn. 124, 



pi. \l\ .. fig. 2. 



I'i 70 MUM. 



wings an .ill more elongated and less rounded 



p i -. more densel) covered 



" lll[ seal , ind ;i 1 1 oloui wh I slight 



*'■"■ 



. tittal 6 



tinge of cream colour. The neun is strongly 



marked, producing somewhat 1 lie effect seen in "the 



/'. cardinal 9 



e" butterfly ( Aporia crataegi). F.w. 

 with two well-marked black subcostal sp i 

 outei om being much less defined, marginal sub- 

 1 His Land very narrow, in some specimens 

 almost absent. Sub-marginal hand grey rather than 

 black, waw and reaching to about half the length 

 of the ou. marg. In. marg. spot present, but ill 

 defined, al least in : . II. w. ou. mug. without am 

 tigs. In. marg. deeplj black, the usual costal 



P. gratseri. Abdominal Pouch 

 \nst. PI. ... Fig-. 1). 



and central red spots are bright scarlet, well marked 

 but small, with black rings. There is a well-marked 

 red spot al the basi I .s. as above, but with 

 fainter markings, the scarlet spots of h.w. are vivid. 



imibi .oloiir. A 

 ' " ' ' ig., with a 



ly marked. U.S. h.v 



spots near an. ang. Abdominal | 



bi 



/'. charltonius. 



Hab. The Amur, throughout which ii is widely 

 distributed in Alpine regions. Ask., Bik., Uss. and 

 Butschan (Stgr.), Mi. Bureja HI. R.). \"., VI. 



LARVA. "Velvel Mack, more slender than that 

 of /'. apollo and /'. uomion. Studded with a number 

 of small sulphur-yellow spots" ill. R.). On various 

 species ol Sedttm. V. 



14. P. graeseri Hour. B. E. Z. 1885. Aust. 

 Parn., pp. 127, 172, 19S, pi. XIX., 3, II., 1, suppl. 

 Vbdominal pouch, pi. [., fig. 1, suppL, bremeri var. 

 II.K.. p. I'M. Sigr. Roman. 1S92, p. 55. 



Differs from /'. bremeri in the whiter colour of the 

 wing- and in the greater intensity of the markings, 



/'. charltonius var. princeps. 



an ante-marginal hand heing present on f.w. and 

 h.w. of both sexes. F.w. with one or two red suh- 

 ' si.l spots in i and from two to four in 9. 

 Abdominal pouch in ? according to Aust. differs 

 entirely from that of/', bremeri. 



Hail, Transbatkal, between the sea of Baikal and 

 the Amur river. Pokrofka VI. At an elevation of 

 from 4,500 to 8,000ft. 



Dr. Staudingei and the German entomolo 

 consider this only a septentrional variety of the last 



