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marpniil band reaches from the upiial ind of costa 

 to ihc centre of the 011. marg. ; this is semi- 

 transiKirent, and is l)isected by a row of very in- 

 distinct while spots. II. w. with the in. marg. black, 

 as in /'. ftliUri. The costal spot is absent, but there 

 Ls generally a central spot, dusky in centre and more 

 or less quadrate in shape. The neuration is black. 

 Antennae black with elongated clubs. Head and 

 thorax black ; abdomen with whitish hairs on upper 

 surface ; it has a narrow lateral line of yellow. 'i 

 somewhat larger than <J . Markings less black. F.w. 

 with a trace of a short subcostal band external to the 

 black spots, and also a trace o( a dark spot in centre 

 of in. marg. .\bdomen bl.icker and less pilose than 

 in J. Furnished with a large whitish pouch. U.S. 

 as above, but with less distinct markings. 



Haii. Central, Iiaslern and Northeastern Kurope, 

 N. Scandinavia, .-Vsia Minor, Armenia. Frequents 

 mountain slopes at a moderate altitude, at about 

 3,000 feet in many places in Switzerland ; rather 

 higher in the Basses Alpes, .Mpine meadows, in 

 dermany, &c. Not uncommon, but very local. 

 VI., VII. 



Larva. Smoky black, with darker spaces between 

 the segments ; on ever)- segment are two reddish yel- 

 low spots. Legs bliick. On Corydnlis /lalkri. IV. , \'. 



a. ab. iiielaina Ilonorat. Larger than type, and 

 resembling it in <J , but ? has all the wings suffused 

 with dusky sh.iding, giving it a deep smoky appearance. 

 Hah. The liavarian Alps and Carinthia, at about 

 4,000 ft. VI. e. 



h. var. niibilosus Chrisloph. Aust. I 'am. pi. 23, 

 fig. 3, 24 fig., dift'ers from type in the more extended 

 inner marginal markings in the $ , which is much 

 like the $ of the type. Hab. N. Persia. Some of 

 the German specimens apparently belong to this 

 variety. 



c var. giganUa Stgr. S. E. Z. 197, 198. Aust. 

 Parn. 159, pi. 24, 2, 3. 70 mm. Larger and 

 whiter than type, wings more opaque, f.w. with 

 spots large and black, marginal and ante-marginal 

 bands distinct. H.w. with spots large and well 

 defined. H.\l!. Turkestan, .Samarkand, Margclan. 

 V.e. VI. 



li. var. ochracia Stgr. Ciround colour of wings 

 tinged brownish ochre colour. $ resembles type in 

 markings. ? more suffused with dusky, and with 

 the spits of h.w. coalescing to form a central band. 

 Hab. Turkestan. 



28. P. stubbendorfii Men. Mem. .-\cad. 

 Petrop. 1S48. .Vust. Parn. 161, pi. 22, fig. 3. 



50—53 mm. 



Resembles /'. iiinetiiosyne, but all the spots on f.w. 

 and h.w. are absent, and the only black markings are 

 the dark shading along the in. marg. of h.w. The 

 neuration is very <listinct and black, the wings are 

 very thinly clothed with scales, so as to be semi- 

 transparent. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen, 

 black, the latter without yellow stripes. In some 

 specimens there is just the merest trace of marginal 



and sub-marginal l>order in f.w. and a slight indica- 

 tion of the subcostal .spots, but these are generally 

 absent. Atxiominal pouch in ? much as in iiiiiemayne, 



Hab. Central, Fastern and Southern Amur. 

 Altai. "Common on the Kurai Pass on July 25, 

 at 6,000 to 7,o3o ft. The males only flying on 

 marshy .Mpine meadows below steep rocks, with 

 n'ersmaiini and delius. The t>nly two females I 

 took were much lower down in a swampy larch forest." 

 (Elwes, Trans. Fnt. Soc. pt. HI. 1899, p. 314.) 



Larva said to be reddish brown with yellow spots 

 anil stripes, and found on Corydalis gigaittta. 



F. itubbentlcirj'ti. 



a. var. mdanopliia Ilonr. B. E. Z. 1885. .Aust. 

 Parn. 196, pi. VHI. fig. I. This is a dusky melanic 

 form, in which the wings are suffused with dusky 

 coloration in both sexes. (Conf. /'. miieiiiosyitc ab. 

 me/aiim.) IIab. Amur. (Wlad. and Nik. ) 



29. P. eitrinarius Motsc. Bull. Mosc. 1866. 

 ,j,Vrti/«/iV— Butler, stuhhciidorft! var. Stgr. 



This Parnassitis is inserted here as it has several 

 times been recorded from Corea. Apparently quite 

 distinct from P. stubbendorfii. Leech's description 

 in " Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea," 

 p. 506, runs: — '■'■ P. eitrinarius is uniformly larger, 

 but not so rounded in the wing as P. stubbendorfii. 

 The ground colour is yellower, and there is always a 

 distinct collar. Under surface of the body is more 

 strongly marked with yellow. In the 2 the pouch 

 is much shorter and far darker in colour ; almost 

 black, in fact. Some well-marked specimens have a 

 superficial resemblance to faintly marked /'. felderi 

 Brem." 



With this species we conclude the genus Paniassius. 

 I have endeavoured to give in the fewest possible 

 words an account of the Palaearctic species a.s they 

 are known up to the present date. There is no 

 doubt that as time goes on many more species will 

 be added to the list. There are numerous parts of the 

 mountains of Asia which are yet unknown to entomo- 

 logists, and this genus, together with the gcnu^ 

 Colias, so characteristic of the Palaearctic Region, is 

 sure to be further enriched as the country is opened to 

 travellers and fresh explorations take place. 



With this genus we close our consideration of the 

 Family Papilionidae. 



( To be eontinued. ) 



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