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under smface is also darker, and all the markings more distinct. This form, 

 the type of ^vhich was taken at Leh in Ladak, was obtained in some numbers 

 at Kardong and in the Chonging Valley, at elevations ranging from 14,000 to 

 17,000 feet, in July and August, by Mr. McAithui', who was collecting for me 

 in Ladak in the year 1889. I have also received specimens of this form from 

 the Hindu Kush and Issikul, which approach nearer to the type^in colour of 

 upper sui'face. 



Grum-Grshimailo (Eom. sur Lep. iv. p. 389, pi. x. figs. 4 «, h, 1890) states 

 that L.pheretes, var. lahana, flies in July at an elevation of about 15,000 feet 

 in the Kounjout Mountains, Pamir. 



Elwes (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 402) describes a form of L. p/ieretcs 

 from Sikkim under the name of var. asmtica, but Mr. de Niceville (Butt. Ind. 

 iii. p. 81) considers that this form is identical with Moore's lehana, and 

 Mr. Ehyes has himself stated (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 382) that he 

 has three specimens from Ladak which agree with his var. asiatica, and also 

 that he has three pairs from Mongolia and Turkestan which are like European 

 jpheretcs. 



Alpheraky (Itom. sur Lep. v. p. 107) records two male specimens of 

 L. jpheretes from different localities on the borders of Kansou and Szechuen ; 

 one of these examples is larger, darker above, and jJaler beneath than typical 

 L. 2>heretes, and seems to agree with my specimens from Western China, 

 whereas the other specimen, which he says is smaller, darker, and with more 

 distinct markings on the under surface than European pherefes, appears to be 

 referable to var. lehana, Moore. 



Graescr (Uerl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 78) states that he met with an example 

 of L. pheretes at Pokrofka in Amurland, and remarks that it is paler on the 

 under surface tlian Swiss examples. Staudinger records the species from 

 Trans-Baikal. 



My cf)lk;ct()rs obtained specimens in most of the localities at high elevations 

 in Western China wliicli they visited. 



JJidrifjution. Switzerland, the Pyrenees, Norway, Sweden, Lapland, Amur- 

 lanfl, Turkestan, Himalayas, Mongolia, Western China. 



Lycsena icarus. 



I'dpilu, icnrvs, Rottcmburgli, NatuiT. vi. [). 21 (1775) ; Exp. Schmett. i. 1, pi. xxxii. fig, 4. 

 I'lipilio iilr.iis, Wicn. Vcrz. j). 1H1 (177G) ; Hiibncr, Eur. Schmett. i..figs. 392-394. 

 Lycccna icaruM, Lang, Jhitt. Eur. p. 117, j)). xxv. (ig. |. (lH8i). 



