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avcc I'apex cl'iin j.aune de beurro ; ailes iiifericures do cctte dernitTc teinto, ayant a la base 

 uiie taclic oraiigoc. Lcs ncrvurcs sout, aux quatrc ailes, plus ou moins fortemcnt cliargees 

 d'atomcs bruns. 



" Femelle. Ailes plus arrondies que chez le male, le inferieures legerement dentoes, a nervures 

 gcneralemcnt plus chargees d'atomes noirs ; apex plus largement noir et taehe internervurale 

 toujours bien marquee et touchant presque les deux premiers raraeaux de la nervure 

 medianc ; une autre tache semblable, situee vers le bord interne, lui fait suite comme chez 

 les 2 do P. napi et de meleihe. Sur le bord costal des ailes inferieures, il y a egalement, 

 comme chez les espt'ces prises comme terme do comparaison, une tacho noire, souvent assez 

 large, situco a I'extrdmite du premier ramoau de la nervure sous-costalc. Dcssous semblable 

 a celui du miilo, avec les taches ct nervures plus larges. Chez quelques femelles, les taches et 

 les nervures sont telloment larges et chargees d'atomes noirs qu'ellos donnent a ces insectes 

 un aspect tout particulier. 



" Plusiers males et femelles de Mou-Pin (Thibet oriental) rapportcs par M. I'abbe A. David, qui en 

 a fait don au Museum." (Poujade, I. c.) 



Var. veris, Staudingcr. Smaller tlian the type, wings almost entirely white with the exception 

 of a black apical patcli on primaries. The large black outer marginal spot, found in mclete, 

 is eitlier absent or only faintly indicated. In the female the veins are more or less bordered 

 with blackish, the apical patch is represented by a streak along the costa, and the outer 

 marginal spots are fainter and smaller, but the lower of these joins the black inner marginal 

 streak which in this form extends to the base of the wing. The under surface of veris differs 

 still more from typical melete, as all the veins are broadly bordered with greyish black, the 

 black spots are only rudimentary, and in some examples one or both are entirely absent ; the 

 secondaries and apices of primaries are in both sexes somewhat strongly tinted with yellow, 

 as is occasionally seen in some females of melete ; the orange basal spot * of hind wing is 

 quite as well defined as in the type. 



The above is an abridged translation of Dr. Staudinger's description of var. vcris^ from Amurland. 



Var. mandarina, var. nov. Larger than the type. The male has the apical border of primaries 

 continued further along outer margin and the black spots are more distinct. The female is 

 more suffused with blackish and the neuration is heavily charged with black. On the under 

 surface the neuration is blackish in both sexes. Occurs in North China during the summer 

 months. 



As a rule the apical patch on primaries does not pass below the third 

 median uervule in Japanese male specimens of P. melete, but in some 

 examples it extends into the second median interspace, where it unites with 

 the black spot. In these specimens the nervules of secondaries are broadly 

 bordered with black on outer margin. The females from Japan have the costal 

 area, discoidal cell, and submedian interspace much suffused with fuliginous 

 grey ; the apical patch is broad and frequently absorbs the spot in second 

 median interspace ; whilst the spot in submedian interspace is merged in 

 the broad extremity of the inner marginal streak. In both sexes the venation 

 * This important character has been omitted in the figure of var. veris. 



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