SERICIXUS. 



485 



i. pi. xiii. fig. 4 (1852); Bremer & Grey, Sclnnett. N. China's, p. 5 (1853) ; 



Meiietries, Cat. iNIus Petr. L^p. i. p. 70, pi. vi. fig. 3 (1855). 

 Sericinus fasciatus ($), Bremer & Grey, 1. c. ; Menetries, 1. e. pi. vi. fig. 1. 

 Sericims telinona, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1852, p. 73 ; Cat. Lep. Ins. Brit. 



Mas. i. p. 78, pi. xiii. fig. 3 (1852). 

 Sericinus greyi ( ), Bremer & Grey, 1. c. p. (5 ; Menetries, 1. c. pi. vi. fig. 2. 

 Sericinus montela, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soe. Loiul. 1852, p. 71 ; Cat. Lep. las. Brit. !Mas. 



i. p. 78, pi. xiii. figs. 1 & 2 (1852). 

 Sericinus fortunei ( ? ), Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1852, p. 72 ; Cat. Lep. lus. Brit. 



]Mus. i. p. 79, pi. xiii. fig. 5 (1852). 

 Sericinus cressonii, Reakirt, Proc. Eat. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 499 (1864). 

 Sericinus telamon, var. koreana, Fixsen, Rom. sur Lep, iii. p. 257 (1887). 

 Sericinus telamon, var. fixseni, Staudinger, Rom. sur Ldp. vi. p. 136 (1892); greyi, ^ , 



Fi.xseu, Rom. sur Lep. iii. p. 260, pi. xiii. fig. 1. 



" P. alis caudatis concoloiibus, flavescentibus, maculis fasciisque nigris, posticis utrinque striga 

 saiiguincil nigro-marginata. Expans. alar. 3 uuc. 



" The wings colmired alike, pale yellowish, with black spots and bands, the posterior with very 

 long narrow tails, and a red streak bordered with black at the anal angle. Expansion of the 

 wings 3 inches." ( Wi:ftwood, Donovan's Ins. Chin.) 



" Male. The fore wings yellowish white, with the anterior and most of the exterior margins rather 

 broadly edged Avith black ; an abbreviated line in the middle, another at the anterior part of 

 the costal area, and then a curved line of irregular spots, which ends towards the posterior 

 angle, and with two small spots at the anterior angle near the outer margin, also one spot on 

 the inner mavgin, black. The hind wings yellowish white, with the anal angle black, which 

 apparently extends towards the anterior margin by two oblong spots of the same colour ; 

 the aual angle is ornamented by a crimson line that reaches to the third nervure from the inner 

 margin ; there are also three pale blue lunes. The under surface of the fore wings is very 

 similar to the upper side, except that the black which surrounds the anterior and part of 

 the exterior margins is not ajiparent. The under surface of the hind wings is also similar 

 to the upper side, except that the spot of the anterior margin is ornamented by a crimson 

 centre." {Gray, P. Z. S.) 



Female (fasciatus, Bremer & Grey). "Alis supra: nigris, anticis fasciis flavescentibus; posticis 

 maxime caudatis, fasciis tribus flavescentibus, quarta sanguinea, maculis submarginalibus 

 ca;ruleis, luuulisque marginalibus flavescentibus ; subtus : anticis iisdem ut supra, posticis 

 luteis maculis nigris, fascia sanguinea et lunulis tribus caeruleo-pruinosis. Expans. alar, 

 antic, uuc. 3-3i." (Bremer ^ Grey, I. c.) 



Var. montela, Gray. Male. " Like the preceding {telamon) ; but the fore wings have a large 

 subtriangular black spot very near tlic base, which is divided into three Spots by the nervures. 

 The anterior margin is slightly edged, and the exterior margin is, for most part, broadly mar- 

 gined with black. The hind wings have a broad band obliquely across the costal area, and 

 the crimson band at the anal angle appears broader in this species. 



" Always, as Mr. Fortune had kindly informed me, found in the valleys among the hills." {Gray, 

 P.Z. S.) 



