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niaculisquo lutcis ; anticis ulrinque maculis diiabus sanguincis, posticis caudatis, fascia 

 saiiguinoa ; ante caudam maculis ca;nilco-pruiuosis et lunulis marginalibus lutcis; subtus : 

 anticis albido-luteis, fasciis nigris atquc fuscis, maculis sanguineia ; posticis argcntco- 

 micantibus, maculis fasciisque fuscis, fascia submarginali rosea, nigro-marginata, lunulis 

 margiualibus argenteis, margiiic ultimo extcrne striga rufa cincto ; angulo ani nigro cseruleo- 

 pruinoso. Expans. alar, antic, uuc. 2i-." (Bremer Greij, I. c.) 



This species seems to be variable wherever it occurs, and although most of 

 the forms have been considered distinct species some of them exhibit only 

 such unimportant differences from the type that they hardly seem to merit 

 even distinctive varietal names. There are two broods in all the localities 

 where it occurs, and the specimens of the first brood dilTer from those of the 

 second brood in each locality. 



True S. telai)ion, as figured by Donovan *, occurs in the neighbourhood of 

 Pekin, N. China, and is chiefly distinguished by the absence of black on the 

 basal area of the primaries and the small amount of black on other portions 

 of these wings. I met with typical examples at Gensan, Corea, in July, and 

 more commonly with other specimens in which the black markings are 

 stronger, and in some of these examples there is a more or less well-defined 

 black basal patch on primaries, whilst in others there is a black subbasal 

 streak on secondaries. 



What I consider to be the typical female is also from Pekin and has been 

 described by Bremer and Grey as *S'. fasciatus. I have some examples of 

 this sex from Central China whicli agree almost exactly with Bremer's figure, 

 but the majority of the specimens from thence agree better with Gray's 

 figure oi S. fortunei, which is the proper female of montela. Gray, a form of 

 8. telamon found not uncommonly during the summer at Ichang and Kiu- 

 kiang. Central China. The male of this form is larger than typical telamon 

 and the black basal markings are more pronounced on all the wings. 



Fixsen says of his var. horeana that it is intermediate between Donovan's 

 type and montela. Gray, and adds that the female agrees with fasciatus, 

 Bremer. 



The first generation or spring brood of >S'. telamon is represented in North 

 and Central China by telmona, Gray ( s ), and greyi, Bremer «fe Grey ( ? ). 

 \<xr. Jixseni, Staudinger (= grejji, Fixsen), is the Corean representative of the 



* It should be mentioned that Dono\an"s figure, afterwards reproduced by Gray, has the head 

 and antenna) of some species of Pcqnlio, and certainly not those of a Seridnus. 



