CHAPTER IL— INSECTS. 
ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. 
Parnassius Acco. 
Parnassius Acco, G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus.^ 
p. 76, pi. xii., f. 5. 6. — Lupsang ; alt. 17,537 feet. Also on 
the summit of a pass (July 20tli, 1870), 19,690 feet above 
the sea level, and no vegetation within ten miles. 
Blesapla Sbawii, n. sp. 
Alba, squamulis fuscis sparsim irrorata ; alis anticis 
macula rotundata apud finem cellulse, fascia curvata ultra 
cellulam, maculisque triangularibus marginalibus. Infra 
eadem, sed alis posticis fusco crebre irroratis et fascia 
curvata maculari ultra cellulam. Expans. alar., ]J in. 
Wings very similar in form to Mesapia Peloria, Hewits. 
(Exot. Butt. Pieris, f. 15, 16). Neuration also the same, 
with the exception that the second branch of the subcostal 
is emitted long after the end of the cell. The antennae, 
which are very much longer than in Parnassius, have a 
very long and broad club, more than one-third the total 
length of the antennae. The palpi are greatly elongated, 
and clothed with very long hair scales. The wings are 
dusky-white, the duskiness being caused by small scattered 
blackish scales, which are most numerous on the under 
