64 NYMPHALID.E. 
Common and widelj^ distributed in Western China. It occurs in the 
months of June, July, and August, and is found at various elevations up to 
10,000 feet. 
Pararge achine. 
Papilio achine, Scopoli, Eut. Carn. p. 156 (1763) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sclimett. i. figs. 170, 
171. 
Papilio dejanira, LinuEeus, Mus. Uh'. (1764). 
Pararge achine, Lang, Butt. Europe, p. 295, pi. Ixsiii. fig. 4 (1884) ; Pryer, Rhop. 
Nihon. p. 31, pi. ix. fig. 6. 
Pararge achinoides, Butler, Cistula Entom. ii. p, 283 (1878). 
P. achinoides. — " Extremely close to P. achine of Europe, but the ocelli of the primaries of nearly 
equal size throughout, and the pale streak beyond the cell more strongl)' defined : secondaries 
with the ocelli larger, an additional indistinct one near anal angle ; a pale streak across the 
median branches behind the ocelli : wings below with all the ocelli decidedly larger and white 
pupillcd, the white streak of secondaries becoming obsolete towards the front of the disc, and 
therefore not enclosing the ocelli. Expanse of wings 2 inches 3 lines. 
" The wings are of the brown colour common to Lethe sicelis." (Butler, I. c.) 
Japanese specimens of P. achine (=^ achinoides, Butl.) do not exhibit any 
material difference from Amur examples of the species. 
Occurs in Central and Northern Japan, and at Gensan in the Corea. 
Pryer says " the species is abundant at Nikko in June and July ; Yesso 
specimens are generally larger and lighter coloured." Throughout Central 
Eiu'ope, Scandinavia, South Russia, the Altai, and the Amm-. M. Oberthiir 
records it from the Isle of Askold (Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 17). 
Larva. " Pubescent green, with three darker dorsal lines, two double lateral and a stigmatal line ; 
the head and thoracic legs yellowish : the posterior legs and the caudal points green. Feeds 
on Lolium perene, and is full-grown in May. PI. Ixxvi. tig. G." (Lang, I. c.) 
Pararge catena. (Plate XL fig. 9, c? .) 
Pararge catena. Leech, Entomologist, x.xiii. p. 30 (1890). 
Male. Brown suffused with fuliginous. Primaries traversed by an angulated indistinct dark lino 
bordered externally with paler, most clearly towards coata ; a submarginal series of six black 
spots set in ochreous rings, the first of which is very small and the last two larger than the 
others ; marginal line pale. Secondaries with a pale angulated central band and a sub- 
marginal series of six ochreous ringed black spots, the third very small and the sixth equal 
in size to the fourth and fifth, but ill-defined ; a pale line parallel with outer margin ; fringe 
pale ochreous, chequered with brown at the ends of nervules. Under surface of primaries 
grey-brown ; a pale ochreous bar, edged with brown, crosses the discoidal cell, and is preceded 
