APATURA. 163 
Apatura here. (Plate XV. figs. S,d ,7,d var.) 
Apatura Iwrc, FcldiT, Wieii. cut. IMoii. vi. p. 27 (180:2). 
Apatura ilia, var. here, Kir])y, Cat. Diuni. Lcp. p. 2(50 (1871). 
Apatura ilia, var. xeraruiu, Obcrthiir, Etiul. (l'l']iitom. xv. p. 11, pi. i. fig. 8, (J (1891). 
" Alls dilute fulvis, cfris supra in ccrto situ vivide lilacino nitcntibus, anticis punctis quatuor 
cellularibus, fascia rei'racta maculisque cpiinis cxtorioribus albidis, plus minus fulvo tinctis, 
ultima nigro pupillatu, posticis fascia lata discali concolore, introrsum levissime sinuata, supra 
maculis exterioribus grossis fuscis, penultiina ocellari. cj 2 . 
" Japonia. Ning-po. Shanghac. — Proxima afiiiiis clegantis specie! est A. ilia, Wien. Verz., var. 
iris ruhescens, Esp. (Keos, Meigou). Ab hac ot forma ejus latcfasciata (i.e. maculas exteriores 
alarum posticarum valdc abbreviatas gercnte) in regione Amurensi provenicnte constanter 
differt tcrmiuatione iutcriorc fascia; alarum posticarum. A vena costalis enim usque ad 
vcnam discoidalem valde oblique currit et inter banc et vcnam medianam levissimum sinum, 
minimo autem augulum ut in Ap. chjtie, exhibet. Mas facilius dignoacitur quam femina. 
Specimen masculinum japonicum dilutius coloratum et cliinensibus minus." (Feldtr, I. c.) 
The female of A. here has beeu figured by Oberthlir {I. c.) as A. ilia, var. 
serarum, 6 . He mentions Hou-pe and Yunnan as localities for the species. 
I have only received typical A. here fi'om Kiukiang and Ship-y-shan in Central 
China. The form occiuTing at Chang-yang, Central China, and various places 
in Western China, exhibits certain constant and well-defined differential 
characters, and I therefore describe it as — 
Var. phsedra, var. nov. (Plate XV. fig. 7, 6 •) Male. Ground-colour darker, all the white 
markings are broader and more clearly defined ; the band on secondaries extends from costa 
to just below first median nervule, where it terminates, and is of uniform width and almost 
straight : suhmarginal and marginal series of white spots. Under surface as in A. here, hut 
more suft'used with lilacine, and, as on the upper surface, the bands and spots are broader 
and clearer white ; the internal edge of the band on secondaries is only angulated in its 
upper portion. 
Female. Has the white markings of the male of this form ; the ground-colour, however, is similar 
to that of A. ilia, but paler. It differs from the female of A. ilia, var. serarum, Oberthiir, in 
having the three white spots beyond cell of primaries more distinctly separated ; the sub- 
marginal hand of secondaries narrower, and on the under surface of primaries there is a linear 
■white spot connecting the upper and lower portions of central band. 
Expanse, (S 80 millim., 2 92 miUim. 
This form occurs in July and August at Ta-chien-lu, Omei-shan, Pu-tsu- 
fong, Chia-kou-ho, and Chow-pin-sa in Western China, and at Chang-yang 
in Central China. 
A. herehns been generally considered to be a form of A. ilia, and at one time 
I also held this view ; but now that I have a long series of this species as well 
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