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marks along the hind margin ; internal to this a row of bright red 
spots, inside these near the base one or two oblong black spots ; 
a bright red spot snrronnded with black on the costa. Under 
side : — The anterior wings have the markings similar to those 
above, but the ground colour is whiter. Hind wings white, pure 
and lustrous ; a light green border inside the black spots of the 
hind margin ; base with large oblong black and light green spots, 
a green costal spot internal to the red one. Body black, with a 
lateral orange band. The female has the ground colour of the 
wings deeper and more inclining to ochreous ; the black bands of 
the hind margin of the fore wings are larger and deeper, and on 
the hind wings the black marks form a border with small blue 
spots below the red ones. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 
black in both sexes, each segment of the abdomen having a reddish 
yellow spot on either side. PI. II., 2. 
Times of Appearance. — January, February, and June. 
Habitat. — Turkey and Greece, including some of the Greek 
Islands. It seems to be scarce and local in Europe. 
Larva. — Greyish black, with yellow spots on the back and 
sides. Feeds on Aristolochia in August. 
VARIETIES. 
a. Caucasica, Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 165. Hind margin 
of hind wings not tailed as in the type. The ground colour of 
both sexes more inclining to ochre. PI. II., 3. 
Habitat. — The Caucasus. 
h. Deyrollei, Oberth. Petites Nouvelles Entom. i. 2. Hind 
margin of hind wings with three projections, instead of one as in 
the type. Both sexes have the ground colour nearly white, but 
the female is very strongly suffused with dusky blackish grey. 
PI. IP, 4. 
Habitat. — Asia Minor, probably not European. 
The following information on the life-history of this species 
and its varieties is translated from Staudinger, Hor. Ent. Soc. 
Boss. xiv. 216 : — 
“ Tlie caterpillar {Thais Gerisiji) is only figured by Frejer (in 
