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ocellated spots in yellow rings, bordered on either side by white 
blotches ; fringes brown and white. Habitat, Turkestan, Mara- 
canda. 
P. Clijmene var. Boxandra, H. S. 471-3 (1850) ; Nord. Bull. 
Mosc. 1851, ii. 410. — Has the hind wings more varied beneath 
than in the type, and with a white rather oval-shaped spot between 
the upper two submarginal spots. Habitat, Armenia. 
P. Xiphia, Fab. S. E. 492 ; H. S. 86, 87. — Expands from 
2’15 to 2-25 in. — Kesembles vEgeria above, but is larger and more 
distinctly marked, the markings being orange. Under side : Fore 
wings orange, with a white triangular blotch towards the apex ; hind 
margin grey and brown. Hind wings warm brown, with a white 
streak reaching downwards from the costa, a submarginal row of 
five ocellated spots. Habitat, Madeira. 
Var. Xiphioides, Stgr. Cat. 1871, p. 30. Xiphia, H. S. 84, 85. 
— Expands from 1-50 to 1'75 in. Smaller than the type, the white 
streak on the hind wings beneath less distinct or absent. Habitat, 
the Canaries. 
P. Deidamia, Er. Bull. Mosc. 1851, ii. p. 617 ; H. S. 609-10. 
— Expands 2 in. Dark brown ; marginal fringes brown and white. 
Fore wings with an apical white-centred black spot in a light 
yellow ring ; internal to this is a faint yellowish streak. Hind 
wings with a hind marginal row of six ocellated spots, three being 
more distinct than the rest. Under side : Fore wings with a 
whitish ring surrounding the apical eye ; internal to it is a white 
streak. Hind wings with a row of six ocellated spots in light 
yellow rings. Habitat, Eastern Siberia. 
P. Nashreddini, Stgr. — Expands 1-50 in. Brown with a bronze 
reflection. Fore wings rather pointed towards the apex, with a 
large apical black spot having a white centre ; in the male a 
quadrate patch of black scales runs up from the inner margin 
nearly to the apical spot. Hind wings dark brown, with two sub- 
marginal black spots in orange rings, and with white centres. 
Under side : Fore wings light orange, with light brown and white 
costal stripes ; a large apical spot as in Mcera ; hind margin with a 
white and a yellow line. Hind wings whitish grey, with yellowish 
central lines and submarginal ocellated spots as in Mara. Habitat, 
Amur. 
