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Show 1882.] FROM THE N.W. HIMALAYA. 257 PAPILIONIN^E. PARNASSIUS HARDWICKI. Parnassius hardwicki, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 32 (1831) ; Lep. Nepal, p. 7, pl. 4. f. 1,1»; Catal. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. p. 70, pl. 12. t. 8. P.jacquemontii, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 407, pl. 2. f. 3, 4 (nee Boisd.). " March. Flies over the snow; 8000 feet. Sixteen specimens taken in one day, all males but one." PARNASSIUS JACQUEMONTI. Parnassius jacquemonti, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 400 (1836) Blanchard, Jacq. Voy. Inde, iv. Ins. p. 16, pl. 1. f. 3, 4 ; Gray, Catal. Lep. Ins. B. M. pl. 12. f. 1, 2. " Head of the Kullu valley, and slopes of the Rhotang Pass; 10,000 up to 13,000 feet." PARNASSIUS CHARLTONIUS. Parnassius charltonius, Gray, Catal. Lep. Ins. B. M. p. pl. 12. f. 7, o* (1852); Moore, Yarkand Mission, Lep. p. 5, pl. 1. f. 3, ?. " Baralacha Pass, 18,000 feet, June. Very rare." PARNASSIUS CHARINO. Parnassius charino, Gray, Catal. Lep. Ins. B. M. p. 70, pl. 12. f. 12 (1852). " Top of the Rhotang Pass, 13,000 feet. Very rare." DALCHINA SARPEDON. Papilio sarpedon, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 747 ; Esper, Ausl. Schmett. pl. 8. f. 2. " Flies round and round the tops of trees." DALCHINA CLOANTHUS. Papilio cloanthus, Westw. Arcana Ent. i. pl. 11. f. 2(1841); Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 405, pl. 2. f. 1, 2. ZETIDES AXION. Papilio axion, Felder, Verb., zool.-bot. Gesch. 1864, pp. 305, 350. P. eurypilus, Hiibn. Samml. ex. Schmett. ii. pl. 107 (nee Linn.). Near to Z. telephus. Underside-fore wing with the discoidal spots larger, the two at the end confluent; medial transverse band wider posteriorly and less divided by the veins ; the marginal row of spots narrower and more lunular in form, the upper being wider apart: hind wing with a broader medial band, the subbasal costal red-banded streak narrower; two short black spots divided by a red lunule within the end of the cell, the other red-lunulated spots PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1882, No. XVII. 17 |