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Show 874 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [Nov. 15, PAPILIO MARIESII, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 23, t. iv. fig. 4. Described from a single specimen collected by Maries at Kiu-kiang. Very near the last, but distinguished by the absence of the submarginal band on fore wings and narrower discal belt of hind wings. I notice that in a series of P. glycerion these bands are variable in breadth and distinctness. SERICINUS TELAMON. cS Pap. telamon,Do\\. Ins. China, t. xxvii. fig. 1 (1798) ; Men. Cat. Mus. Petr. t. vi. fig. 3. -S. montela, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 71; Cat. Lep. B. M . i. p. 78, t. xiii. figs. 1, 2. $ S.fortunei, Gray, P.Z.S. 1852, p. 72; Cat. Lep. B. M . i. p. 79, t. xiii. fig. 5. $ S. fasciatus, Brem. Grey, Schm. nb'rdl. China, p. 5 ; Men. Cat. Mus. Petr. t. vi. fig. 1. $ S1. cressoni, Reak. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iii. p. 499 (1864). S. TELMONA, Gray, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 72; Cat. Lep. B. M. t. xiii. fig. 3. $ S. greyi, Brem. Grey, Schm. ndrdl. China, p. 6, t. i. fig. 2. There is considerable difficulty in deciding as to the species of this genus, unless one has a series from various parts of China. The specimens which I have seen vary extremely among themselves, especially as regards the presence or absence of red spots ; and these can no more be considered as specific characters than in Parnassius. I should suppose, however, that there are two distinct forms :-one, S. telamon, Don. S, S. fasciatus, Brem. & Grey $, inhabiting the neighbourhood of Pekin; and the other, ^". telmona, Gray, which appears to be found in the same part of China. Neither of them, as far as I know, occurs in Central China. LUEHDORFIA PUZILOI, Ersch. L.puziloi, Oberthur, Et. Ent. v. p. 12, t. v. fig. 2 (1880). This is oue of the most interesting and beautiful additions to our knowledge of the Palsearctic fauna which have been recently made. It appears to be common in spring on the coast-region of Amurland at Nikolaiefsk, Vladivostock, and Askold, and is reported to occur also in Japan. The female has a sort of pouch on the abdomen, analogous to that of the female Parnassius; but, according to M . Oberthur, this is probably not developed till after copulation has taken place. The species is also said to occur in North China. PARNASSIUS NOMION, Fisch, de Waldh. Ent. ii. p. 242, t. vi. Thi3 species seems to be the eastern representative of P. apollo, to which indeed it comes very close. In all the specimens I have seen from the Amur, and, according to Bremer, in the numerous varieties which he has examined, it may be distinguished from the Siberian forms of P. apollo by the dark borders of the wings. |