Science Gossip . n. 19. P. eharltonius Gray. Cat. Brit. Mus. 1852,p. 77, pi. XII. 7. Aust. Parn. 188, pi. V. 1—2. 80—84 mm. Ground colour of wings white, with a slightlyyellowish tinge, but whiter than in P. delphius and itsvars. powdered with black towards and ante-marginal bands well two innermost black subcostal spots large andsquare. External to these a short black band. black along inner marg., somewhat as inP. apollonius. The costal and central spots present,but the former of these is very small and only markedwith red in ? ; the latter, howeve
Science Gossip . n. 19. P. eharltonius Gray. Cat. Brit. Mus. 1852,p. 77, pi. XII. 7. Aust. Parn. 188, pi. V. 1—2. 80—84 mm. Ground colour of wings white, with a slightlyyellowish tinge, but whiter than in P. delphius and itsvars. powdered with black towards and ante-marginal bands well two innermost black subcostal spots large andsquare. External to these a short black band. black along inner marg., somewhat as inP. apollonius. The costal and central spots present,but the former of these is very small and only markedwith red in ? ; the latter, however, is larger than inany of the species above described ; oval in shapeand of a deep rich red broadly edged with blackinternally and with a white dot towards upper part ;near the an. ang. is an oblong black spot, in 5broader and marked with red. There is a faint ante-marginal band of shading, and on it a row of fivedeep black spots with distinct blue centres. as above. chalky white in centre, and. P. feldoi. with the costal spot marked red in both sexes. Basalspots black, with a faint tinge of red. Abdominalpouch in % light yellowish, and of the peculiar shapeshown on page 171. If we except the magnificent P. imperator Oberth.,which belongs to the Indo-Australian Region, thisis without doubt the most splendid species of Par-nassius, although it does not attain the expanse oflarge specimens of P. ha, bolus. Yet the clear k 3 266 SCIENCE- GOSSIP. markings, the large deep red spots in proximity tothe blue ones, render it a striking species : especiallyin its varietal form princeps. Hab. Himalayas, E. Turkestan, ChineseTartary. VII.— Frequents rocky mountainsteeps at a great elevation, up to over 20,000 ft. Leech, in his great work, gives a graphic descrip-tion of the habits of this species and the difficultiesattending its capture in inhospitable regions of stormand snow. It receives its name from Major Charl-ton, who discovered it about 1850, among
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