Science Gossip . SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 26: as it is of dark scales, is very bright. Its blackmarkings are extremely reduced ; consequently thisform is in effect the whitest which has yet beenincluded under the head of P. delphius. Translatedfrom Honrath, quoted by Aust., p. 210.) Ellevolait dans des sites deserts, recouverts de neigesperpetuelles oil la vegetation ne peut plusse manifesterque par ses representants les plus degrades.—Honrath, Hag. Alps of Alai, east of Och,Turkestan. VI. P. orlcansi. h. var. maximinus Stgr. Seems to be merely aform of var. albulus, inhabiting the mountains t
Science Gossip . SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 26: as it is of dark scales, is very bright. Its blackmarkings are extremely reduced ; consequently thisform is in effect the whitest which has yet beenincluded under the head of P. delphius. Translatedfrom Honrath, quoted by Aust., p. 210.) Ellevolait dans des sites deserts, recouverts de neigesperpetuelles oil la vegetation ne peut plusse manifesterque par ses representants les plus degrades.—Honrath, Hag. Alps of Alai, east of Och,Turkestan. VI. P. orlcansi. h. var. maximinus Stgr. Seems to be merely aform of var. albulus, inhabiting the mountains to thesouth-west of Issyk-Kul Lake, Central Asia. As Ido not know the var., I am not prepared to sink thename, but from the description in R. H. it seemsidentical with albulus. The var. illustris is, I believe, identicalwith var. transiens, Aust. The name is treated byAustat, p. 205, as a synonym of transiens, and, as itseems, with every good reason. There are severalnamed varieties of P. delphius included by R. H.,besides those mentioned here. I do not includethem, as I do not think that they can properly beconsidered as belonging to the Palaearctic , however, I have reason at a later date to altermy opinion concerning these vars. of P. dolphins,and also vars. of other species of Parnassius, theyshall be added in an appendix. In H. and R. allthe known species and vars. of the genus are given,whether Palaearctic or not, though the rest of thework deals only with but
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