4-2 ■ METAPORIA. By J. Robeb. 



UediiL M. leechii M-yore <19a">. Smaller than soraeta. The discoceUular band of the forewing broader than 



in soraria. also the submarginal band, which is continuous to the 1. median, thus isolating a complete it)w 

 of white marginal spots. On the imderside of the forewing the veins much broader black, the markings 

 otherwise as above, but the apes pale yellow: the hind wing beneath imiformly pale yellow, all the veins 

 broadlv black, the arrow-spots broader and better developed than in soractn. — This species reaches the 

 Palaearctic Region in Ladak. occurring otherwise in the north of India iMoohzi. 



leucodice. Ai- leucodice Er. 1= altensis Heynf-htlhl. belucha Marfh., sorex Gr.-Sm.) ^19aj. Considerably 



smaller than foraeta : white, with a black submai^rinal macular band which is united at the veins with the 

 black marginal wedge-spots. Undei-side with a yellow tint, at the distal margin a row of dark wedge-spots. 

 Tabaigatai. Tian-Shan. Fergana, Sarafshan, Beluchistan and. according to Kirbt, also in California (^not 



illamina. likely). — The form illumina Gr.-Grsh. (19a), from Persia ^Shabkuh etc.), has the veins above and beneath 

 more broadly black, the hindwing and the apex of the forewing being beneath pale yellow. 



nabeUica. .M. nabellica Boisd. 1 19b». a" above dark grey-brown, with a submarginal row of large white spots 



on the forewing: distal margin of hindwing yellowish white. Avith the exception of the daik edge, the dark 

 an-owheads extending into the dark marginal band. Forewing beneath dark, cell hghter. a submarginal 

 row of almost quadrangulai- elongate spots which are yellow in the apical ai-ea and white posteriorly, and 

 a discal row of spots of the same colour: hindwing beneath yellow, the veins broadly streaked with black- 

 brown, the arrow-spots sharply marked. The 2 above much lighter, with a discal row of light spots; 

 hindwing above yeUow-ish. darker at the base, with broad black-brown arrow-spots. — Patria: Tibet and 

 Xoilh -Western India. 



phryxe. .\l. phrj'xe Boi.<d. (19 ai. The c^ above white (feebly yellowish), the external veins broadly streaked 



with black, the sti-eaks being awl-shaped in centre: at apex of cell of forewing a large black spot: imder- 

 side more yellowish, the veins dark grey, the hindwing bearing a yellow basal spot. The 2 exactly marked 

 like the c^. but the dark maikings somewhat paler. — Time of appearance: May and Jime. This species, 

 which occurs in Kashmir and Xorth India, is placed in KrKBY"s Catalogue of Rhopalocei-a under agathon 

 Gray, but is certainly specifically distinct from it. 



caphusa. M. caphusa Mc'tf is probably a local form of the preceding insect. Somewhat smaller than j ' 



and the maikings considerably darker, the white streaks standing in the distal area of the wrings of / - 

 being in cajAusa separated into two rows of white spots. Underside hke upper. — The lar\"a similar to 

 that of ^orada. occuning in two forms, one being reddish brown, the other green: feeds on Berberis 

 nepalensis. The species thes in June in Tibet iKimawuri and the adjacent districts of the western 

 Himalayas. 



irrgeteam. M. largeteaui Oberth. (18b). All the veins broadly black-bi-own, the sti-eaks being notably widened 



distally: parallel with the distal margin a black-brown shadowy band on both wings, being always distinct 

 beneath, but S"raetime5 obsolete above. In many 22 the dark colour so extended on the undei-side that 

 there remain only some spots of the hght ground-colour. — One of the commonest butterflies at the upper 

 Yang-tse-kiang, from I-chang into Tibet. 



delavayu M. delavavi f^h'rth. (lSa». This species, of which Leech says that it resembles a gigantic .<oract<i. 



has the forewing white with dark cross-veins and blackish apex. The delicate blue-white coloiu- of the 

 hindwing has a nile-green tint in consequence of the yellow colour of the underside shining through. On 

 the disc of the hindwins. above and beneath, there is a delicate brown lunate band, which is absent from the 

 upperside in many specimens, shining feebly through from beneath. — In West China, common. 



.■\-nhun. .\l. oberthuri Leech (ISci. One of the largest Whites. Similai- to the preceding, but the hindwing 



bears black arrow-spots between the veins, there occurring also darker specimens in which the arrow-spots 



saturiiia. have nearly disappeared from the uppei-side of the forewing: ab. saturata nor. — This species is nearest 

 to the .South -Chinese hasfata Oberth. fix)m Yunnan, which wiU be dealt with in that part of the present 

 work which contains the Indian Buttertlies. Not rare in Central and West China. 



lotis. .M. lotis Leech (i8d). Not much larger than crataegi. The basal area bluish white on both wings, 



the distal half black-brown. The forewing has a white subapical band and an oval spot between the tii-st 

 2 median branches near the apex of the cell. Hindwing with white paired marginal spots. — In 

 West China. 



acraea. ^\. acraea Obei-th. (18 d). Similai- to the preceding, but lighter, the dark markings much paler, the 



giound-colour yellowish white: forewing above with a complete white median band and both wings with 

 hght marginal spots. — This form, perhaps a local race of tori-', occiu-s doubtless in West China, but exact 

 localities are not vet known. 



