LEPIDOPTERA. 63 



J). 646. Kerr. Schcefer, f. 30, 31, 32 (1844). 

 Douhleday, List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. I. p. 147 ; id. 

 Diurnal Lep. p. 141, n. 18. 



a. b. c. ^ ? . N. India. Presented by Colonel 

 Buckley. 



d. e. f. g. ^ ? . Punjaub. Presented by Colonel 

 Hearsey. 



Genus TERIAS^ Swainson. 



Teeias, Swainson, Zool. III. 1st ser. text to t. 22 (1820). Horsjield. 

 Xanthidia, Boisduval et Leconte, Icon. Lep. Am. Sept. p. 48 (1828). 

 Leptosia, Eueema, Abaeis, Huhner, Verz. (1816). 



111. TERMS HECABE, Linnosus Sp. 



Papilio Hecabe, lAnnceus, Syst. Nat. II. p. 763 (1767). 

 Cramer, Pap. Exot. II. t. 124,/! B.C. Fahricius, 

 Spec. Ins. II. p. 42 ; Ent. Syst. III. pt. I. p. 192. 

 Sulz., Ins. edit. Boem. t. 15,/! 7. 



Terias Hecabe, Swainson, Zool. III. \st ser. t. 22. Hors- 

 jield, Cat. Lep. Mus. B.I.C. p. 135. Boisduval, 

 Spec. Gen. Lep. I. p. 669. Douhleday, List Lep. 

 Brit. Mus. pit. I. p. 44 ; id. Diurn. Lep. p. 79, n. 29. 



Pieris Hecabe, Godart, Enc. Meth. IX. p. 134. 



a. b. S ? • Java. From Dr. Horsfield^s Collection. 



c. d. cJ. N. India. From the Asiatic Society of 



Bengal. 



d. ? . Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 



e. (^ . Darjeeling. From Pearson's Collection. 



/. ?. Canara (S. India). Presented by S. N. 

 Ward, Esq. 



" This is one of the most common species of diurnal Lepidoptera, 

 having a wide range through intratropical Asia and the Eastern 

 Islands. In Java, it was frequently obtained by breeding, and the 

 larva feeds on the jEsc\ynomene Seslan, and is found abundantly 

 from January to April." — (Horsfield.) 



The larva and pupa of T. Hecabe are figured on Plate 1, fig. 11, 11a ; 

 from Java. 



