74 CATALOGUE OF 



a. b. c, d. ^ ? . Darjeeling. From Messrs. Schlag- 



intweit's Collection. 

 e.f. ?. Assam. From McClelland's Collection. 



Pieris Durvasa, n. sp. — TJppeb-side white ; male, fore-wing, from 

 middle of costal margin, curving transversely, apically, and scolloped 

 to near end of outer margin, black, and having near the apex some 

 white marks, generally three, the outer ones being sometimes indis- 

 tinct ; base of costal margin and body greenish ; on the middle of 

 disco-cellular veinlets is a round black spot, and another more quad- 

 rate spot between the first and second median veinlets, the latter spot 

 slightly touching the scolloped black outer margin. Female, black 

 colour broader ; the quadrate spot larger and broadly confluent at 

 the outer angle's angles with the outer margin, thus forming a white 

 spot on middle of outer margin ; hind-wing of female with a marginal 

 row of blackish spots, the extreme margin and anal angle being 

 yellowish-white. Under-side, apex of fore-ioing pale yellow, the 

 black forming only a curved transverse bar, besides the two black 

 spots ; Mnd-wing wholly pale yellow, and having a smaU disco-cellular 

 black spot ; body yellowish. Form of wings as in P. Paulina and 

 P. Fandione. Expanse of wings 2\ in. to 3f in. 



143. PIERIS INDRA, Moore. 



Pieris Indra, Moore, Proc. Zool. Sac. (1857), p. ; 

 Annulosa, t. ,f- 5. 



a. ? . Darjeeling. From Messrs. Schlagintweit's Col- 

 lection. 



Pieris Indra, n. sp. — TJppee-side dark brown; fore-xoing with a 

 central longitudinal space of white from the base, also two small 

 white spots near anterior angle ; hind-wing with the anterior base 

 brownish greenish-white, also with two white spots near anterior 

 angle. Under-side, fore-xoing with a broad irregular fascia from 

 middle of anterior margin to posterior angle ; anterior angle chrome- 

 yellow, with some white parting the two colours ; basal half white, 

 tinged with straw-yellow along discoidal cell; hixid-wing chrome- 

 yellow, minutely irrorated with brown ; anterior half of discoidal cell 

 and space between each veinlet near outer margin white, also a dark 

 brown dot on disco-ceUular veinlet. "Wings shaped as in P. Paulina, 

 Fabr. Expanse of wings 3 in. 



Pemarlc. — Tlie nearest ally of Pieris Indra appears to be P. Lalage, 

 Doubleday, Diurnal Lep. t. VI. fig. 5. 



