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the latter tinged with yellovr, also a white liiiear mark in discoidal 

 cell. Under-side as in the iipper-side, but vvith all the markings on 

 the hind-wings yeIlow. Wing8 shaped as in P. Thestylia. Expanse 

 of wings 3|ths inches. 



Hab. Bootan. In Mus. East India Company. 



3. PiERis Sanaca, Moore. (PI. XLIV. fig. 4.) 

 Upper-side white ; fore-wing with the veins and veiniets broadly 

 clouded vvith black, leaving only a row of lanceolate white spots on 

 the outer margin, and another row of more hnear-shaped marks ex- 

 tending across the disc ; hind-wing with the veins and veiniets sharply 

 defined with black, discoidal and median veins clouded with black, 

 the latter broadly so ; also a marginai row of angular lunate marks ; 

 anterior base and anai angle bright yellow. Under-side : fore-wing 

 as in the upper-side, but the white markings more clearly defined, 

 those near the anterior angle being yellowish ; hind-wing with the 

 dark colour broader, and the white spaces nearly covered with yellow. 

 Shape of wings as iu P. Belladonna. Expanse of wings 3i inches. 

 Hab. Darjeeling. In Mus. East India Company. 



4. PiERis Indra, Moore. (PI. XLtV. fig. 5.) 



Upper-side dark brown ; fore-wing with a centrai longitudinal 

 space of white from the base, also two small white spots near ante- 

 rior angle ; hind-^ing vvith the anterior base brovvnish greenish- 

 white, also with two white spots near anterior angle. Under-side : 

 fore-vving with a broad irregular fascia from middle of costal margin 

 to posterior angle ; anterior angle chrome-yellow, vvith some vvhite 

 dividing the tvvo colours ; basai half vvhite, tinged vvith stravv-yellovv 

 along discoidal cell ; hind-vving chrome-yellow, and minutely irro- 

 rated vvith brovvn ; anterior half of discoidal cell and space betvveen 

 each veinlet near outer margin vvhite, also a dark brovvn dot on disco- 

 cellular veinlet. Wings shaped as in P. Paulina. Expanse of vvings 

 3 inches. 



Hab. Darjeehng. In Mus. East India Company. 



The nearest ally of P. Indra appears to be P. Lalage, E. Double- 

 day, Diurnal Lep. t. 6. f. 5, also from N. India. 



5. PiERis DuRVASA, Moorc. (PI. XLIV. fig. 6.) 

 Malė. — Upper-side vvhite ; fore-vving from middle of costal margin, 

 curving transversely, apically, and scoUoped to near end of outer 

 margin, black, and having near the apex some vvhite marks, gene- 

 rally three, the outer ones being sometimes indistinct ; base of costal 

 margin and body greenish ; on the middle of disco-cellular veiniets 

 is a round black spot, and another more ąuadrate spot betvveen the 

 first and second median veiniets, the latter slightly touching at the 

 angle the scolloped black outer margiu. 



Female. — Black colour broader, the quadrate spot larger and 

 broadly confluent at the angle vvith the outer margin, thus forming a 

 white spot on middle of outer margin ; hind- vvings of female vvith a 

 marginai row of blackish spots, the extreme margin and anai angle 



