the Pierine Genus Huphina. 211 



preceding forms, more nearly resemble Ganoris napi and 

 allies in coloration. 



46. Huphina phryne. 



Papilio phryne, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 473 (1775). 

 Papilio evayete, Cramsr, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. cexxi. F, G (1782). 

 Papilio zeuxippe, Cramer, /. c. iv. pi. ccclxii. E, F (1782). 

 Papilio cassida, Fabricius, Eat, Syst., Suppl. p. 427 (1798). 

 Huphina pallida, Swinboe, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 137. 



India, Ceylon, and Java. B. M. 



Of this species we have retained a selected series of seventy- 

 one examples, exhibiting a range over the greater part of 

 India. The wettest phase is II. phryne, of which H. zeuxippe 

 is a slightly less strongly marked form ; the two grade into 

 one another, so that they can only be arbitrarily separated. 

 The intermediate phase — H. cassida — is still less strongly 

 marked, and varies from brimstone to sandy buff on the 

 under surface of the secondaries. The extreme dry phase is 

 H. pallida, in which the secondaries are uniform yellowish 

 buff in the male, a trifle more sandy and with traces of dusky 

 veins in the female. We thus have a perfect transition from 

 the wettest to the driest form — from secondaries bright 

 chrome-yellow with broad blackish veins and a discal belt 

 of almost continuous blackish spots to those which are 

 uniform yellowish buff. Those who oppose the publication of 

 the ascertained facts relating to seasonal variation attempt to 

 distinguish these gradations as different species, though in 

 many cases it is quite fortuitous whether certain specimens 

 shall be placed under one or the other name. 



47. Huphina hira. 



Pieris hira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 490, pi. xxxi. fig. 17. 



Pieris copia, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, vol. iv. p. 340 (1867). 



Appias dapha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 838. 



Burma, Tenasserim. B. M. 



We have retained twenty-seven examples. H. copia is the 

 wet phase and H. hira = dapha the dry ; the apical border of 

 the primaries varies, being sometimes streaked with grey or 

 whitish, but often uniformly black. 



48. Huphina vaso. 



o, Dobert; 

 Etudes, x 



Sambawa. 



Huphina vaso, Doberty, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lx. 2, p. 188 (1891) 

 Obertbur, Etudes, xix. pi. iii. fig. 18 (1894). 



