DELIAS. 141 



b. Hind wing underside : ground-colour white to 



deep dusky brown. 

 a'. Hind wing upperside : dorsal margin broadly 



greyish, its apical half yellow. 

 a-. Upperside ground-colour dusky brownish [p. 148. 



black to deep black I), belladonna, 



b 2 . Upperside ground-colour white shaded ) D. belladonna, var. 



more or less with black scales | jftai-alba, p. 149. 



b'. Hind wing upperside : dorsal margin less 



broadly greyish, its apical half without any I D. belladonna, var. 

 tinge of yellow | ithiela, p. 149. 



571. Delias eucharis (PI. XVII, fig. 109), Drury (Papilio), 111. Ex. 

 Ent. ii, 1773, p. 16, pi. 10, figs. 5, 6 )C ?; Moore, Lep. Ceul. i, 1881, 

 p. 140, pi. 54, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 6, $ $ , larva & pupa ; Davidson S ) ~ 

 Aitken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 358 ; id. t. c. 1896, 

 p. 569 ; MacKinnon, Jour. Bomb. JV. H. Soc. xi, 1898, p. 586 ; 

 Moore (Piccarda), Lep. Ind. vi, 1904, p. 175, pi. 534, figs. 1, 1 a- 

 1 d, larva & pupa, <S $ . 



<S . Upperside : white. Fore wing : the veins broadly black, thi& 

 colour broadened triangularly at the termination of the veins, 

 costal margin narrowly black ; a broad black postdiscal transverse 

 band from costa to dorsum sloped obliquely outwards from costa 

 to vein 4, thence parallel to termen. Hind wing with the veins 

 similar but for three-fourths of their length much more narrowly 

 black ; a postdiscal transverse black band as on the fore wing but 

 much narrower, curved and extended only between veins 2 and 6 ; 

 beyond this the veins are more broadly black and this colour as 

 on the fore wing broadens out triangularly at the termination of 

 the veins ; the interspaces beyond the postdiscal black band pink, 

 due to the vermilion coloration of the underside showing through. 

 Underside : fore wing similar but the black edging to the veins 

 much broader, the upper two interspaces beyond the postdiscal 

 transverse band tinged with yellow. Hind wing : ground-colour 

 bright yellow, the veins aud transverse postdiscal band as on the 

 upperside but much more broadly black, the latter extended from 

 the costa to vein 2 ; the interspaces between the veins beyond 

 the postdiscal fascia with a series of broadly lanceolate or cone- 

 shaped vermilion-red spots, each spot very narrowly edged with 

 white ; the basal portion of interspace 6 white, in contrast to 

 the bright yellow of the ground-colour. Antennae black ; head, 

 thorax and abdomen white, the apical joint of the palpi black ; the 

 head and thorax with a mixture of black hairs that gives these 

 parts a grey-blue appearance. $ . Upper and under sides similar 

 to those in the d , but the black edging to the veins and the post- 

 discal transverse bands on both fore and hind wings very much 

 broader. 



Exp. 3 $ 80-85 mm. (3-18-3-35"). 



Hab. The Himalayas up to 7000 feet ; the whole of continental 

 India except the desert tracts ; Ceylon. 



