DELIAS. 145 



Exp. c? $ 83-90 mm. (3-28-3-53"). 



Hob. Sikhim ; Bhutan; Assam; Burma: Tenasserim ; extending 

 to Siain, Cochin-China and the Malay Peninsula. 



574. Delias aglaia, Linn. (Papilio) Syst. Nat. ed. x, i, 1758, p. 465 ; 

 Moore, Lep. Ind. vi, 1904, p. 169, pi. 531, tigs. 1, la-Id, d ? , 

 larva & pupa. 



Delias pasithoe, Linn. (Papilio) Syst. Nat. ed. xii, 1767, p. 755 

 JShce*, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 407; Watson, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. iv, 1888, p. 25. 



c? . Upper side, : black. Fore wing with more or less distinct, 

 somewhat diffuse, broad streaks from base, in the discoidal cell and 

 interspaces 1 and 2, the streak in the last the most produced ; a 

 white oval spot at lower apex of cell traversed by the lower 

 discocellular, followed by a subterminal series of greyish-white 

 hastate markings with their points turned inwards, the markings 

 opposite the apex of the wing elongate and shifted a little inwards. 

 Hind wing : a broad subbasal transverse greyish-white band merged 

 posteriorly in a large bright yellow dorsal patch that tills the 

 epical two-thirds, the extreme apex excepted. of interspaces 1, 

 1, and of 2 ; a white transversely elongate spot along the middle 

 discocellular, and beyond it a postdiscal curved series of greyish- 

 white elongate hastate spots in interspaces 3 to 7. Underside : 

 black. Fore wing : somewhat elongate greyish-white markings in 

 interspaces 1, 2, 3 and in cell, formed into a conspicuous oblique 

 broad bar across the middle of the wing ; a white spot at lower apex 

 of cell and a postdiscal series of hastate spots as on the upperside. 

 Hind wing : black, a rich dark crimson patch at base, a yellow 

 dorsal patch as on the upperside but darker ; the apical two-thirds 

 of the cell, three spots above it and one below at bases of inter- 

 spaces 3, 6 and 7 respectively and a curved discal series of elongate 

 spots beyond apex of cell, rich chrome-yellow ; of these latter 

 spots the spot in interspace 5 is much the longest. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen above black, abdomen on the sides and 

 below grey. . Upperside: brownish black. Fore wing: markings 

 as in the J , but the cellular streak and the streaks in interspaces 

 1 and 2 below the cell short and formed into a broken oblique 

 broad greyish-white band across the wing. Hind wing : markings 

 similar to those in the male, but the basal crimson patch of the 

 underside seen through by transparency, the transverse broad 

 subbasal band and dorsal patch both pale yellow and much broader 

 than in the 6" , and the postdiscal curved series of hastate spots 

 obscure and ill-defined. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as 

 in the d" , the abdomen whitish grey below and on the sides. 



Exp. <$ $ 66-90 mm. (2-60-3-55"). 



Hab. Nepal ; Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; to the 

 south extending through the Malay Peninsula to Borneo ; to the 

 east through the Shan States to Siam and S. China. 



Larva. Brownish red, each segment with a transverse row of 



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