154 



oSO. Prioneris sita, Feller (Pieris), yovara Rciae, Lcp. ii, 1865, p. 161, 

 pi. 25, fijr. 12 cf; Wallace, Trans. Ent. 6'oc. 1867, p. 385; Moore, 

 Lep. Cei/l. i, 1881, p. 141, pi. 54, tig. 2 rf; Davidson, Bell, $ Aitken, 

 Jour, liomb. N. H. Soc. x, 1897, p. 570 ; de Xicecille, J. A. S. B. 

 18UO, p. 250. 



c? . Uppermdti white, with a slight glaucous or greenish tint. 

 Fore and hind wings : the postdiscal markings of the underside seen 

 through faintly by transparency ; all the veins of the fore wing from 

 base, and the veins of the hind wing on the outer third margined 

 narrowly with black, that towards the terminal margin broadens, 

 coalesces and forms a band on the extreme margin ; on the fore 

 wing this is comparatively broad and the black markings more or 

 less triangular ; at each vein on the hind wing the baud is reduced 

 to mere black lines, slightly broader anteriorly than posteriorly. 

 Underside: fore wing white, costa black, apex suffused with yellow, 

 all the veins from base broadly bordered with black that does not 

 expand towards their apices ; an ill- defined transverse, somewhat 

 diffuse, postdiscal black band from veins 1 to 7. Hind wing: rich 

 chrome-yellow up to a postdiscal black band, beyond which the 

 ground-colour is white \\ith a series of large terminal vermilion- 

 red rectangular or truncated cone-shaped spots ; veins from base 

 bordered somewhat narrowly but conspicuously with black. An- 

 tenme brownish black, head and thorax clothed with long bluish- 

 grey hairs, abdomen glaucous white ; beneath : the palpi and thorax 

 greyish white, abdomen white. . Very similar, the black 

 edgings (o the veins on fore and hind wings on both upper and 

 under sides broader ; on the upperside the veins of the hind wing 

 as well as of the fore being black right up to the base. Upperside : 

 fore and hind wings with a well-marked dusky-black postdiscal 

 diffuse band ; cell of fore wing traversed by three slender longi- 

 tudinal black lines. Underside : the yellow and vermilion tints 

 brighter than in the J 



Exp. d 1 ? 86-90 mm. (3-40-3-55"). 



Nab. Southern India ; Ceylon. 



Larva. " Colour dull blue-green. Head and all the segments 

 dotted with minute blue tubercles, those on the head and sides 

 black-tipped ; dorsal surface pubescent ; a lateral fringe of soft 

 white hairs below the spiracles. Feeds on Capparis." 



Papa. " Bright green. Sharply pointed at the head, with two 

 strong lateral points and keeled on dorsal surface of thoracic 

 segments ; an interrupted yellow dorsal line, and a short, curved 

 crimson line on each side below thoracic segments bordering a 

 small white irregular black-speckled spot." (K. E. Green, MS. note 

 as quoted by Moore.) 



