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apex of cell,- foil owed by a complete subterminal series of more or 

 less oval spots. Underside : ground-colour and markings similar, 

 more clearly defined, and on the fore wing generally broader and 

 whiter, except that the anterior one or two streaks or spots of the 

 discal and subterminal series, like all the markings on the hind 

 wing, are strongly suffused with bright yellow; in addition the 



Fig. 42. Aporia agathon. 



precostal area on the hind wing is bright chrome-yellow. An- 

 tennae, head, thorax and abdomen black ; abdomen beneath white, 

 the anterior legs with one or two white spots. 



Eivp. J $ 84-98 mm. (3-3-3-8G"). 



Hab. Assam ; Bhutan ; Sikhim ; Nepal ; recorded from Mus- 

 soorie and Kumaon. 



I have not seen the type of A. ariaca, Moore, but, as described 

 and figured in the ' Lepidoptera Indica,' I am unable to separate 

 from it the browner specimens of A. agathon, which the figures 

 given resemble more closely than they do the variety A. capliusa, 

 with which Mr. Moore compares it. 



Yar. capliusa, Moore. cf $ . Differs from agatlion both on the 

 upper and under sides in the much greater width and extension of 

 the greenish-white markings in the discoidal cells and interspaces 

 of the wings. On the upperside the streak in interspace 1 of the 

 fore wing shows no sign of any black dividing-line, and it, as well 

 as the short streaks of the discal series, show a tendency to 

 coalesce with the subtermiual elongate spots. On the underside 

 the spots near apex of fore wing and those on the hind wing are 

 only faintly, not clearly, suffused with yellow ; the chrome-yellow 

 spot at base of the latter as in agatJwn. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen as in agatJwn, the abdomen more dark brown than 

 black. 



Exp. c? $ as in agatlion. 



