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Underside, fore wing: the ground-colour and markings much as in 

 the cf , but the green on the apex and termen more extended, the 

 white streaks that traverse it longer ; the black discal spots in 

 interspaces 5 and 6 absent. Hind wing : similar to that of the d* , 

 but the yellowish-white lanceolate spots narrower and smaller. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the J . In both sexes 

 the antennae are not generically typical, the club abrupt, shorter 

 and broader. 



Exp. rf $ 53-60 mm. (2-10-2-35"). 



Hab. Within our limits : N.W. Himalayas above 1 2,000 feet 

 from Chitral to Mussoorie. Occurs also in the higher mountains 

 of Europe ; in Asia from the Altai to the Himalayas ; and in 

 China. 



Genus SYNCHLOE. 



Synchloe, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, p. 94. 



Euchloe, Hiibner, t. c. p. 94. 



Anthocharis, pt, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i, 1836, p. 550. 



Type, S. belemia, Esper, from N. Africa. 



Range. Northern Europe, Asia and America ; North Africa ; 

 India, in the "Western Himalayas and the lower hills of the 

 Punjab. 



<$ $ . Fore wing : costa very slightly arched, nearly straight ; 

 apex blunt ; termen oblique, short ; tornus obtuse ; dorsum long, 

 straight, more than three-fourths the length 

 of the costa ; cell about half length of wing ; 

 upper discocellular very short, middle long, 

 strongly concave, lower bent acutely inwards 

 at origin of vein 5 ; veins 5 and 6 from the 

 discocellulars ; all the veins present *. Hind 

 wing: long; costa arched, bluntly augulate in 

 the middle ; termen short, slightly convex ; 

 tornus typically distinctly angulate, though 

 the angle is not so clearly defined in the 

 Indian forms ; dorsum straight from tornus 

 (in the Indian forms convex), then strongly 

 concave near base ; cell broad ; lower disco- 

 cellular the longest, middle discocellular short ; 

 precostal spur or vein curved inwards. Antennae short, less than 

 half length of fore wing ; club abrupt, broad and flat ; palpi slender, 

 third joint short ; head and palpi very hairy in front. 



* In S. daphalis, Moore, one of the two forms of this genus found within 

 our limits, vein 8 in the fore wing is lost. But all evidence of coloration and 

 habits &c. points to the fact that S. daphalis is merely a race of S. belli, Linn. 

 (ansonia, Esper), the fore wing of which has all the veins present. 



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