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season form than it does in /. pyrene and /. verna. The charac- 

 teristic dry-season markings on the underside are more pronounced, 

 sometimes remarkably so. 



Exp. <$ $ 54-56 mm. (2- 15-2-61"). 



Hub. N. W. Himalayas as far east as Kumaon ; Punjab ; Bengal ; 

 Central, Western and Southern India ; Ceylon. 



609. Ixias nola, Sicinhoe, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 399 ; Watson, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. viii, 1894, pp. 503-508 ; Sutler, A. M. N. H. (7) i, 

 1898, p. 143. 



d" $ . Very closely resembles I. marianne in both sexes, but the 

 few specimens I have seen are constant in coloration, and differ 

 from marianne as follows : <5" . Upperside, fore wing : orange 

 patch on black apical half narrow, not extended to the discoidal 

 cell at all, the black that borders it on the inner side subobsolete 

 below vein 4. Hind wing : the black terminal border is much 

 restricted and occupies in some specimens only the anterior 

 third of the terminal margin, in no specimen is there more 

 than a mere indication of it on the posterior portion of the 

 termen. Underside: similar to the underside of /. marianne. 

 $ . Upperside, fore wing : the orange patch on black apical half 

 still narrower ; the black that borders it on the inner side com- 

 pletely interrupted between veins 3 and 4 ; the outer series of 

 black spots on the orange so conspicuous in marianne reduced to 

 one in interspace 3 and another in interspace 4. Hind wing : as in 

 the <5 . Underside : similar to that in 1. 'marianne $ . AntennaB, 

 head, thorax and abdomen as in that form. 



Exp. <f $ 50-55 mm. (1-95-2-20"). 



Hab. So far as recorded confined to Mahableshwar, one of the 

 high peaks of the Western Ghats in the Satara district, at from 

 3500 to 4500 feet. 



It is very doubtful if this is not a variety of /. marianne. A 

 local observer is wanted who will devote his attention to the 

 breeding of this form, and to that of I. marianne, which probably 

 occurs with it. 



Genus APPIAS. 



Appias, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, p. 91. 



Catophaga, Hiibner, torn. cit. p. 93. 



Hiposcritia, Geyer in Hiibner's Zutr. Exot. Schmett. iv, 1832, p. 16. 



Tachyris, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1867, p. 361. 



Type, A. zelmira, Cramer, from India. 



Ranye. Indo-Malayan Kegion. 



c? 5 . Fore wing : costa widely arched ; apex acute, subacute,. 

 slightly rounded or slightly falcate, always more rounded in 

 the $ than in the d 1 ; termen straight ; tornus well-marked ; 

 dorsum straight or slightly sinuous ; cell always a little longer 

 than half the length of the wing ; vein 6 out of 7 beyond apex 



