208 



614. Appias lalage, Doubleday (Pieris), Giai/s Zool. Misc. 1842, 



s n . 8 19 Mac- 



c , . , . , - , . 



Pieris durvasa, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 73. 

 Catophaga pseudoklage, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 142. 

 Hyposcritia argyridina, Sutler, A. M. N. H. (5) xvi, 1885, p. 340, rf . 



Race lagela. 



Catophaga lagela, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 838, pi. 52, fig. 4 $ ; 

 Distant (Appias), Rhop. Malay. 1886, p. 467, pi. 41, fig. 11 $; 

 Moore (Hyposcritia), Lep. Ind. vi, 1905, p. 225, pi. 548, figs. 2, 

 2a-2c, rf$. 



Wet-season brood. tf . Upperside : white. Fore wing : base and 

 basal half of costa thickly irrorated with black scales, the latter 

 tinged with yellow ; a large black spot in lower apex of cell ; 

 apical third of wiug black, the inner margin of this black area 

 curved, with a broad projection of black inwards in interspace 3, 



a,. fc. 



Fig. 53. 



a. Upperside fore wing : Appias lalage. 



b. Upperside fore wing : Appias lalage, race lagela. 



beyond which outwardly is a large white spot ; this black area 

 ends on the terminal margin at vein 2 ; three obliquelv-placed 

 preapical spots white, the upper and lower very obscure. Hind 

 wing : an irregular, somewhat macular bordering of black along 

 the terminal margin which becomes diffuse inwardly and on the 

 tornus ; cilia yellow. Underside, fore wing : white, the black spot 

 in cell as on the upperside, base of costa yellowish green ; thence 

 a narrow stripe along the costal margin that crosses the wing 

 obliquely in a curve to vein 2 and is widened beyond the apex of 

 the cell ; in interspace 3 this black band is interrupted by a large 

 white spot, on the inner side of which is a projecting spot of black; 

 apex yellow touched with lilacine in the middle. Hind wing : 

 uniform ochraceous yellow, the veins brighter yellow. $ . Upper- 

 side, fore wiug : dull opaque black ; an elongate oval, very broad 

 streak from base that terminates midway in interspace 2 and is 

 limited below by vein 1 but crosses the median vein into the cell 

 above ; a short curved streak or band occupies the bases of inter- 

 spaces 4, 5, 10 and 11 ; a series of three postdiscal spots in 



