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side, fore wing : white, apex from above an oblique line that passes 

 through base of vein 6, ochraceous ; a very diffuse black-irrorated, 

 curved, oblique band from costa to termen borders the ochraceous 

 apex ; in most specimens this is obsolete or only a trace of it is 

 to be seen ; a prominent large quadrate black postdiscal spot in 

 interspace 3 and a greenish-yellow tinge at base of wing. Hind 

 wing : entirely ochraceous yellow. $ . Upperside : white. Fore 

 wing : base* up to and a little beyond middle of cell thickly 

 irrorated with black scales which gives these parts a dark grey 

 appearance ; costa and a little more than the apical half of the 

 wing jet-black ; the inner margin of the black irregular, formed 

 into a square angular projection on vein 3, thence it extends out- 

 wards along that vein, crosses transversely to vein 2, below which 

 it projects inwards diffusely in interspace 1 and thence extends 

 obliquely outwards to the dorsum ; finally there is an oblique pre- 

 apical line of four white spots in pairs enclosed within the black 

 area. Hind wing : the base and a broad band to the tornus 

 thickly irrorated with black scales ; terminal third of the wing 

 black, the inner margin of the black area curved and diffuse 

 a slight yellowish-green tinge on dorsal margin and at base. 

 Underside: similar to the upperside, but the cell except at its lower 

 apical portion yellouish green ; apical area broadly nacreous blue, 

 tinged at the extreme apex with greenish. Hind wing : nacreous 

 blue, sometimes pink, the veins and the terminal margin narrowly 

 and diffusely bordered by greenish yellow ; curved postdiscal and 

 subterminal ill-defined and irregular broad bands purplish black. 

 Antennae black speckled with white ; head and thorax in 3 with 

 bluish-grey, in $ with grevish-green long hairs ; abdomen greyish 

 black ; beneath : thorax yellow, abdomen white. Anal tufts in c? 

 brown. 



Dry-season brood. $ . Upperside: similar to that of the wet- 

 season specimens, but the black markings on fore wing much 

 restricted and often diffuse ; the postdiscal, short, black band and 

 the black spot in interspace 3 often only indicated by a few diffuse 

 scales. On the hind wing the terminal series of spots is much 

 less prominent. Underside : as in the wet-season form but of the 

 black markings only the square blai-k spot in interspace 3 is left. 

 $ . Upper and under sides : very similar to those of the wet- 

 season J . Extreme dry-season specimens lose the postdiscal short 

 black band on fore wing. Antennaa, head, thorax and abdomen in 

 both sexes as in the tf of the wet-season form. 



Exp. rf $ 48-66 mm. (1-9-2-6"). 



Hob. Within our limits found in Burma and Tenasserirn. 

 I have also seen specimens from Siam, the Malay Peninsula, 

 Java down to Lombok. 



19. Appias wardl, Moore (Catophaga), J. A. S. B. 1884, p. 43, rf 2; 

 Hampson (Catophaga), J. A. S. B. 1888, p. 362 ; Watson (Cato- 

 phaga), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. via, 1894, p. 499 ; Davidson, 

 Better Aitkcn (Appias Catophaga), Jour. Jlomb. N. H. Soc. x. 



