218 PIERIDJE. 



what pearly white, edged along the costa and termen down to the 

 tornal angle with yellow. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen 

 as in the c? but darker ; the abdomen, of course, without anal 

 tufts. 



Exp. d 60, ? 56 mm. (2-36-2-2"). 



Hab. Recorded only from the Nicobars. 



Genus CATOPSILIA. 



Catopsilia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, p. 98; Kiity, Allen's 

 Nat. Hist., Butt, ii, 1896, p. 225 ; Auririllius, Kongl. Svensk. 

 Vet.-Akad. Har,dl. xxxi, 1898, p. 448. 



Callidryas, pt., Doubleday, Gen. Di. Lep. 1847, p. 66. 



Callidryas, Moore (nee Eoisduval), Cat. Lep. Mus. JS. I. C. i, 1857, 

 p. 55. 



Type, (?. crocale, Cramer, from India. 

 lianye. Indo- and Austro-Malayan Eegions. 

 c? $ . Pore wing elongate ; costa regularly and widely arched ; 

 apex moderately acute ; termen short, slightly concave ; tornus 

 obtuse ; dorsum long, about four-fifths the length of costa ; cell 

 less than half length of wing ; vein 6 from a little beyond apex 

 of basal third of 7, upper discoceilular therefore absent ; middle 

 discocellular oblique, lower nearly 

 vertical, attenuated in the middle ; 

 vein 8 absent ; vein 9 from base 

 of apical fourth of 7, termi- 

 nated on costa just before apex 

 of wing; vein 10 from a little 

 before upper apex of cell ; vein 1 1 

 widely separated from 10 at base. 

 Hind wing very broad ; costa 

 strongly arched ; apex not well 

 marked ; termen very slightly 

 arched ; tornus angular, well 

 marked ; dorsum almost straight 

 from base, slightly concave near 

 apex ; cell short and broad, middle 

 and lower discocellulars slightly 

 oblique, the latter attenuate in 



Fig. 55. Catopattia. 



A. Venation fore wing. 



B. cJ sex-mark fore wing. 

 V' n hind wing. 



its upper half ; vein 8 strongly 

 angular near base ; precostal vein 

 rudimentary. Antennae short and 

 stout, not half length of fore 

 wing; club long and gradual, 

 truncate at apex ; palpi short, subporrect, stout, densely scaled, 

 third joint short ; body and abdomen robust. Males with secon- 

 dary sexual characters ; on the fore wing a tuft or fringe of long 

 hairs that are directed forwards on the underside of the dorsal 

 margin, near the base ; also on the upperside of the hind win" a 

 small patch of specialized scales (androconia) just above the sub- 

 costal vein. 



