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brown. Hind wing : cream-coloured, the posterior veins with 

 minute spots of reddish brown at their apices ; ferruginous disco- 

 cellular spots on both fore and hind wings as in rhamni but much 

 duller in tint and very much smaller. Underside : darker cream- 

 colour with a slightly greenish tint ; posterior two-thirds of the 

 fore wing paler, almost white, anterior third of the fore wing from 

 base through middle of cell to the termen below the apex, and the 

 whole surface of the hind wing with a delicately roughened 

 appearance. $ . Upperside : fore and hind wings cream-coloured 

 with a slightly yellowish tint. Underside : greenish white. 

 The rest both on upper and under sides as in the d 1 . In both 

 sexes on the underside there are some minute black dots, post- 

 discal series of them anteriorly on the fore wing and across the 

 whole of the hind wing indicate the positions of the lost veins in 

 the interspaces. Antennae, palpi, head, thorax and abdomen as in 

 rhamni, but the long hairs on the thorax above, silky greenish 

 white ; beneath : thorax and abdomen paler than in rhamni. 



Exp. rf 2 58-62 mm. (2-28-2-46"). 



JJab. The Himalayas from Chitral to Kumaon at elevations of 

 6000 to 10,000 feet. 



Besides the differences in size and colouring this form and its 

 local race can always be distinguished from G. rhamni by the 

 conspicuously scalloped termen of the hind wing; the triangular 

 projection or tooth at apex of vein 3 is also very prominent. 



Race zanekoides, de Niceville. "Very near to 0. zaneka, 

 Moore, from the "Western Himalayas, rf . Differs from the same 

 sex of that species in having the fore winy markedly broader, the 

 costal margin not constricted at half its length but straight, the 

 apex not so produced. Hind wing : distinctly broader than in 

 G. zaneka, almost of the same shade of brimstone as the fore wing, 

 the outer slightly paler than the basal half of the wing, in G. zaneka 

 it is of a pale cream-colour and of a uniform shade throughout. 

 $ . Fore wing : agrees in shape with that of the d 1 , consequently 

 differs from the same sex of G. zaneka in being broader with a 

 straight instead of an excavated costa, and the apex less produced. 

 Hind iving : also broader than in G. zaneka. Otherwise similar to 

 G. zaneka. The highly dentate wing in both sexes will distinguish 

 G. zaneka and G. zanekoides from G. aspasia, Menetries." (de 

 Niceville.) 



Exp. tf $ 41 mm. (2-1"). 



Hob. Eecorded so far only from the Southern Chin Hills, 

 Upper Burma. 



