240 PIERIDJE. 



pale yellow terminations to the veins which are very conspicuous ; 

 the terminal black band narrows posteriorly and becomes obsolete 

 below vein 2. Cilia of both fore arid hind wings salmon-pink. 

 Underside, fore wing : orange-yellow, costal and terminal margins 

 broadly green ; a slenderly white-centred discocellular spot and 

 a transversely postdiscal series of spots, black ; veins black, their 

 terminations crossing the green area yellow ; costa and termen 

 with a slender pink line. Hind wing : basal four-fifths rich dark 

 green, outer fifth paler brighter green ; discocellular spot silvery 

 white, edged, broadly on the outer side, with pinkish red ; a curved, 

 transverse, postdiscal series of black spots ; the veins from base to 

 termen dark green ; costa, termen and dorsum with a slender 

 pink line. Antennae and head in front pink, club of antennae 

 brown, thorax and abdomen dusky black ; beneath : the abdomen 

 with slender transverse white lines. . Up per aide : similar to that 

 of the d , but the fore wing with the black shading at the base 

 extended along the dorsum, almost joining the terminal black 

 border which is very much broader and is somewhat obscurely, 

 transversely traversed by a subterminal series of yellow, irregular 

 spots ; discocellular spot and veins black. Hind wing : dusky black, 

 a large discocellular spot bright orange and a subterminal trans- 

 verse baud of yellow spots ; dorsal margin dark dusky green. 

 Underside: much as in the tf but the green colour duller and 

 greyer, and the transverse subtermiual series of spots not so 

 complete or clearly defined. 



Exp. d $ 40-45 mm. (1-58-178"). 



Hub. Native Sikhini ; Tibet : Khamba Jong and Lanak Valley, 

 15,000 to 16,000 feet. 



635. Colias wiskotti, Standinger, Berl. ent. Zcits. xxvi, 1882, p. 166, 

 pi. 2, tigs. 9, 10, d $ ; Gr.-Gr. Rom. M6m. iv, 1890, p. 347. 



c? Vpperside : basal half of both fore and hind wings greenish 

 yellow, of the fore wing very often orange, dusted somewhat 

 sparingly on the fore wing, more closely on the hind wins:, with 

 black scales ; terminal half opaque black, with the anterior veins 

 on the fore wing and the posterior veins on the hind wing 

 .slenderly but conspicuously yellow. In many specimens all the 

 veins are bright yellow where they traverse the black area. Fore 

 wing : the inner margin of the black on the terminal half of the 

 wing irregular, more or less sinuate ; an oval blaik or dark 

 ferruginous-red discocellular spot. Hind wing : the black area 

 ou the terminal half almost crescentic in shape, not extended to 

 the tornal area below vein 1 ; duscocellular spot pale orange, large, 

 round and prominent. Cilia pale yellow. Underside : pale sulphur- 

 yellow. Fore wing: paler posteriorly; a comparatively large, 

 prominent, blackish-brown, posterior discal spot nearly always 

 present ; in some specimens this spot forms the lower one of a 

 discal transverse, always incomplete series of ill-defined similar 

 spots ; a blackish-brown spot on the discocellulars as on the 

 upperside, only smaller. Hind wing : ground-colour uniform ; a 



