26G PIERIDJE. 



terminal band immaculate. Underside : greenish yellow sparsely 

 sprinkled with black scales, the yellow very pale on the disc of the 

 fore wing, fading to white along its dorsal margin ; discocellular 

 spot and three subterminal posterior spots, that are placed in a 

 curve, black ; the lowest spot of the three sometimes extended to 

 the dorsal margin (var. pw<?ZZaris). Hind wing : uniform, with a 

 very small annular spot on the ',discocellulars. Cilia white. An- 

 tennae, head, thorax and abdomen black, the antennae speckled and 

 tipped with white, the thorax clothed with long bluish-grey hairs ; 

 beneath : palpi, thorax and abdomen white. $ . Upperside : very 

 similar to that of the 3 , the terminal bands broader and brownish 

 rather than black. Underside : base and cellular area on fore 

 wing white suffused with greenish yellow ; costa and apex of fore 

 and the whole surface of the hind wing pale ochraceous ; the fore 

 wing with the black spots as in the d , the hind wing in a few 

 specimens with an anterior, discal, somewhat obscure, macular, 

 incomplete band. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in 

 the J. 



Dry-season brood. tf $ . Similar to the J 2 f wet-season 

 brood, but on the upperside the black markings are duller in tint 

 and narrower, while on the underside in both sexes the costal and 

 apical areas on the fore and the whole surface of the hind wing 

 vary from pale ochraceous to dark reddish ochraceous. 



Rap. <$ $ 40-50 mm. (1-58-2-00"). 



Hob. Within our limits recorded from Baluchistan ; the Punjab ; 

 Western India ; Cufch; Rajputana; Scinde ; Central Provinces. 

 Found also in the provinces round the Persian Gulf. 



Var. peelus, Swinhoe, has the ground-colour on the upperside 

 pale canary-yellow. 



652. Colotis fausta, Olivier (Papilio), Vay. VEmp. Oth., Atlas, 1801- 

 pi. 33, figs. 4 A, 4 B, $ ; Moore (Idmais), Cat. Lep. Mus. E. 1. C. i, 

 1857, p. 68 ; Bntler (Teracolus), P. Z. S. 1876, p. 134 ; Watson 

 (Teracolus), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1894, pp. 517, 525 ; 

 Butler (Teracolus), A. M. N. H. (6) xx, 1897, p. 498. 



Idmais faustina, Felder, Novara Eeise, Lep. ii, 1 865, p. 190 ; Butler 

 (Teracolus), P. Z. S. 1876, p. 134; Watson (Teracolus), Jour. 

 Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1894, pp. 517, 525. 



Idmais fulvia, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1867, p. 392. pi. 9, 

 tig. 5 d $ ; Butler (Teracolus), P. Z. S. 1876, p. 135 ; Watson 

 (Teracolus), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1894, pp. 518, 525. 



Teracolus rosaceus, Sutler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 134, pi. 7, fig. 6rf; 

 Watson, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1894, p. 518. 



Teracolus oriens, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 134, pi. 7, fig. 7 $ ; 

 Watson, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1894, pp. 518, 525. 



Teracolus Solaris, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 135 ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 

 1884, p. 437, pi. 39, fig. 5 $ ; Watson, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 viii, 1894, pp. 518, 525. 



Teracolus palliseri, Butler, A. M. N. H. (6) i, 1888, p. 418; Watson 

 Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii, 1894, pp. 518, 525. 



