410 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [May 4, 



shiny, covered with minute yellow warts (dots); hairy over the feet 

 and extreme segments ; soft, short, and whitish hairs. A broad 

 yellowish-green dorsal band with a darker green pulsating dorsal 

 stripe. A dark brown or blackish lateral band, in which the yellow 

 dots are conspicuous, giving it a grey appearance. Spiracular stripe 

 green, more or less dirty-looking. Head and thirteenth segment black 

 with yellow dots. Belly and feet green. Posterior segments slightly 

 attenuated. Head slightly larger (when crawling) than second 

 segment, but about the same size as third segment." 



" Rokeran, end of June ; gregarious and abundant on a species of 

 caper with shining green leaves and thorns, and fruit resembling a 

 minute melon. 



"Pupa in June. Yellowish white, speckled with yellow and black 

 dots." 



20. Synchloe daplidice (no. 9). 



Papilio daplidice, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 760. no. 77 (1767). 

 "Frequents cultivated ground and gardens ; common in June." 

 Major Roberts doubts the identity of this species with S. daplidice, 

 because of its agility as compared with those which he has previously 

 taken in India. He says, " It is not a sluggish insect, quite the 

 reverse, as it settles suddenly on a flower and is as suddenly off 

 again, and not nearly so easy to capture as no. 1." This, however, 

 is precisely the habit of S. daplidice as I have seen it in the Rhone 

 valley ; I found it less easy to capture than Colias hyale, so that 

 after a morning's hard work, I had only succeeded in boxing three 

 specimens. 



21. Synchloe iranica (no. 23). (Plate XXXIX. fig. 7.) 



Pieris iranica, Bienert, Lep. Ergebn. p. 27 (1870). 



Pieris vipasa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18/2, p. 565. 



" Frequents the rocky uncultivated slopes of the hills where the 

 food-plant of the larva grows. This species is common in June." 



"Larva 112. About 1" long. General colour pale green, with 

 longitudinal yellow bands and black dots ; thickest in the middle, 

 slightly tapering at both ends ; has a rough appearance from being 

 ribbed, and is covered with minute hairs. Dorsal and lateral bands 

 dull green, the black dots giving it a blue appearance. Subdorsal 

 band yellow. Spiracular band white, yellow at the junction of the 

 segments. Head pale green with black dots ; a yellow patch on 

 each side, a whitish collar on second segment. Belly pale green. 

 Feet pale green with a yellow m.ark above each. Spiracles indi- 

 stinct. 



*' Candahar, middle of ]\Iay, June ; on a wild mignonette growing 

 on the rocky hills and slopes. 



"Pupa attached to the stem or leaf of its food-plant by the tail and 

 also by a thread over the back. A beak-like proboscis turned 

 upwards and rather long." 



