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118. Colotis phisadia. — M.dle, upper side: f orewing : pale salmon-pink, this 

 colour paler outwardly ; base heavily irrorated with bluish-grey scales that 

 extend outwards and are merged with a black patch that occupies the apex 

 of the cell and spreads along the discocellulars ; terminal third of wing black 

 with enclosed spots of the ground-colour in interspaces 3, 4, 5 and 

 9, the spot in 4 sometimes absent, the inner edge of the black area 

 emarginate at interspaces 2 and 4 ; the outer margin with a series of 

 minute terminal specks of ground-colour in the interspaces. Hindwing 

 white, base heavily irrorated with bluish-grey scales that are extended 

 downwards in a diffuse band parallel to the dorsum ; terminal half of the 

 wing jet-black. Underside: precisely as in male j9/'oi/'«c^Ms. — Female: very 

 variable, but resembles the male in markings. On the upperside,h.oweYeT the 

 terminal areas on both wings that are black in the male are silky brown on 

 the forewing, the inner, sinuate margin of the same posteriorly black ; on 

 the hindwing the terminal, brown area encloses an irregular, sinuate, black 

 band that does not extend either to the costa or to the dorsum. The ground- 

 colour in some specimens is faintly pink fading to white outwardly ; on the 

 hindwing it is white as in the male. In other specimens the ground-colour 

 of both wings is entirely white or pinkish orange. Underside : as in the 

 male, but the apical area of the forewing and the whole surface of the 

 hindwing tinged more or less with ochraceous. In many individuals, 

 probably of the dry season broods, this ochraceous tint is very much marked. 

 Forewing : with posterior, black spots as in the male. Hindwing : an 

 irregular, discal, sinuate, macular, brown band that is often obsolescent. 

 Antennse, head, thorax and abdomen much as in the male. Expanse 38-46 

 mm. 



Larva. — "Pea-green when young, two black spots on the back of the 

 head, a white mark, almost the shape of an ace of diamonds but rather 

 longer, on the second segment ; when older, the black spots on the head 

 disappear and the white mark gets clearer and is outlined with black. 

 There are two similar marks just beyond the centre of the back, the front 

 one being the smaller, and another, similar mark on the 11th segment." 

 {Nurse.) 



Pupa. — As figured : is stout, pale brown, more or less mottled with darker 

 brown ; in shape mainly cylindrical, with the wing-cases moderately 

 developed ; the head ends in a very sharp point. 



The above descriptions are taken from Colonel Bingham's book. 



Habits. — Nothing much is known ; Nurse states that the larva 

 feeds upon Salvador a persica, like that of amata. The only recorded 

 occurrence of the species within British Indian limits are in Surat 

 and Multan. It is found in Arabia and the opposite African coast. 



119. Colotis vestalis. — Wet-season brood. — M-dle, upp)erside: white; fore and 

 hindwings with broad, terminal, black bands. Forewing : base, costal 

 margin broadly and discoidal cell except at its lower, apical area heavily 

 irrorated with dusky-grey scales ; a short streak at upper apex of cell joined 

 to a large spot on the discocellulars, black ; superposed on the black, terminal 

 area are two small, preapical spots (sometimes wanting) and a much larger, 

 subterminal spot in interspace 3, all white ; minute, terminal specks also, 

 often more or less obsolescent, in the interspaces, Hindwing : more 

 uniform, very slightly irrorated with grey scales at base, the black, 

 terminal band immaculate. Underside : greenish yellow sparsely sprinkled 

 with black scales, the yellow very pale on the disc of the forewing fading 

 to white on its doi-sal margin ; discocellular spots and three subterminal, post- 

 erior spots that are placed in a curve, black ; the lowest spot of the three 

 sometimes extended to the dorsal margin (v&T.puellaris). Hindwing uniform, 



