128 LEPIDOPTEBA IN DIG A. 



Expanse, c? 2i to 2|, ¥ 2f inches. 



Habitat. — Europe ; N, and C. Asia ; Afghanistan ; W. and E. Himalayas. 



DiSTRiJiDTiON (Within our Area). — Specimens from Chitral, taken by Capt. G. H. 

 Colomb, from Gilgit, by Capt. Biddulph, and from Ladak, by Oapt. E. B. S. Adair, 

 are in the British Museum Collection. We possess a male from Ladak, taken by 

 the Messrs. Schlagtweit, both sexes from Kashmur, taken by Capt. E. Bayne Reed, 

 and others from Simla, Masuri, and Kumaon. Capt. H. B. Hellard obtained it at 

 " Pangi, in Biisahur, in July and August, in the Indus Valley between Dras River 

 and Skardo in July, and also in Kashmir from July to September " (MS. Notes). 

 In Mr, J. H. Leech's Collection are specimens taken by himself at Dras in June, 

 others from Kujiar, 6,000 feet elevation, and Narkunda in Api'il, Kardong, 14,000 

 feet, in Aiigust, Chonging Valley, 15-17,000 feet, in July and August, aud at 

 Kylang, 13,000 feet, in September, all taken by Capt. H. McArthur. Col. J. W. 

 Yerbury found it " common at Campbellpur from May to July, and from October 

 to. December. The Cabbages in my garden are covered at the present time, 

 January 11th, with the caterpillars of some white butterfly, and there are some half- 

 dozen cbrysalides on the walls of the bungalow, all probably belonging to this 

 species" (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, 376). Also taken at " Thundiani, in September" 

 (/(/.Ann. N. H. 1888, 204). Col. C. Swinhoe records "a single male taken at 

 Kasian, Afghanistan, in June " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1885, 343). Mr. P. W. Mackinnon 

 found it " very common in Masuri and less so in the Dun, in Mai'ch, but not found 

 in any great numbers later in the year, although an occasional specimen may be 

 seen in almost every month in gardens in Masuri in the spring, the larva does great 

 damage to cabbages {Brassica campestris, N. 0. Cruciferaj), so much so that boys 

 have to be continually employed in picking them off " (Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 

 1898, 590). Capt. A. M. Lang records it being found " everywhere in the N.W. 

 Himalayas up to 10,000 feet altitude " (P. Z. S. 1865, 90). Capt. Lang also records 

 it as " abundant at Umballa, in the Plains, in January, but I never saw it in Oudh " 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 103). "Common in Dharmsala; \arvx reared on May Sth 

 from eggs found on the Nasturtium. Imagines came out on May 25tb. Two or 

 three broods in the year " (J. H. Hocking, P. Z. S. 1882, 256). Mr. L. de Niceville 

 records it from " Singal, Gilgit River Valley, at 7,100 feet elevation " (Rept. 

 Pamur Comm. 43). Mr. G. R. Gray's type was obtained in Nepal by Gen. T. 

 Hardwicke (List. Lep. B. M. i. 32 (1844). Mr. H. J. Elwes says " it is commoner 

 in the interior of Sikkim than at Darjiling, but occurs there from March to 

 December, and as low as 3,000 feet " (Tr. Ent. Soc, 1883, 416), Mr. Elwes has also 

 received specimens, taken by native collector, probably in the Chumbi Valle}-. Col. 

 C. T. Bingham has i-eceived it from " Yatung, Tibet, taken in June." Mr. Dadgeon 

 obtained it in Bhotan. 



