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Parapieris CdlUdice, de Niceville, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1897, p. 563 ; id. Journ. Bombay Nat. 



Hist. Soc. 1898, p. 590. 

 Pieris Clmjddice, Herr. Schaiff. Eur. Schmett. i. figs. 200-3 (1844). 

 Pieris Ealora, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865, p. 489, pi. 31, fig. 15, S- 



Imago. — Male. Upperside greyish-white. Forewinr/ with the base slightly 

 greyish-black scaled ; a black narrow quadrate spot at end of the cell crossed by the 

 discocellular veinlet, a transverse upper-discal and an apical-marginal series of small 

 black dentate spots, which are anteriorly slightly coalesced at their vein angles ; 

 sometimes a few blackish scales are present between the lower median and sub- 

 median vein. Hinchuing with the base greyish-black scaled ; without markings. 

 Underside white. Forewing with markings as on upperside, but less prominent, the 

 apical pale olive-brown and slightly coalescent anteriorly. Rindwing with all the 

 veins broadly bordered with pale olive-brown sparsely irrorated with minute black 

 scales, leaving a white elongated subbasal costal spot, one within the cell, and a 

 discal series of lanceolate marks and marginal oval pointed-spots. 



Female. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with the basal area darker 

 greyish-black scaled ; the black cell-spot larger and broader, the discal transverse 

 band continuous and extending to the posterior margin, being slightly broken only 

 at the lower median veinlet, the marginal band also extends to the posterior angle, 

 both bands coalescing at their vein angles. Hindmng with the base and all the 

 veins broadly greyish-black scaled ; a darker black upper submarginal zigzag band ; 

 the basal, discal, and inter-marginal spaces forming a series of ill-defined whitish 

 inwardly-pointed spots. Underside similar to the male, except that on the forewing 

 the cell-spot is larger, and both outer bauds extend more continuously to the 

 posterior margin. HiiuJiving as in the male. 

 Expanse, S I^q to 2, ? 2 to 2-^% inches. 



Habitat. — S.B. Europe; N.E. Asia Minor; N. Persia; N.W. Himalayas. 

 S.W. China. 



DiSTRiBDTioN (Within our Area). — Capt. A. M. Lang, in his MS. Notes, states 

 this to be ".an alpine species of the Kunawur and Tibet frontier, not a village butterfly, 

 as is P. DapHdice, but only to be seen on the edges of glaciers and deep snow-beds 

 in company with Parnassius. I have only seen it in two localities, the Ronang and 

 Hungrung Passes in Upper Kunawur. Only one stray specimen I caught on the 

 latter, whereas on the former a good number were flying. It is apparently a local 

 species." " On the Hungrung Pass, 15,000 feet elevation, one I saw was flying 

 very fast at the top of the Pass over the dwarf Tibetan Furze {Garayana versicolor). 

 On the next Pass, the Eunang, about 14,000 feet, a good many were flying very fast 

 up and down the bare stony slopes just at the summit of the Pass. I never saw the 

 insect again, unless on the Tari Pass into Spiti, 15,000 feet, over glaciers and snow- 



