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the nnderside. Underside. Forewing with the costal edge and the interspaces 

 longitudinally between the apical bands very pale reddish-ochreous ; the black cell- 

 bar and apical bands paler than on upperside, the marginal marks being divided by 

 the pale vein ends. Hindiving very pale reddish-ochreous, with blackish streaks 

 bordering the veins, these streaks outwardly-forming on the disc and on the outer 

 margin a series of short duplex streaks, each pair being divided by the pale vein ; 

 broken cell streak larger. Body black ; front of head pale reddish-ochreous ; palpi 

 whitish and fringed witli blackish hairs ; legs whitish ; abdomen white beneath ; 

 antennae black, shaft ringed with white. 



Female, Upperside white. Forewing with the black cell-bar slightly broader, 

 the discal transverse baud and the marginal spots extending to the subraedian vein, 

 their apical portions being more or less slightly coalescent along the veins. 

 Hindiving with the black cell-streak broader and less broken, the basal area and 

 the cell borders more broadly black-scaled, the discal curved macular band distinctly 

 black, and the marginal marks blackish-scaled. Underside similar to the male, 

 except that on th.e forewing the outer bands extend to the submedian vein. 



Expanse, 1^^, to Ij^ inch. 



Habitat. — N.W. Himalayas. 



Distribution. — The type specimen was obtained in Lahoul by the Rev. J. H. 

 Hocking. We possess a male from Ladak. Mr. W. Rothschild has several 

 examples of both sexes from N. Kaschmir. Mr. H. Grose-Smith also has it from 

 the same locality. In Mr. J. H. Leech's Collection are both sexes from the Digha 

 Pass, N. side, 15,000 feet, June; Kardong Pass, 15 to 17,000 feet, August ; and 

 Karakoram, 18,000 feet, July, all taken by Capt. H. McArthur. 



Allied Species. — Balfia Baitalensis (Pieris Shawi, Gr,-Grrshimailo, Rom. Mem. 

 Lep. iv. p. 222, pi. 10, fig. 2a, b, c? ? {1890).— nee Bates. Habitat. Ak Baital, 

 Kara Koul, Turkestan. 



Baltia Votanini (Pieris Potanini, Alpheraky, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1888, p. C6). Sijn. 

 P. Butleri, Alpheraky, Rom. Mem. Lep. v. p. 99, pi. 5, fig 2, a, b, <^ ? (1889). 

 Male. Larger than same sex of Butleri. Upperside. Forciring with similar black 

 discocellular bar and apically-dilated anterior veins only, the contiguous upper- 

 discal short black band being absent. Hindwing with the black discocellular 

 bar less defined and its two ends distinctly, medially disconnected ; the dusky 

 shades bordering the outer veins being either less distinctly interrupted across the 

 disc or continuous from their base to tip. Underside. Forewing with the black 

 cell-bar broken in its middle, with similar apical vein-borderings, but no upper-discal 

 fascia apparent. Hindwing with the black bordering to the veins, but those of the 

 outer series being either less interrupted or entire — and thus form a more linear 

 unbroken series of streaks. Female. Upperside either white or tiuted with very 



