150 LEPIDOPTERA INDIGA. 



a male from Dalhousie, taken by Col. Harford in May, and in Mr. J. H. Leech's Col- 

 lection are both sexes from Huttee, 4,000 feet, taken in May ; from Murree, 6,000 

 feet, in May ; Kujiar, 6,000 feet, April ; Dana, N. of Dalhousie, in June and August ; 

 and from Kardong, 14,000 feet, S. of Leh, Ladak, taken by Capt. H. McArthur. 

 Capt. H. B. Hellard took it at Masuri. Mr. W. Doherty records it from " Pindari 

 Valley, 9,000 feet, N.W. Kumaon " {I.e. 135). The Rev. J. H. Hocking records it 

 from " Dharmsala, the larvse being found feeding on the Kusmul (Berberis) on 

 April 6th, and changing to pupte- on May 8th (P. Z. S. 1882, 256). Capt, Lang 

 found and reared the larva at Masuri, in April and May. Mr. P. W. Mackinnon 

 records it as " occurring in vast numbers for a very short time in April and May 

 in Masuri and in the interior. The larva feeding on Berberis Lycium. It is of a 

 brown colour, covered with fine and soft hairs. The pupa varying much in colour, 

 some being reddish-brown, others almost white " {I.e. 589). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 523, fig 1 is from the larva reared by Mr. Hocking, 

 and the pupa from Capt. Lang, la, b, a male from Thundiani, Ic, d, a male from 

 Masuri, and Id, e, a female from Simla. 



PIERIS LEECHII. 



Imago. — Male and female. Smaller than typical Soracia. Upperside. Forewing 

 with the black discocellular-bar much broader, the submarginal band also broader 

 and is continuous in its course from the costa to the lower median veinlet, the 

 enclosed series of white spots are also complete. Underside. Forewing with the 

 outer veins broader black, as on the upperside, than in Soracta, the submarginal 

 band complete and well defined, the apex tinted with |3ale yellow. Hindinng 

 uniforml}^ pale yellow, with all the veins broadly black, the discal zigzag black band 

 also broader and well-defined. 



Expanse, (? ? If to 2:^ inches. 



Habitat. Skoro La, N. of Skardo, Ladak; Gilgit. 



Described from several specimens of both sexes, taken by Mr. J. H. Leech at 

 Skoro La, 12,000 ft. elevation, in July, 1887. Col. C. T. Bingham has recently 

 received several specimens from Gilgit. 



PIERIS BELUCHA. 



Aporia Belucha, Marshall, Froc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882, ji. 760. Swinhoe, Trans. Eiit. Soc. 1885, 



p. 342. Grose-Smith, Khop. Exot. i. p. 7, Pieris pi. 2, fig. 8, 9, ^ (1889). 

 Melaporia Sore.v, Grose-Smith, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1887, p. 129. 

 ? Pieris Leucodice, Bieneit, Lep. Keise in Persien, p. 26 (1869). 



Imago. — Male. Smaller than Soracta. Upperside white. Forewing with the 



