152 LEPIBOPTERA INDICA. 



Habitat. — N.W. Himalayas. 



DiSTEiEUTioN. — Capt. A. M. Lang records it as " occurring but sparingly in 

 Kunawur, whei-e I captured it at altitudes of about 9,000 or 10,000 feet, in tlie 

 Wungur, Kazbang, and Buspa Valleys. It bas a slow, beavy fligbt, and is fond of 

 pitcbing on tbe late Umbelliferous plants, wbicli arise above tbe dense masses of 

 flowers carpeting tbe glades in tbese wooded valleys during tbe rainy montbs of July 

 and August. Specimens from Kascbmir appear to be ligbter in colour tban tbose 

 from Kunawur" (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1868, 33). Capt. H. B. Hellard obtained it in 

 " Pangi, Busabir, in July and August, in tbe Rajdiangan Pass, and in Gulmurg, in 

 Kascbmir, in August and September" (MS. Notes). Mr. P. W. Mackiunon records 

 it as " very rare, obtained only at 12,000 or 13,000 feet elevation, on tbe slopes of 

 the Hills above tbe Buspa Valley and on tbe Boreuda Pass, in July and August " 

 (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1898, 689). Mr. E. T. Atkinson took it in tbe Rupin Pass, 

 Spiti. In Mr. J. H. Leecb's Collection are specimens from Goorais Valley, 

 Kasbmir, taken in September ; Kukti, 8,500 feet, in July; Dugi Pass, 12,000 feet, 

 August and September, taken hy Capt. Thompson. Mr. A. Grote possessed a 

 specimen taken at Naini Tal. 



PIERIS HAERIET^ (Plate 524, figs. 2, 2a, <J, 2b, ? ). 



Metaporia Harrietce, de Niccville, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1892, p. 341, pi. I., fig.'^. 3 tj, 4 ? ; 

 id. Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, p. 168. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside black. Forevnng witb a wbite slender streak at 

 base of tbe costa, a crearay-wbite large broad streak occupying tbe basal tbree- 

 fourtbs of tbe cell, its outer end being pointed, a discal transverse series of more or 

 less oval spots, and a large elongated sligbtly-divided lovrer streak beneatb tbe cell, 

 followed by an outer mai-ginal row of small wbitisb duplex-spots. Hindioing witb a 

 creamy-wbite basal costal streak, a streak almost tilUng tbe cell, a curved inaer- 

 discal series of small oval spots and slender elongated lower and abdominal- 

 marginal streaks, and tben an outer marginal row of small wbitisb duplex-spots. 

 Underside duller black. Foreunng witb wbite markings as above, except that the 

 marginal duplex-spots are more elongated. Hindwing -with markings, as on 

 upperside, tinted witb pale yellow, tbe basal spot being chrome-yellow, tbe marginal 

 duplex-spots all elongated and closely approximating to tbe discal spots. 



Female. Upperside paler black tban in tbe male. Both wings witb similar 

 markings, tbe marginal duplex-spots being more elongated. Underside similar to 

 tbe male. 



Expanse, 3 2|, ? 3 inches. 



Habitat. — Bbotau. 



