184 LEPIDOPTERA INDIGA. 



white 01' of various shades of paler yellow, and the cell and lower basal area irrorated 

 with blackish scales. 



Expanse, c? 2^ to 3|, 9 3 to 3|- inches. 



Haoitat. — Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Khasia Hills; Burma; Tenasserim; Malay 

 Peninsula ; Siam ; Annam ; Cochin China. 



DiSTKiBUTioN. — Mr, H. J. Blwes records it "common in Sikkim at low 

 elevations, and up to -3,000 feet, from March to December. Fond of settling on the 

 sweet-scented flowers of Cinchona Ledgeriana in the lower plantations at Mongpo " 

 (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 408). Mr. L. de Niceville says it is "common in Sikkim from 

 March to December. It is an early riser, and commences to fly soon after sunrise " 

 (Sikk. Gaz. 1894, 166). Mr. G. C. Dudgeon obtained it in Bhotan. Col. C. Swinhoe 

 has received "several specimens from the Khasia Hills" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 310). 

 Col. C. H. E. Adamson records it as " very common in Burma from March till 

 November " (List Burm. Butt. 1897, 41). Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained " two males 

 at Tilin in December and May, during the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90 " 

 (J, Bombay N. H. Soc. 1891, 51). Mr. 0. Limborg took it " at Ahsown ; Moolai, at 

 3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, Upper Tenasserim " (P. Z. S. 1878, 839). Dr. L. Fea 

 obtained it at Touugoo in January. Dr. N. Manders records it as " very common in 

 the Shan States " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 532). Mr. H. J. Elwes records " a single 

 female taken in Tavoy " (J. As, Soc. Beng. 1886, 433), 



iNno-MALAY Species, — Piccarda Hssmorrhcea (Pieris Hgemorrhoea, VoUenhoven, 

 Monogr. Pier. p. 10, pi. 2, fig. 5 (1865). Thyca H^m, Wallace, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 1867, p. 352. Delias HfBm. Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 145. Habitat. 

 Banca, 



Piccarda Niasana. (Delias Niasana, Kheil, Rhop. Nias. p. 35, pi. 4, fig. 22, 23 

 (1884). Butler, I.e. 1897, p. 146, var. D. Amarilla, Kheil, I.e. p. 35, Habitat. Nias 

 Island. 



Piccarda Hyparete (Pap. Hyparete, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. ed. i. p. 469 (1758) ; id. 

 Mus.Ulr. p. 247 (1764) ; id. S. N. xii. ed. i. p. 763 (1767). Clerck, Icones, ii. pi. 38, 

 fig. 2 (1764). Sulzer, Gesch, Ins, p. 143, pi. 15, fig, 8 (1776), Herbst, Nat. 

 Schmett. V. p. 131, pi. 101, fig. 6, 7, ?(1792). Pieris Hyparete, Boisd. Spec. Gen. 

 Lep. i. p. 455 (1836). VoUenhoven, Monog. Pier. p. 91 (1865). Snellen, Tijd. v. 

 Ent. 1876, p. 15 k Thyca, Hyp, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 352. Delias 

 Hyp. Aurivillius, K. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1882, p. 59. de Niceville, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bengal, 1895, p. 488. Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 146. Syn. Pap. 

 Antonoe, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 138, pi. 187, fig. C, D, S (1779). Habitat. 

 Penang ; Singapore ; Sumatra ; Java ; Borneo. 



Piccarda Luzoniensis (Pieris Luzoniensis, Felder, Wien. Ent. Monats. 1S62, 

 p, 285. Thyca Luzon, Wallace, I.e. p. 352 (1867). Delias Luzon. Butler, I.e. p. 146. 



