192 LEPIDOPTEEA INDIGA. 



1872, p. 28, Moore, Free. Zool. See. 1878, p. 839 ; id. Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, p. 50. Elwes, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng, 1886, p. 433; id. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 888, p. 411. Swinlioe, id. I.e. 

 1893, p. 310. de Nicuville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, p. 166. Fruhstorfcr, Iris, 1902, p. 271. 



Picris Berenice, Luca?, Eev. Zool. 1?52, p. 324f. 



Pierls Helferi, Pelder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 161, pi. 25, fig, 10, 11 (1865). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with the veins basally 

 sleiidei'ly black lined, the costal border and the outer veins moi^e broadly black 

 bordered, the upper veins slightly expanding obliquely before the apex and then 

 outwardly dilating to the margin. Hindioing basally flushed with pale yellow ; with 

 the end of the outer veins and marginal edge slenderly black bordered, the sub- 

 marginal line of the band on the underside being also sometimes indicated. Under- 

 side. Forewiiig white, with all the veins more broadly black bordered ; three 

 longitudinal slender black lines within the cell. Hindioing chrome-yellow, the outer 

 border white, the precostal interspace bright crimson; veins black lined, the outer 

 veins more or less sub marginally expanded and then outwardly dilated, thus forming 

 an ill-defined incomplete marginal band enclosing a series of white spots. 



Fdmale. Upperside. Forewing black, with greyish-white scaled longitudinal 

 apically dilated cell-streaks, a discal series of streaks and short submarginal streaks, 

 the lower of the two latter beingsometimes slightly coalescent. Kindwing white, basally 

 flushed with pale yellow ; the outer veins broader black lined than in the male, the 

 marginal black border also broader and preceded by a more or less defined blackish- 

 scaled submarginal slender lunular band, thus enclosing a series of greyish-white 

 spots. Underside. Forewing black, with markings as on the upperside. Hindwing 

 similar to the male. 



Expanse, 3 to 3|- inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim; Bhotan ; Assam; Khasias ; Burma; Tenasserim; Siam ; 

 Annam ; Tonkin. 



Distribution. — Mr. H.J. Elwes records it as "occurring, but not commonly, in 

 the lower valle3'S of Sikkim, from April to October, the female, however, seems quite 

 rare " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 411). Mr. L. de Niceville says it is " quite rare in Sikkim, 

 and occurs from April to October at low elevations. In many years' collecting, Mr, 

 Otto MoUer obtained two females only " (Sikk. Gaz. 1894, 166). Mr. G. C. Dudgeon 

 obtained it in Bhotan. A male from Shillong, Assam, taken by Mr. J, P. Rawlins, 

 is in the British Museum. Col. C. Swinhoe records it as " very common in the 

 Khasins" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 310). In Burma it was obtained by Mr. O. 

 Limborg at " Houngduran and Naththoung to Paboga, Upper Tenasserim " 

 (P. Z. S. 1878, 839). Dr. J. Anderson took it in " Mergui, and on Elphin- 

 stone Island in March " (J. Linn. Soc. Z. 18S6, 50). " Several males were 

 taken in Tavoy, Ponsekai, and the Hills on the Siamese frontier " (Elwes, J. As. Soc. 



