PIERINJE. 195 



Fieris Eippo (pt.), Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i. p. 71 (1857). Wallace, Tr, Ent. Soc, 1867, 



p. 366. 

 Tacliyris Hippo, Manders, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 534. 

 Appias Hippo, Watson, Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1897, p. 670. 

 Tachyris Lyncida Hippo (pt.), Fruhstorfer, Deuts. Ent. Zeit. 1902, p. 288. 



Wet-season Brood (Plate 540, fig. 1, la, ^, lb, c, ? ). 



Male. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with the subcostal branches finely 

 black-lined, the costal-margin and borders of the apical-veinlets bluish-grey scaled ; 

 an exterior-marginal black narrow dentated band. Bindmng with a similar marginal 

 narrow black dentate band, which is inwardly broadly bordered by bluish-grey 

 scales. Underside. Forewing greyish-white, with a broad cuprescent-brown costal 

 band and a continuous exterior-marginal band, the latter being broader than on the 

 upperside ; a subapical prominent gamboge-yellow and a similar minute spot either 

 above or below it. Hhuhmng gamboge-yellow, with a broad exterior marginal 

 cuprescent-brown band — the inner edge of which is sinuated. 



Female. Upperside dark sepia-brown. Forewing with two upper and two 

 lower discal greyish-white longitudinal sti'eaks, and generally an intermediate more 

 or less obscurely-defined medial-discal streak, the lower discal streak being bifid 

 externally ; and also an obsolescent streak extending inward from apex of the cell. 

 Hindwing with the base and lower-discal area to the submedian vein pale sullied 

 greyish-brown, the anterior-discal ai'ea between the veins, the outer portion of the 

 cell, and the abdominal margin greyish-white streaked, these streaks extending 

 pointedly outward into the marginal band. Underside. Forewing paler brown, with 

 the cell-streak, two upper and three lower discal broad streaks and the posterior 

 margin greyish-white, the apex also being very slightly sullied-white streaked. 

 Eindrving yellow, the disc sometimes whitish ; the veins brown-lined ; the Cuprescent- 

 brown exterior marginal band broader than in male. 



Expanse, S 2^q, ? 2^^ to 2^\ inches. 



Intermediate Wet Brood (Plate 540, fig. Id, e ,^,1 i,g ? ). 



]\Tale. Upperside similar to ivd form. Underside. Forewing also similar, 

 except that the costal and outer band is paler, and the apical spot is white. 

 Hindwing much paler yellow, the outer marginal band somewhat narrower and 

 paler. 



Female. Upperside paler sepia-brown than in wet form. Foreiving with the 

 discal white streaks less prominent, the cell-streak obsolete. Hindwing with the 

 discal streaks less defined. Underside. Forevnng paler sepia-brown than in loet 

 form, the cell-streak and discal streaks less prominent. Hindioing greyish-white, the 

 veins brown-lined but less defined, the marginal band paler. 



Expanse, 6 2^^^ to 2^%, ? 2^^ inches. 



c c 2 



