264 LEPWOPTEEA INBICA. 



Expanse of wings, $ 2^ inches. 

 Habitat. — Sikkim. 



Described and figured from the unique type in the B. M., which is labelled 

 Darjiling. 



Genus CALLIANA. 



CalUana, Moore, Proc. Zool. See. 1878, p. 686. Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 91 (1891); id. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1893, p. 31. Leech, Butt, of China, etc. ii. p. 557 (1894). Watson, Journ. Bo. Xat. 

 Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, p. 419. Elwes, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 106. 



Forewing, vein 12 ends on costa opposite upper end of cell, which is two-thirds 

 the length of the costa and contains a veinlet which runs in from just before vein 4 ; 

 upper angle of cell rounded, upper discocellular short, outwardly oblique, middle and 

 lower nearly erect, the latter the longer ; vein 6 emitted from the junction of upper 

 and middle discocellular, 5 from the junction of the middle and lower, 3 from one- 

 fourth before the lower end of cell, 2 from one-third from the base ; costa of wing 

 arched, outer margin convex, moderately oblique, much shorter than the hinder margin 

 which is somewhat sinuous ; no costal fold. Hiiidwing, vein 7 emitted a little before 

 upper end of cell, discocellular slightly outwardly oblique, the lower half as long again 

 as the middle ; vein 5 from above the middle, well developed, 3 from just before the 

 lower end of cell, 2 from about one-third before the end ; wing evenly rounded, the 

 cell reaching to, or just beyond the middle of the wing. Antennae with the club 

 moderate, but distinctly developed, rather short, fining to a point and somewhat 

 curved ; palpi almost erect, second joint thickly scaled, third minute ; hind tibiae with 

 two pairs of spurs, and a tuft of hairs longer than the tibia, attached to it, near its 

 proximal end. 



Type, CaUiana pieridoides, Moore. 



. . CALLIANA PIERIDOIDES. 



Plate 754, figs. 3, ^ , 3a, ? , 3b, $ , oc, ? . 



CalUana pieridoides, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 687, pi. 45, fig. 2, ^. Doherty, Joum. As. 

 Soc. Bengal, 1889, p. 133. de Niceville, Jouru. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1891, p. 377, pi. G, fig. 25, 9 . 

 Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 91 (1891). Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 646. Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. 1893, p. 315. Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 31. de Niceville, Gazetteer of Sikkim, 

 Butterflies, p. 176 (1894). Leech, Butt, of China, etc. ii. p. 577, pi. 39, fig. 8, ^ (1894). 

 Watson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. ix. 1895, pi. 422. Elwes, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1897, 

 p. 106. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside creamy- white. Forewivg with an apical black patch, 

 with an irregular inner margin and two or three black marginal spots below it. the 

 discoidal streak and outer spot of the underside visible through the wing. Ilindwing 



