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ill-defined fascia;, the extreme outer marginal edge slightly black scaled between the 

 veins. Body, legs, and palpi white ; antennae black above, wliite beneath. 



Female. Upperside pure white. Forewing with the costal base as in male, the 

 black apical border and oblique discal spot slightly broader. Hindwing as in male, 

 the extreme outer marginal line beiug also inwardly edged with blackish scales. 

 Underside similar to the male. 



Expanse, S If^ to 2-^^^, 9 l^^o to Ij^o inches. 



Habitat ■ — Upper and Lower India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Malay 

 Peninsula; Sumatra; Borneo; Java; Philippines; Formosa. 



DiSTEiBOTiON, Habits, Larva, etc. (within our area). — In the ISTorth-west it 

 was found, by Mr. P. W. Mackinuon, "in the DehraDan, elevation about 2,000 feet, 

 S. of Masuri, commonly almost throughout the year " (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1898, 

 538). Capt. A. M. Lang writes : " I have seen this insect but in one place, a forest 

 in the interior of Oudh, in the month of October. Under the bushes which formed 

 the low underwood on the skirts of the forest, this delicate-winged insect flapped 

 with weak flight, seeming to shun publicity, and to be afraid to fly boldly from the 

 shelter of the bushes" (Eut. Mo. Mag. 1864, 102). North-eastward, it is recorded 

 by Mr. H. J. Blwes, as " not common in Sikkim, but I have taken it below Mongpo 

 in June, and it occurs up to 4,000 or 5,000 feet, from April to October" (Tr. But. 

 Soc. 1888, 407). Col. C. Swinhoe notes it as being "common in the Khasia Hills " 

 (id. I.e. 1893, 309). Capt. Chaumette writes, " Found in great abundance in Calcutta, 

 flying very softly about, as if blown by the wind, in March and April " (Bnt. Mo. 

 Mag. 1866, 36). Mr. J. Eothney also obtained it in the " neighbourhood of Calcutta, 

 in shady lanes from May to September. Never seen in the sun. Has a slow weak 

 flight, and fond of ditches" (Bnt. Mo. Mag. 1882, 35). Mr. L. de Niceville records 

 it as being " met with in the neighbourhood of Calcutta almost throughout the year" 

 (J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1885, 49). Mr. W. C. Taylor foimd it " common at Khorda in 

 Orissa " (List, p, 13, 1888). Col. C. Swinhoe obtained it in " Bombay in October, 

 November, and December, in Poona from October to June ; and on the Matheran 

 Hill" (P. Z. S. 1885, 135). Messrs. J. Davidson and E. H. Aitken write: " This 

 butterfly is met with in all parts of the N. Kanara District of Bombay, flitting 

 about among underwood in shady places. Like many of the Pierinse it is absent, or 

 almost so, from June to September. We have bred the larva on Capers {Gapparis 

 Heyncana, horrida, seinaria, and Gratseva religiosa). Both the larva and pupa are 

 very like those of Terias Hecabe, but more delicately formed. The larva is green, 

 with a pale glaucous tinge about the bases of the legs, and slightly hairy. The pupa 

 is sometimes green, but oftener of a delicate pink shade" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, 

 569). Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it in the "Nilgiris, at from 1,000 to 7,000 feet 

 elevation" (J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1888, 361). Capt. E.Y.Watson obtained it in 



