PIEBIN^. 11 



CATOPHAGA SWINHOEI. 



Plate 556, fig. 1, lavvcs n,nd. pupa; la, b, c cj ; Id, e, f, g, h, i, j ? . 

 Appias Ares (pt.), Swinlioe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 138 ,^ ; Moore, Lep. ladicn, vi. p. 205, pi. 542, 



fig. 3 S (1905). 

 Catopliaga Paulina, Taylor, Batt. of Orissa, p. 15 (1888). 

 Catopliaga Neomho, Hampson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 362. 

 Catopliaga Zanl-apura, Watson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1890, p. 268. 

 Appias Neomho, Davidson and Aitkei:, Journ. Bombay N. H. Sou. 1896, p. 574 ; de Niceville, Journ. 



As. Soc. Bengal, 1900, p. 254. 



Both sexes smaller than 0. Darada. Male (fig. la, b, c). Upperside. Fore- 

 iving greyish-white, apical marginal band narrower and less defined. Hindwinr/ 

 unmarked. Underside with the apex of forewing, and the entire liindwing very 

 faintly tinted with pale yellow. 



Female. Dimorphic, i^or/yt T. (fig. Id, e, f). Upperside greyish-white. Fore- 

 wing with the black outer band somewhat narrower than in Darada, the subapical 

 white spots similarly disposed. Hindwing with the marginal black dentated band 

 also comparatively narrower and continuous, or sometimes macular. Underside. 

 Foreiuing with greyish-white discal area, the basal area, costal and outer marginal 

 edge pale yellow, the normal-shaped black subapical band narrow, and the apical 

 area glossy pale grey. Hindiving glossy greyish -white, the basal and costal area 

 and the outer edge slightly tinted with pale yellow. 



Expanse, S 2^-^ to 2^^, ? 2^^ to 2i^o inches. 



i^or7)x II. (fig. Ig, h). Smaller than in /or/// T. Upperside. Forewing with t\^e 

 outer band narrower, the subapical white spots less medially positioned. Hindiving 

 with the marginal band composed of smaller dentate spots. Underside similar to 

 form I. 



Expanse, 2^) inches. 



FormlU. (fig. li, j). Upperside similar to /o)to II. Underside. Forewing with 

 the apical area, and the entire hindwing ochreous-yellow. 



Expanse, 2-^q inches. 



Laeva. — Slender; dorsally and sublatei'ally clothed with fine short hairs; head 

 slightly hairy ; a pale green dorsal, a pale yellow lateral, and a brown sublateral 

 stripe extending from head to anal segment; head and legs brown. 



Pupa. — Head with a frontal point ; thorax dorsally produced and angled ; basal 

 segments of abdomen broad and laterally angled. Colour pale green ; wing cases 

 and a lateral oblique abdominal stripe pale yellow. (Described from Sir W. Elliot's 

 drawing). 



Habitat. — Southern India. 



DiSTBiBUTiON. — Col. C. Swinhoe has males from Ahmedabad, and Bisnuggur in 



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