134 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



sometimes indications of the discal whor], often not visible, sometimes with indications 

 of the marginal spots, sometimes without them. 

 Expanse, ? ? 1/^ to l/„ inches. 



Winter Form (Figs. Ij, Ik = Dlmhura). 



Only differs from the Dry-season form in having the underside of the hindwings 

 in both sexes suffused with pink, usually very strongly suffused when first emerged, 

 when at rest the greater portion of the forewing is hidden by the hindwing. The 

 creature goes to rest on the tops of the bushes, the leaves of which are pink-tinged at 

 their ends, and thus becomes invisible. We have often watched them settling in 

 this manner of an evening. 



Extreme Dry-season Form (Figs, ll to Im). 



Male. Upperside pure white, the apical patch as in the Dry-season form. Ilind- 

 iving with the spots on the exterior border reduced to dots, often absent. Underside 

 sometimes with both wings pure white, sometimes the hindwing is slightly tinged 

 with pink, generally a minute dot at the end of each cell, some of the usual spots 

 occasionally indicated, often the wings are immaculate, some of the examples are 

 very small. 



Expanse, $ ? lyV to If^ inches. 



Larva. — Nearly cylindrical, slender, and of a uniform green colour, with the 

 rough surface characteristic of Ca^ops/Z/a and Te^nas. 



Pupa. — With a sharp transverse ridge above, at the junction of the thorax 

 and abdomen, which extends well beyond the general outline on each side, 

 forming a pointed lateral process ; from this a dorsal ridge runs out into a similar 

 point just over and behind the head; the colour is light green, with a triangular 

 patch of yellowish -white on the anterior side of each lateral process, and a 

 similar patch covering the top of the head. Aitken (Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 1887, p. 38.) 



Habitat. — All India except Bengal. 



Distribution. — It is to be found in the desert and sandy tracts as well as in 

 cultivated land and the outskirts of forests. We have the species from Campbellpur, 

 Deesa, Neemuch, Rawul Pindi, Mhow, Ahmedabad, Nilgiris, from many localities in 

 the Bombay district, and from Sind right up to Sukkur ; de Niceville reports it 

 from Simla and Agra ; Davidson from Kanara and Khandesh, and it is in the British 

 IMuseum from Mean Meer and Cashmir. It is very curious that its capture seems 

 never to have been reported from any part of Bengal Proper. 



