124 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



stripe. Pupa green with a lateral yellow stripe ; tapering at both ends, thorax 

 arched. 



"Feeds on Leguminosse " (Thwaites). 



CATOPSILIA ILEA (Plate 47, Fig. \, \ a, b, $ ?, larva). 



Papilio Ilea, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 421 (1798), $. 

 Callidryas Pyranthe (variety), Butler, Lep. Exot. i. p. 36. 



Male. Upperside similar in colour to G. Pyranthe, but with a more slender 

 blackish apical marginal band. Female also with a narrower apical marginal band, 

 and with no, or at most but very indistinct, inner subapical lunular streak : hind- 

 wing with no marginal band, only with indistinct cilial spots. Underside very 

 similar to 0. Pyranthe. Female with more prominently marked strig^, and pale- 

 centred reddish spot at end of each cell, the hindwing with two contiguous similar 

 spots. 



Expanse 1^ to 2\ inches. 



Larva cylindrical; green, minutely spotted with black, with a dark and pale 

 lateral line. Pupa green, tapering at each end, thorax convex. 



"Feeds on Cassia fistula, &c." (Thivaites). 



"Colombo. Neighbourhood of the cinnamon gardens. Rare. Flight slow" 

 [Hutchison). 



CATOPSILIA PYRANTHE (Plate 47, Fig. 2, 2a, ^ ?). 



Papilio Pyranthe, Linnasus, Syst. Nat. ii. p. 763 (1767). 



Callidryas Pyranthe, Moore, Cafal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i. p. 56, pi. 1, f. 8, 8a; Butler, Catal. Fabriciau 



Lep. B. M. p. 224; Lep. Exot. i. p. 35, pi. 3, f. 8, 9, 10. 

 Colias Pyranthe, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 129. 



Male. Upperside pale greenish-white : forewing with a narrow blackish apical 

 marginal band, and a small slender spot at end of the cell. Female : forewing with 

 the blackish costal border and the apical band broader, the latter with inner subapical 

 confluent lunular streaks ; a large oval spot at end of the cell : hindwing with a 

 slender black marginal band. Underside with the costal area of forewing and entire 

 hindwing pale greenish ochreous-yellow, numerously covered with short delicate brown 

 strig« ; an indistinct pale ochreous spot at end of each cell ; posterior border of 

 forewing pale greenish-white. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



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Galle. \er J common" (Wade). 

 " In all parts, but more numerous in low country than in upper. A few occur 

 in the low country flights" (Machoood). 



