128 THE LEPJDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



Larva subcylindrical, tapering towards each end, numerously covered with 

 minute tubercles ; green. Pupa much arched along the back ; head pointed. 

 "Feeds on Capparis " (Tkwaites). 



" Kandy. Common" (Wade). 



" Numerous all over the island in the early months of the year, but not towards 

 the sea-coast. Occasional specimens all through the year" {Mackwood). 



Genus CALLOSUNE. 

 Callosune, Doubleday, Genera of Diurnal Lap. p. 57 (1847). 

 Aphrodite, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 95 (1816) — preoccupied. 



Wings short, broad : forewing subtriangular ; apex almost rounded, exterior 

 margin slightly convex, oblique ; costal vein extending to more than half the wing ; 

 first subcostal at two-fifths, second at one-fifth before end of the cell ; third and fifth 

 at end of the cell, third bifid at nearly one-half before the apex ; upper discocellular 

 short, inwardly oblique, slightly concave, lower deeply concave, radial from their 

 angle ; cell broad ; middle median at one-fifth, lower at beyond two-fifths before end 

 of the cell ; submedian recurved : hindwing broadly obovate, exterior margin slightly 

 uueven; precostal vein long; costal much curved; first subcostal at one-third 

 before end of the cell ; discocellulars very oblique, upper very short, lower very long 

 outwardly oblique and concave ; radial from their angle near subcostal ; middle 

 median at one-eighth, lower at one-third before end of the cell ; submedian straight, 

 internal recurved. Body moderate, thorax and head hairy ; palpi rather long, pro- 

 jecting half beyond the eyes, second joint flat, very laxly pilose beneath, third joint 

 slender ; legs very long, slender ; antenna rather short, ending in a spatular club. 



CALLOSUNE EUCHARIS (Plate 49, Fig. 4, c?). 



Papilio Euchai-is, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 472 (1775), cj. 

 Euchloe Eucharis, Butler, Catal. Fabrician Lap. Brit. Mus. p. 215. 

 Teracoliis Eucharis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1876, p. 164. 

 Papilio Aurora, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 299, fig. A— D (1782). 

 Pieris Titea, Godart, Encycl. Metb. ix. p. 124. 



Male. Upperside white : forewing with a broad ochreous -yellow apical patch 

 bordered externally by dark brown, the inner border of the patch pale yellowish and 

 also slightly brown speckled at upper and lower end : hindwing with a marginal 

 series of small black spots. Female duller coloured ; apical patch narrow, reddish, 

 with broader borders and brown cross veins ; a slight brown discocellular streak ; 

 marginal spots on hindwing larger. Underside pale yellow on basal and apical area 

 of forewing ; both wings with a slight short subapical ochreous macular fascia in the 

 male and the female, also with a lower discal fascia and marginal macular band. 



Expanse ts inch. 



