134 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



HIPOSCRITIA NARENDRA (Platk 51, Fig. 4, Aa,b, ^ ?). 

 Appias Narendra, Mooi'e, Annals of Nat. Hist. 1877, p. 48. 



Male. Upperside wliite ; forewing with a broad black angular-bordered apical 

 band traversed by two oblique wliite spots : hindwing with a very slender black- 

 speckled margin, the speckles also extending slightly up each vein. Underside : 

 apex of forewing buff-brown, subapical black band broad : hindwing buff-brown, 

 densely speckled with brown scales, a series of these forming irregular uninterrupted 

 zigzag transverse streaks ; a small discoceUular black spot. Female with broader 

 black apical band, its inner border scalloped and extending to posterior angle : 

 hindwing with a broad black scalloped-bordered marginal band. Underside with 

 darker ochreous apex and broader band, the hindwing also much darker and 

 showing a submarginal row of large whitish patches. 



Expanse, S 2^, Q 2f inches. 



" Hills 2000 to 4000 feet. Rare " {Machwood). 



Genus APPIAS. 

 Appias, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 91 (1816); Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 49. 



Forewing triangular, less in female ; costal vein extending two-thirds the 

 margin ; first subcostal at one-fourth, second at one-eighth, third trifid, fifth at 

 one-fifth beyond the cell, fourth at one-third before the apex ; upper discoceUular 

 obliquely concave, lower straight, radial from their angle ; cell more than half 

 length of wing; middle median at one-fourth, lower at more than half before end 

 of the cell ; submedian waved : hindwing broadly oval, exterior margin convex 

 hindward ; precostal vein nearly straight ; costal curved ; first subcostal at one- 

 third before end of the cell ; upper discoceUular very oblique, lower less oblique, 

 radial from their angle ; cell broad ; middle median at one-fourth, lower at one- 

 half before end of the cell ; submedian straight, internal recurved. Body moderate, 

 thorax stout, hairy ; palpi porrect, hairy beneath, second joint extending half 

 beyond the eyes, third joint long, slender ; legs long, slender ; antennae with a 

 flattened club. 



Type, A. Zelmira. 



APPIAS LIBYTHEA (Plate 52, Fig. 3, 3a, (J ?). 



Papilio Libythea, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 471 (1775); Donov. Ins. of India, pi. 27, f. 3, ?. 



Tachyris Libythea, Butler, Catal. Fabriciau Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 210. 



Pieris Libitina, Godart, Enc. Mctli. p. 133; Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 499, ?. 



Pieris Rouxii, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. des Lep. i. p. 481, t^". 



Male. Upperside white : forewing with a very slender black sinuous marginal 

 border : hindwing with a very slight dentate black mark at end of the veins. 



