FIERI N^. 135 



Underside white ; costal border slightly black-speckled. Female dull white : fore- 

 wing with the base of costa, the discoidal cell, a suffused fascia beneath the cell, 

 and a broad marginal band dusky-black ; a confluent black streak from end of 

 the cell : hindwing with a dusky-black marginal dentated band, and a paler 

 transverse more or less distinct discal fascia with confluent blackish veins. Under- 

 side with all the markings of the upperside indistinctly visible; base of hindwing 

 yellowish. 



Expanse, $ 2?, 5 2 to 2^ inches. 



" Hambantotte. June and July" {Wade). 



"Puttalam" {Pole). 



" Low country, so far found only in the Kurunegalla District" {Mackwood). 



APPIAS VACANS (Plate 52, Fig. 2, 2a, ^). 

 Appias vacans, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870, p. 490; Lep. Exotica, p. 90, pi. 34, f. 5, 6, $. 



Male. Upperside similar to A. taprobana. Female yellowish- white : forewing with 

 the costal border and dentated marginal band dark vinous-brown ; base of the cell 

 and along its lower part to the exterior band brown-speckled : hindwing tinged with 

 greenish-yellow ; marginal band as in male. Underside of both sexes : forewing 

 white, costal and exterior band ochreous-brown, apical spot in male ochreous-yellow : 

 hindwing ochreous-yellow ; band as above. 



Expanse 2|- inches. 



" Colombo. Plains. In open waste ground from October to end of year. 

 FUght quick ; alights on shrubs. Shy, but when driven off generally returns to the 

 same spot. Only appeared one year, and then tolerably plentiful " {Hutchison). 



APPIAS TAPROBANA (Plate 52, Fig. 1, 1 a, 5, c, cJ ?, larva). 

 Appias taprobana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 143. 

 Male. Upperside greyish- white : both wings with a black marginal band the inner 

 border of which is acutely dentated ; costal border and inner border of marginal band 

 on hindwing grey. Female dark vinous-brown : forewing with two longitudinal sub- 

 apical and two lower discal yellowish-white streaks : hindsving with the basal area 

 dull white merging into the dark marginal border by dentate streaks. Underside : 

 forewing of male white ; costal and sinuous outer border cupreous ochreous-brown ; 

 a bright yellow spot before the apex : hindwing bright yellow, with broad marginal 

 cupreous-ochreous band; costal and subcostal veins lined with cupreous-brown scales. 

 Female differs only in having the median vein brown bordered to the outer band, and 

 having no yellow apical spot. 



