ANTIIOCHAEIS. 



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costal, le point noir ccUulairc, line ombro noiratre intraiicrvuralo et la partic saillantc de 

 I'apex qui reste blanche. La fcmelle a en outre un lavis orange pale sur I'aile inferieure en 

 dessus. L'aile inferieure en dessous est ornee de petites taches formees d'atomos briuis 

 converts d'un lavis d'un jaune un pou orange. Ces taches bruncs sont interrompucs an delu 

 de la cellule discoidale par une eclaircie toute blanche, parallole au bord extcrieur ; le long du 

 bord extericur, Ics taches rcparaissent sous forme d'une sorto de feston dont les dents corrcs- 

 jjondent aux nervurcs ct la partie concave aux espaces intranervuraux. La frange est blanche, 

 longue et soyeuse." 



Male. Primaries are blackish at the base and have a broad subapical orange patch bordered 

 inwardly by the large black spot which closes the diseoidal cell, and a diffused blackish streak 

 running from the spot towards outer margin ; the apex is produced, and this portion of the 

 wing is often more or less sprinkled with dark greyish scales, especially along the course of 

 the nervules ; the median nervules are blackish towards outer margin, the third often through- 

 out its length. Secondaries white, sometimes tinged with yellowish, blackish at base and 

 along the nervurcs ; the pattern of the under surface shows through faintly. Under surface 

 white : primaries have the orange subapical patch black and diseoidal spot fainter than above : 

 secondaries have the veins marked out with yellow and are traversed by irregular greenish 

 bands ; on the outer margin the nervules are bordered on each side with greenish. 



Female has no orange subapical patcli, but is otherwise similar to the male ; the space, however, 

 between second and third nervules is sometimes filled up M'ith blackish scales. 



Expanse 48-52 millim. 



This species was discovered by Mgr. Biet in the neighbourhood of Ta- 

 chien-lu, and my collectors obtained large numbers of both sexes there in May 

 and June. They did not, however, meet with it in any other locality. 



Alpheraky records specimens from North-eastern Thibet and Grum- 

 Grshimailo captured examples in Amdo. 



Anthocharis scolymus. 



Anthocharis scolymus, Butlw, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 52 (1866) ; Pryer, Rliop. 



Nihon. p. 6, pi. iii. figs. 4«, 4* (1886). 

 Anthocharis thunbergii, De I'Orza, Lep. Jap. p. 14 (1869). 



" S • anticm elongatae, costa ad venae costalis flnem directa, apice falcate ; margine postico 

 oblique, sub iinco sinuate ; margine anali convexo ; supra uiveae, basi costaque apicali 

 cinereis, apice nigro maculis quatuor luteis interrupto, tertia permagna, alteris minimis, cella 

 macula elongata reniformi nigra terminata. 

 Alee jwsticce piriformes, supra nivese notis inconspicuis per alas indicatis, macula nigra in costa 

 apicali, venis nigro acuminatis. 



" Corpus fuscum ; capite olivaceo pilosato. 



"ylZcr anficce subtus viridi pro fusco cinereoque, maculis albis nec luteis, aliter velut supra. Ala 

 postica' virides, maculis albis valde irregularibus variegatse, margine postico pallidiore, maculis 

 marginalibus hastatis inter venas dispositis. 



" Corpus cinereum, viridi pilosatum. 



"Alar, e.rp, unc. 2^^^-. 



" Most closely allied to Anthocliaris genutia, Bd. (United States), but very distinct." {Butler, I. c.) 



