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CATOPHAGA SWINHOEI. 
Plate 556, fig. 1, larva and papas, la, b, c ; Id, e, f, g, li, i, j $ . 
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Appias Ares (pt.), Swinhoe, Proc. Zook Soc. 1885, p. 138 $ ; Moore, Lep. Indica, vi. p. 205, pi. 542, 
fig. 3 $ (1905). 
Gatopkaga Paulina, T&ylor, Butt, of Orissa, p. 15 (1888). 
Catophaga Neombo , Hampson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 362. 
GatopJiaga Lankapura , Watson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1890, p. 268. 
Appias Neombo, Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1896, p. 574 ; de Niceville, Journ. 
As. Soc. Bengal, 1900, p. 254. 
Both sexes smaller than O. Daradct. Male (fig. la, b, c). Upperside. Fore¬ 
wing greyisli-white, apical marginal band narrower and less defined. Hindwing 
unmarked. Underside •with the apex of forewing , and the entire liindvnng very 
faintly tinted with pale yellow. 
Female. Dimorphic. Form T. (fig. Id, e, f). Upperside greyish-white. Fore¬ 
wing with the black outer band somewhat narrower than in Darada, the subapical 
white spots similarly disposed. Hindwing with the marginal black dentated band 
also comparatively narrower and continuous, or sometimes macular. Underside. 
Forewifg with greyish-white discal area, the basal area, costal and outer marginal 
edge pale yellow, the normal-shaped black subapical band narrow, and the apical 
area glossy pale grey. Hindwing glossy greyish-white, the basal and costal area 
aud the outer edge slightly tinted with pale yellow. 
Expanse, S 2 to 2/ 0 , ? 2f 0 to 2 X % inches. 
Form II. (fig. lg, h). Smaller than in form I. Upperside. Forewing with the 
outer band narrower, the subapical white spots less medially positioned. Hindwing 
with the marginal band composed of smaller dentate spots. Underside similar to 
form I. 
Expanse, 2^, inches. 
Form III. (fig. li, j). Upperside similar to form II. Underside. Forewing with 
the apical area, and the entire liindvnng oclireous-yellow. 
Expanse, 2 inches. 
Larva. —Slender; dorsally and sublaterally clothed with fine short hairs; head 
slightly hairy; a pale green dorsal, a pale yellow lateral, and a brown sublateral 
stripe extending from head to anal segment; head and legs brown. 
Pupa.— Head with a frontal point; thorax dorsally produced and angled ; basal 
segments of abdomen broad and laterally angled. Colour pale green; wing cases 
and a lateral oblique abdominal stripe pale yellow. (Described from Sir W. Elliot’s 
drawing). 
Habitat. —Southern India. 
Distribution. —Col. C. Swinhoe has males from Ahmedabad, and Bisnuo’sur in 
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