FIERI NyE. 
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ill-defined fascia?, the extreme outer marginal edge slightly black scaled between the 
veins. Body, legs, and palpi white ; antennae black above, white beneath. 
Female. Upperside pure white. Forewing with the costal base as in male, the 
black apical border and oblique discal spot slightly broader. Hindwing as in male, 
the extreme outer marginal line being also inwardly edged with blackish scales. 
Underside similar to the male. 
Expanse, S l,' 2 ,, to 2/- 0 , 9 1 to 1 ^ inches. 
Habitat —Upper and Lower India; Ceylon; Burma: Tenasserim ; Malay 
Peninsula; Sumatra; Borneo; Java; Philippines; Formosa. 
Distribution, Habits, Larva, etc. (within our area).—In the North-west it 
was found, by Mr. P. W. Mnckinnon, “ in the Dehra Dun, elevation about 2,000 feet, 
S. of Masuri, commonly almost throughout the year” (J. Bombay TST. H. Soc. 1898, 
538). Capt. A. M. Lang writes : “ I have seen this insect but in one place, a forest 
in the interior of Oudh, in the month of October. Under the bushes which formed 
the low underwood on the skirts of the forest, this delicate-winged insect flapped 
with weak flight, seeming to shun publicity, and to be afraid to fly boldly from the 
shelter of the bushes” (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 102). North-eastward, it is recorded 
by Mr. H. J. Elwes, as “ not common in Sikkim, but I have taken it below Mongpo 
in June, and it occurs up to 4,000 or 5,000 feet, from April to October” (Tr. Ent. 
Soc. 1888, 407). Col. C. Swinhoe notes it as being “common in the Khasia Hills ” 
{id. lx. 1893, 309). Capt. Chaumette writes, “ Found in great abundance in Calcutta, 
flying very softly about, as if blown by the wiud, in March and April ” (Ent. Mo. 
Mag. 1865, 36). Mr. J. Bothney also obtained it in the “ neighbourhood of Calcutta, 
in shady lanes from May to September. Never seen in the sun. Has a slow weak 
flight, and fond of ditches” (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1882, 35). Mr. L. de Niceville records 
it as being “ met with in the neighbourhood of Calcutta almost throughout the year” 
(J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1885, 49). Mr. W. C. Taylor found it “ common at Kliorda in 
Orissa” (List, p, 13, 1888). Col. C. Swinhoe obtained it in “ Bombay in October, 
November, and December, in Poona from October to June; and on the Matheran 
Hill ” (P. Z. S. 1885, 135). Messrs. J. Davidson and E. H. Aitken write: “This 
butterfly is met with in all parts of the N. Kanara District of Bombay, flitting 
about among underwood in shady places. Like many of the Pier ip as it is absent, or 
almost so, from June to September. We have bred the larva on Capers {Oapparts 
Heyncana, liorrida, sepiaria, and Grateeva religiom ). Both the larva and pupa are 
very like those of Terias Hecabe, but more delicately formed. The larva is green, 
with a pale glaucous tinge about the bases of the legs, and slightly hairy. The pupa 
is sometimes green, but oftener of a delicate pink shade” (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, 
569). Mr. G. F. Hampson obtained it in the “ Nilgiris, at from 1,000 to 7,000 feet 
elevation” (J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1888, 361). Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained it in 
