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Parapieris GalUdice , de Nieeville, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1897, p. 563 ; id. Journ. Bombay Nat. 
Hist. Soc. 1898, p. 590. 
Pieris Chrysidice , Herr. Schaeff. Eur. Sehmett. i. figs. 200-3 (1844). 
Pieris Kalora , Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Bond. 1865, p. 489, pi. 31, fig. 15, 
Imago. —Male. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with the base slightly 
greyish-black scaled; a black narrow quadrate spot at end of the cell crossed by the 
discocellular veinlet, a transverse upper-discal and an apical-marginal series of small 
black dentate spots, which are anteriorly slightly coalesced at their vein angles ; 
sometimes a few blackish scales are present between the lover median and sub¬ 
median vein. Hindwing with the base greyish-black scaled, without maikings. 
Underside white. Forewing with markings as on upperside, but less prominent, the 
apical pale olive-brown and slightly coalescent anteriorly. Hindwing with all the 
veins broadly bordered with pale olive-brown sparsely irrorated with minute black 
scales, leaving a white elongated subbasal costal spot, one within the cell, and a 
discal series of lanceolate marks and marginal oval, pointed-spots. 
Female. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with the basal area darker 
greyish-black scaled ; the black cell-spot larger and broader, the discal transverse 
band continuous and extending to the posterior margin, being slightly broken only 
at the lower median veinlet, the marginal band also extends to the posterior angle, 
both bands coalescing at their vein angles. Hindwing with the base and all the 
veins broadly greyish-black scaled; a darker black upper submarginal zigzag band ; 
the basal, discal, and inter-marginal spaces forming a series of ill-defined whitish 
inwardly-pointed spots. Underside similar to the male, except that on the forewing 
the cell-spot is larger, and both outer bands extend more continuously to the 
posterior margin. Hindwing as in the male. 
Expanse, S 1-q, to 2, ? 2 to 2j- 0 inches. 
Habitat. —S.E. Europe; N.E. Asia Minor; N. Persia; N.W. Himalayas. 
S.W. China. 
Distribution (Within our Area).—Capt. A. M. Lang, in his MS. Notes, states 
this to be {C an alpine species of the Kunawur and Tibet frontier, not a village butterfly, 
as is P. Daplidice , but only to be seen on the edges of glaciers and deep snow-beds 
in company with Parnassins. I have only seen it in two localities, the Ronang and 
Hungrung Passes in Upper Kunawur. Only one stray specimen I caught on the 
latter, whereas on the former a good number were flying. It is apparently a local 
species.” “ On the Hungrung Pass, 15,000 feet elevation, one I saw was flying 
very fast at the top of the Pass over the dwarf Tibetan Furze ( Garay ana versicolor ). 
On the next Pass, the Runang, about 14,000 feet, a good many were flying very fast 
up and down the bare stony slopes just at the summit of the Pass. I never saw the 
insect again, unless on the Tari Pass into Spiti, 15,000 feet, over glaciers and snow- 
