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for some distance from their outer end, and witli a discal curved series of intei vening 
blackish-speckled points. Underside. Fore-wing white; veins and markings similar 
to the upperside, but less prominent. Hindwing either white, with the base of costa 
yellow, with the veins slenderly black-lined, or the ground-colour is discally tinted 
with pale yellow and the veins more broadly black lined than on upperside, and the 
discal row of black points present. Body blackish j thorax, head, and palpi whitish 
haired ; antennae black, with the tip white ; legs black, femora white streaked. 
Female. Upperside white, with the veins slenderly black lined. Forewing 
with less defined blackish cell streak, transverse discal and marginal markings. 
Hindwing unmarked. Underside similar to the upperside, the veins on hindwing 
more distinctly black lined. 
Expanse, S 2J to 2f, ? 2J inches. 
Habitat. —N.W. Himalayas. 
Lite History.— 44 Larva found at Masuri, 7,000 feet elevation, in the latter half 
of April and beginning of May, feeding in large numbers, socially, on BerberisB 
Adult Larva.— 44 Length 1 inch. Uniformly cylindrical, pubescent; yellowish- 
grey, with a broad black dorsal band, which contains two fine longitudinal yellow 
lines, this black dorsal band extends from the second to eleventh segment inclusive, 
it is bordered with a narrow yellow margin, below which the sides are pale lilac- 
grey minutely irrorated with darker. An interrupted yellow line above the feet, 
margined above and below with black dots; from above the feet project horizontal 
and decumbent white hairs, forming a continuous decumbent fringe above the feet. 
Head blackish with yellowish pubescence ; legs and prolegs fuscous; spiracles and 
incisions of segments inconspicuous.” 
Pupa. — 44 Length 9 lines. Braced. Usual Pieridan form ; angulated; vertex 
acutely pointed, sternum produced into a nasiform protuberance; creamy-white on 
dorsal and pale lavender-grey on ventral surface ; an interrupted yellow lateral line 
separating these two colours ; speckled with black points forming more or less 
interrupted longitudinal lines ; wing-cases clear white, with narrow margins and 
submarginal series of spots on exterior margin; also median vein and two spots 
adjacent, black; margins of the eyes, palpi, legs, antennae, and apex of nasiform 
sternal projection also black.” 
Imago. — 44 Emerged on May 15th and following days ” (Oapt. A. M. Lang, MS. 
Notes). 
Distribution. — 44 A Himalayan species, and may be seen in some abundance 
in forests, at altitudes of 6,000 to 8,000 feet. It is essentially a forest insect, not 
affecting gardens or grassy slopes’’ (Cap. A. M. Lang, P. Z. S. 1865,489). Col. 
J. W. Yerbury obtained it at Kala Pani and at Thundiani in May. In the British 
Museum Collection is a male from Gilgit, N. of Kashmir, taken by Col. Biddulph, 
