PIEBINAE. 
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1885, p. 136 ; id. 1886, p. 430. Hampson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng,, 1888, p. 363. Ferguson, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1891, p. 444. de Nieeville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, p. 16S. de Niceville and 
Aitken, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1896, p. 575. Mackinnon, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1898, 
p. 590. Watson, Journ. Bombay, N. H. Soc. 1898, p. 8. 
Papilio Aurota, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 197 (1793). 
Fieri# Lordaca , Walker, Entomologist, v. p. 48 (1870).— Dry form. 
Belenois Lordaca , Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 375. 
Belenois Aurigena, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 374, $ ; id. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1888, p. 203.— Wet 
form. 
Imago. —Male. Upperside greyish white. Forewing with a black excurved bar 
at end of the cell, which extends slenderly from base of first subcostal branch and 
then widens outward to the upper median yeinlet; beyond is a broad apical marginal 
band enclosing six white spots, the three upper being somewhat elongated, the lower 
short and small, the inner-edge of the band is sinuous. Hindwing with either a 
more or less ill-defined, or a prominent-black outer-marginal band enclosing a series 
of four rounded white spots; in some specimens a slightly-defined black-scaled costal 
spot and a slender streak on middle of the discocellular is present, and the dark 
vein-borders of the underside indicated. Underside. Forewing with black markings 
as on upperside, the black extending to base of the subcostal, and in some specimens 
the series of apical spots are more or less tinted with yellow. Hindwing with the 
veins more or less slightly, or prominently, black bordered, the marginal spotted 
border complete, and all the interspaces of the wing are either white or tinted with 
pale or dark ochreous-yellow. 
Female. Upperside. Forewing with the cell bar broader than in male and 
extending inward to near base of the costa; the apical marginal band also broader, 
with its enclosed spots smaller and either less prominent, or indistinctly defined. 
Hindwing either with slightly-defined or prominent markings, as in the male, or with 
the veins more or less indistinctly black lined and the spots of the marginal band 
indistinct or partly obsolescent. Underside. Forewing with the base yellow-tinted, 
a broader cell-bar and outer band, the enclosed spots of the latter being more or less 
yellow tinted. Hindwing with all the veins black bordered, and the discal interspaces 
only are white or all are uniformly tinted with pale or dark ochreous-yellow. Body , 
palpi, and legs greyish-white; antennas black above, whitish annulated beneath. 
Expanse, d> ? If to 2J inches. 
Habitat. —E. Africa; E. Arabia; Persia; Beluchistan; Afghanistan; W. and 
E. Himalayas ; Continental India. 
Life History.- — Egg. — C£ Half a line long, semi-conical, bright yellow. About 
twenty-five in number, very close to each other, but not touching, placed on the 
upper surface of the leaf.” 
Larva. —“ When hatched, a line long, olive colour, with a distinct glossy jet- 
