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PICCARDA METARETE (Plate 533, fig. 2, 2a, <?,2b, c, ?). 
Delias Metarete, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 550; id. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 145. 
Moore, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 1886, p. 49. 
Delias Hyjparete, var. Metarete , Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 292, pi. 24, fig. 13, 14, $ ? (1885). 
Imago. —Male. Upperside similar to P. Hierte. Forewing with more uniformly 
grey-scaled apical interspaces. Hindwing with, distinctly-defined black-scaled 
marginal border. Underside. Forewing similar to Hierte. Findwing with the 
yellow colour more basally restricted; the submarginal scarlet spots inwardly black 
bordered, the two anal spots also being larger. 
Female. Upperside duller greyish-black than in Hierte. Forewing with 
obscurely-defined markings, the discal series comparatively broader. Findwing with 
broader black outer border, enclosing the dusky reddish indications of the spots. 
Underside. Similar to the male. 
Expanse, d ?, 3 to 3J inches. 
Habitat. —Lower Tenasserim ; Malay Peninsula; Penang ; Sumatra; ? Borneo. 
Distribution. —We possess specimens of both sexes from Dr. J. Anderson, taken 
in “ Mergui, in December and January; Elphinstone Island in March, and on King 
Island in January 5? (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 49). 
Of our illustrations on Plate 533, fig. 2, 2a, and 2b, c, are from Mergui male and 
female. 
PICCARDA AGOSTINA (Plate 535, fig. 1, la, J, lb, c, ?). 
Pier/s Agostina, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. i. Pieridce , pi. 1, fig. 1, 2, $ (1852). Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. 
E. I. Company, i. p. 81, <$ (1857). 
Thyca Agostina, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 353. 
Delias Agostina, Elwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 408. Watson, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 
1888, p. 25; id. l.c. 1891, p. 51 ; id. 1897, p. 668. Manders, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 533. 
de Niceville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, p. 166. Swinhoe, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 311. Adamson, List 
Bunn. Butt. 1897, p. 41. Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 159. 
Pieris Nesba, Lucas, Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 324, $ . 
Imago. —Male. Upperside. Forewing greyish-white; costal margin speckled 
with greyish-black scales ; an apical-marginal blackish-scaled band enclosing five or 
six white spots. Findwing creamy-white with the marginal dark border of the 
underside slightly apparent. Underside. Forewing with all the veins broadly black, 
the apical spotted-band as above. Findwing rich chrome-yellow; with a narrow 
black marginal baud traversed by white lunular spots. Body greyish white; legs 
black, streaked with white; antennae above black, beneath annulated with white. 
Female. Upperside. Forewing greyish-black; with indistinct greyish-white 
