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outer marginal border, and submarginal greyish-white interspaces. Underside. Fore - 
wing tv itli broader blackish vein-borders than in the male. Hindwing as in the male. 
Expanse, S ¥ 2J inches. 
Habitat. —Tenasserim, Burma. 
Distribution. —The type specimen of this species was taken by Col. C. H. E. 
Adamson at “ Tounggya Sekkan, Middle Tenasserim, in April, 1880 ” {lx. 40). In 
the British Museum collection is a male from Mergui, and a female from Tavoy 
Valley. 
Our illustration on Plate 585, fig. 2, 2a, are from the type specimen. 
PICCARDA DESCOMBESI (Plate 536, fig. 1, la, $ , lb, e, $ ). 
Pieris Descombesi , Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 465 (1836). Doubleday and Hewitson, Gen. D. 
Lep. i. p. 45 (1846). Moore, Catal. Lep. Mas. E. I. Company, i. p. 81 (1857). 
Thyca Descombesi , Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 350. 
Delias Descombesi , Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 839. Butler, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 34. Distant, 
Rhop. Malay, p. 466, pi. 42, fig. 16, <$ (1886). Elwes, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 1886, p. 433. 
Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 408. Manders, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 532. Watson, Journ. Bombay 
Nat. Hist. Soc. 1891, p. 51. Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 310. de Niceville, Sikkim 
Gaz. 1894, p. 166. Adamson, List Burm. Butt. p. 41 (1897). Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1897, 
p. 148. Fruhstorfer, Iris, 1902, p. 270. 
Imago. —Male. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with the costal border and 
an apical-marginal band black scaled. Findwing with the outer margin edged with 
black scales. Underside. Foreiving greyish-black, the costal, subcostal, the median 
and its branches, and submedian vein basally bordered with greyish-white scales, 
those on the medians and submedian forming longitudinal streaks ; a broad greyish- 
white discocellular oblique-bar which is sometimes more or less broken; beyond is a 
submarginal series of greyish-white spots, of which the four upper are elongated, 
and the lower somewhat cordate. Findwing rich deep chrome-yellow, with a black- 
edged broad crimson streak in the costal interspace, and a black marginal inner- 
den tated band enclosing a series of six diffusedly-formed lunate spots, which latter 
are either yellowish-white or of a uniformly chrome-yellow. Body greyish-white ; 
palpi and legs black streaked ; antennas black. 
Female.—Upperside. Foreiving greyish-black ; costal, medians, and submedian 
vein narrowly bordered with greyish-white scales; a broad greyish-white complete 
or broken discocellular-bar, and a submarginal curved-row of spots. Findwing 
greyish-white or pale yellowish-white, basally irrorated with pale greyish-black 
scales ; a broad greyish-black marginal inner-dentated band enclosing a series of ill- 
defined whitish hastate marks. Underside. Foreiving similar to the male. 
Hindwing also similar to the male, except that the ground-colour is either almost 
