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wliite or of various shades of paler yellow, and the cell and lower basal area irrorated 
with blackish scales. 
Expanse, S 2-J- to 3^, ? 3 to 3J inches. 
Habitat. —Sikkim; Bhotan; Kbasia Hills; Burma; Tenasserim; Malay 
Peninsula ; Siam ; Ann am ; Cochin China. 
Distribution. —Mr. H. J. Elwes records it e< common in Sikkim at low 
elevations, and up to 3,000 feet, from March to December. Fond of settling on the 
sweet-scented flowers of Cinchona Ledgeriana in the lower plantations at Mongpo ” 
(Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 408). Mr. L. de Niceville says it is “ common in Sikkim from 
March to December. It is an early riser, and commences to fly soon after sunrise” 
(Sikk. Gaz. 1894, 166). Mr. G. C. Dudgeon obtained it in Bhotan. Col. C. Swinhoe 
has received “ several specimens from the Khasia Hills ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 310). 
Col. C. H. E. Adamson records it as fe very common in Burma from March till 
November ” (List Burin. Butt. 1897, 41). Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained C£ two males 
at Tilin in December and May, during the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90 ” 
(J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1891, 51). Mr. O. Limborg took it “ at Ahsown ; Moolai, at 
3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, Upper Tenasserim ” (P. Z. S. 1878, 839). Dr. L. Fea 
obtained it at Toungoo in January. Dr. N. Manders records it as “ very common in 
the Shan States ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 532). Mr. H. J. Elwes records “ a single 
female taken in Tavoy ” (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 433). 
Indo-Malay Species. — Piccarda Hsemorrhoea (Pieris Haemorrhoea, Vollenhoven, 
Monogr. Pier. p. 10, pi. 2, fig. 5 (1865). Thyca Haem. Wallace, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 
1867, p. 352. Delias Haem. Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 145. Habitat. 
Banca. 
Piccarda Niasana (Delias Niasana, Kheil, Rliop, Nias. p. 35, pi. 4, fig. 22, 23 
(1884). Butler, l.c. 1897, p. 146, var. D. Amarilla, Kheil, lx. p. 35. Habitat. Nias 
Island. 
Piccarda Hyparete (Pap. Hyparete, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. ed. i. p. 469 (1758); id. 
Mus.Ulr. p. 247 (1764) ; id, S. N. xii. ed. i. p. 763 (1767). Clerck, leones, ii. pi. 38, 
fig. 2 (1764). Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. p. 143, pi. 15, fig. 8 (1776). Herbst, Nat. 
Schmett. v. p. 131, pi. 101, fig. 6, 7, ? (1792). Pieris Hyparete, Boisd. Spec. Gen. 
Lep. i. p. 455 (1836). Yollenhoven, Monog. Pier. p. 91 (1865). Snellen, Tijd. v. 
Ent. 1876, p. 151. Thyca, Hyp. Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. 352. Delias 
Hyp. Aurivillius, K. Svensk. Yet. Akad. Handl. 1882, p. 59. de Niceville, Journ. 
As. Soc. Bengal, 1895, p. 488. Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1897, p. 146. Sign. Pap. 
Antonoe, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 138, pi. 187, fig. C, D, 4 (1779). Habitat. 
Penang; Singapore; Sumatra; Java; Borneo. 
Piccarda Luzoniensis (Pieris Luzoniensis, Felder, Wien. Ent. Monats. 1862, 
p. 285. Thyca Luzon. Wallace, lx. p. 352 (1867). Delias Luzon. Butler, lx. p. 146, 
