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Intermediate Form (Plate 543, fig. 1, f, g (^ ; lh ? )• 
Male. Upperside similar to the wet-season form, except that on the forewing the 
black outer band is more marginally restricted, and the lower-discal cluster of 
speckles generally absent, and the hindwing with a marginal upper series of black 
spots only. 
Female. Upperside. Forewing with duller black markings, broader white cell 
area and discal streaks, posterior border and sub marginal spots. Hindwing with 
narrower marginal blackish dentate band and lower submarginal sagittate confluent 
marks. Underside of both sexes similar to Wet form, except that the apex of fore¬ 
wing, and the hind wing, is of a paler yellow tint. 
Expanse I ? 2J inches. 
Fry-season Brood (Plate 543, fig. 2, 2a d, 2b $ . 
Smaller than the Intermediate form ( Zeuxippe ). Male. Upperside. Forewing 
with the black outer band well-defined, the lower-discal speckles absent. Hindwing 
with smaller marginal spots. 
Female. Upperside similar to Intermediate form, but with all the black 
markings less prominent. Underside. Forewing with fainter blackish cell-borders 
and discal spots, the costa and apex paler yellow. Hindwing uniformly pale yellow, 
unmarked, or with very faint traces of the ordinary vein markings. 
Expanse, S ? 2 inches. 
Extreme Dry form (Plate 543, fig. 2c d, 2d $ ). 
Smaller than ordinary Fry-season form (Gassida). Male. Upperside. Forewing 
with the black outer band similar, its enclosed spots small or obsolete. Findwing 
either immaculate, or with faint traces of a few marginal blackish scales. 
Female. Upperside similar to Dry form {Gassida) except that the hindwing is 
either immaculate, or with faint traces of a few marginal blackish scales. Underside 
of both sexes similar to Gassida , except that the costa and apex of the forewing, and 
the entire hindwing is of a very pale ochreous-yellow. 
Expanse, I to 1^, ? 1 -q, to 1 ^ inch. 
Larva. —“Cylindrical; anal segment sloped and slightly bifid; segments 
pubescent, the lateral hairs soft and longest. Colour, green.” (S. N. Ward, 
Kanara MS. Notes.) Feeds on Capparis. 
Pupa.—H ead with a frontal projecting point; thorax laterally and dorsally 
produced and angled; abdomen laterally ridged and anteriorly transversely 
produced, the posterior segments with slight dorsal points. Colour, green. 
Habitat.— Lower Langes of W. and E. Himalayas ; Continental India ; Ceylon. 
Distribution and Habits. —In the Western Himalaya, as observed by Mr. P. W. 
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