  PIERIS EUDOXIA.Plate XXXII. fig. 1, 2. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: PapilionidÆ, Leach. Genus. Pieris, Schrank. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), Linn. &c. Pieris Eudoxia. Alis rotundatis, anticis dilutÉ fulvis posticis albis; omnium limbo communi nigro maculato. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), Cramer, pl. 213. fig. C. Herbst. tab. 107. f. 1. 2. Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 199. 620. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. 1. 510. No. 105. Papilio (D. C.) Rhodope, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 196. No. 609. Donovan Nat. Repos. 3. pl. 86. Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior wings dark yellow, shaded along the anterior edges with dark brown; a black border occupies the tips and external edges of these wings, whereon is a row of dark yellow spots of an oblong form. Posterior wings entirely white, with a row of black spots placed along the external edges. Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast, legs, and abdomen white. Anterior wings yellow, but next the body orange-coloured, with a row of triangular black spots placed along the external edges. Posterior wings white, but orange next the body, having a row of black round spots placed on the external edges, corresponding with the anterior wings. Margins of the wings entire. PIERIS CHLORIS.Plate XXXII. fig. 3, 4. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: PapilionidÆ, Leach. Genus. Pieris, Schrank. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), Linn. &c. Pieris Chloris. Alis suboblongis, integerrimis, teneris, albis apice nigro, subtÙs anticis basi calthaceÂ, posticis luteo radiatÂ, his limbo latÈ nigro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Papilio (D. C.) Chloris, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 473. No. 129. Drury, App. vol. 2. Herbst. tab. 99. f. 1. 4. Latr. et God. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 160. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. 1. 516. Papilio ThermopylÆ, Cramer, pl. 207. fig. F. G. Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1774" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Eyes dark brown. Thorax and abdomen dark grey. Anterior wings entirely white, with a black patch at the tips, the anterior edges being also black. Posterior wings also white, with a black border running along the external edges from the upper to the abdominal corners. Under Side. Palpi grey. Legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings white; the latter black at their tips, as on the upper side, but next the body tinged with red. Posterior wings yellow, but one-half next the external edges is black; and on the upper part, next the body, having a streak of fine red. Margins of the wings entire. PIERIS HYPATIA.Plate XXXII. fig. 5, 6. Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Family: PapilionidÆ, Leach. Genus. Pieris, Schrank. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), Linn. &c. Pieris Hypatia. Alis rotundatis integerrimis, suprÀ nigris, fasci alb communi sinuatÂ, subtus anticis macul apicali albidÂ, posticis basi fulvo radiatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.) Syn. Pap. (Dan. Cand.) Hypatia, Drury, App. vol. 3. Papilio Epaphia, Cramer, pl. 207. fig. D. E. Pieris Higinia, Latr. et God. Enc. MÉth. ix. p. 135. No. 45. Pieris Saba, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 201. 627. Latr. God. loc. cit. No. 46. Pieris Malatha, Boisd. Faun. Madagascar, pl. 1. f. 4, 5. Pieris Orbona, Boisd. loc. cit. pl. 1. f. 3. Habitat: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (Drury's MSS.). Upper Side. AntennÆ black. Thorax and abdomen black. Anterior wings sooty black, having a white indented bar rising at the middle of the anterior edges, which crosses them, and ends on the middle of the posterior ones; at the tips are two small white spots. Posterior wings white and black, the upper half being white and the lower one black. Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen white. Anterior wings tinged with yellow next the body, the white bar being the same on this side as on the upper; the black colour on this side partaking more of a brown, and at the tips having a white patch instead of the two spots seen on the upper side. Posterior wings marked as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. |
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