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PIERIS SPILLERI, Spiller. 

 Pieri'i spiUcri, Spillei;. Ent., 1884, p. 62. — Staudixcjkij, Eut. N.ichr.. 1S81, j). ~)2. 

 There are five specimens a tritle larger titan Xatalian examples 

 received from Mr. Spiller and contained in my collection, 



PIERIS MESENTINA, Cramer. 

 I'ajiilii) miKciit'DKi, CUAMEK, I'ap. Exot., Ill, pi. ccr.xx, ligs. A, H (1782). 

 There are three males and two females. 



PIERIS GIDICA, Godart. 

 I'ieris (jidica, GoDAin', Etic. Meth., IX, p. 1.31, n, 37 (1819), 

 There is one male si)ecimen. 



PIERIS SEVERINA, Cramer. 

 Papilio ticrtrina, C'kamer, Pap, Exot., IV, pi. cccxxwui, figs, G, If (1782), 



Two males and two females. 



PIERIS SIMANA, Hopffer. 



ririis simana, Hopffer, MoiiatsbiT. d. K. Akad. Wiss. B«-ii., 18.")."), p. 040, n. 13, — 

 Peters' Reise ii. Mossaml)., Ins., p. .354, pi. xxiir, tigs. 3-6 (1862), 



Tliere are three males and four females of this species, agreeing 

 absolutelj^ with both the (lescrii)tion and the ligiires given by Hopffer. 

 1 can not fail to think that the insect spoken of and catalogued by 

 Trimen as this species is not it. Mr. Trimen himself appears to be in 

 doubt, and dwells upon the tact that in no Xatalian examples is there 

 any trace of the black discal S])ots on the under side of the primaries 

 as represented by Hopffer. He says: 



The singular character which Hojjtler gives of the presence in tlie male of the 

 discal bhxckish spot between tliird and second median nervules on the nnder side of 

 tlic fore wmg is entirely wanting in the seven Natalian males before me, I feel 

 donbtfnl whetlier this form should be considered more than a variety of Chnrinn, 

 Boisdnval; hitherto I have seen no examples linking it to the specimens of Cliariiia 

 which are little irrorated on the nnder side. 



The specimens taken by Lieutenant von Hiihncl are manifestly P. 

 simana, Hopffer, and upon comparison with specimens of CJiarina, 

 Boisduval, received from i\Ir. Trimen, and contained in my collection, 

 it is difticult to see how he could arrive at the conclusion he appears 

 to have reached, unless he was dealing with some other form than true 

 simana. There is no approximation between the two species except iu 

 a superficial manner. 



PIERIS PIGEA, Boisduval. 

 Pkrix pigca, Boisduval, Sp, (ien, Lep., I, p. 523, u. 124 (1836). 

 There are seven males and four females of this species. 



PIERIS MAHOBOIDE3, new species. 



Closely allied to P. mahoho, H. (hose Smith.' It differs from this 

 species, the habitat of which is ^Madagavscar, by the entire absence of 



'Ann, and Mag, Nat. Hist. (6). yiU, p. 80: K'hop. Exot., PI. I'inacopteryx I, figs. 1-3. 



