758 EAST AFRICAN LEriDOPTERA— HOLLAND. vouxvin. 



tlie small black spot at the end of tlie cell on the under side of the 

 primaries, and by the more restricted expanse of the apical black mark- 

 ings of the primaries. 



Types. — No. 58, U.S.ISr.iM.; two males, one very badly damaged, and 

 a female. 



PIERIS AGRIPPINIDES, new spec es. 



Male. — Allied to P. af/rippiiia, Felder, but distinct. The male 

 resembles the female of Aj/rippina, as delineated in ^labille's Work ou 

 the Lepidoptera of ]Madagascar, contained in Grandidier's monumental 

 work upon that island, but differs upon the upper side in lacking the 

 black markings upon the upper side of the secondaries except the live 

 situated at the ends of the nervules immediately upon the margin. 

 The primaries on the under side are as the primaries on the under side 

 of P. aarippina^ female, but the secondaries are marked more as in P. 

 niesenfin((. They are pale yellow, with the nervules marked with brown. 

 On the upper side of the cell are two brown rays, running from before 

 the base outwardly. The anterior margin is narrowly edged with 

 brown. The outer margin is also defined with a narrow l)rown line, 

 looping inwardly above vein G, and interrupted at the middle of each 

 of the interspaces. Within this line from vein 1 to vein G there are 

 subtriangular whitish spots, paler than the rest of the wing, bounded 

 internally by dark lines meeting on the middle of each interspace, and 

 projected inwardly for a short distance as slender sagittate markings. 

 A brown bar connects the costa and vein 7, and another broader simi- 

 lar bar connects veins 7 and G bej-ond the first bar. I>elow the cell on 

 interval 1 there are two dark brown spots extending inwardly to the 

 middle of the interval, where they terminate upon a. tine black line, 

 which runs from the base to nearly the outer margin. A similar brown 

 spot is found on interval 2 near the origin of the first median nervule. 

 Expanse, G4 mm. 



Tyjn'.—l^o. 50, U.S.N.M. 



This species is very different from P. ayrippina and P. mesentina, 

 though allied apparently to both. There are two males in the collection. 



In addition to the foregoing species of Pierinu' the collection contains 

 four specimens, all female, of IMerids, which I am unable to locate sat- 

 isfactorily. One of these females may be the female of the variety of 

 p. thynd, named Sabraia by Dr. Butler. In fact, I am almost positive 

 of the identilication. The other three, which resemble this in most 

 resi)ects, except that they do not have the under side of the wings so 

 brilliantly colored, may be aberrant females of P. pigea., but it Mould 

 be rash to assert this without more evidence than I possess. I refrain, 

 therefore, from characterizing them or imuiing tliem. 



Genus TERACOLUS, Swainson. 



TERACOLUS HET^ERA, Gerstaecker. 



CnUosinic hefin-<i. Okiis i'akckki!. Gliedcrth.-F;niiiu d. Saiisihar-Gebietes, ji. 305, 

 pi. XV, fit;-. 2. 



There are six males and three females of this species. 



