48 SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



A specimen of the $ sent from Pinetown, Natal, in 1869 by Mr. 

 W. Morant is remarkable for having the hind-wings white except for 

 a faint ochreous-yellow suffusion in basal third, and a very narrow 

 ochreous-yellow hind-marginal border like that of the fore- wings ; 

 while the yellowish of the under side is but little darker than in 

 the $. A similar ^, but much worn, was taken (paired with the $) 

 near D'Urban by Colonel Bowker in 1879. 



I had not seen the ^ Pi/jra in 1862, but mistakenly took for 

 it the $ of the closely-allied but smaller P. alba, Wallengr. Colonel 

 Bowker sent only $ s from Kaffraria Proper, but I met with both sexes 

 on the Natal coast in 1867. 



Wallengren {loc. cit.) describes what purports to be "P. Simana 

 (Hpfr.) $ ; " but his description is undoubtedly that of a ^, and agrees 

 thoroughly with the characters of the $ Pigea ; moreover, in some 

 rough sketches of types seut by this author to Mr. W. F. Kirby, and 

 kindly lent by the latter for my inspection, " P. Simana, Hpfr.," 

 is undoubtedly the representation of a ^, and to all appearance that of 

 Pigea. 



Colonel BoAvker has sent mo four pairs of the sexes captured in copula ; 

 three of these were received in 1879, and one in 1881. The c? s of these 

 pairs differ in size only, but one of the ? s (as noted above) is abnormally pale. 



I found this species rather numerous near D'Urban and Yerulara, on the 

 coast of Natal, in February, March, and April 1867. It was active on the 

 wing, keeping to open places about the borders of woods, and reminding one 

 (except for the deeper yellow of the females) of the abundant Pieris Eapce 

 of Europe. It ranges to Kinsembo in Congoland, and is reported by M. 

 Oberthiir to have been received from widely separated localities in Tropical 

 Eastern Africa. 



Localities of Pieris Pigea. 

 I. South Africa. 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee River (/. H. Bowlier). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Verulam. YvaQioswi {W. Morant). 

 K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom (7'. Ayres). 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Congoland : " Kinsembo {H. Ansell)." — Butler. 



B. North Tropical. 



h. Eastern Coast. — Red Sea: " Massowah (Raffray)." — Oberthiir. 

 bi. Eastern Interior. — " Lake Tsana {Raffray)." — Oberthiir. " Shoa 

 {Antinori)." — Oberthiir. 



253. (4.) Pieris alba, (Wallengren). 



$ Finacopteryx alba, Wallgrn., K. Sv. Yet.-Akad. Handl., 1857; Lep. 



Rhop. Caffr., p. 10, n. 7. 

 9 Pieris Pigea, $ , Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 29, n. 16 (1862). 



Pxp. al, ($) I in. 10-^ lin. — 2 in. I lin. ; ($) I in. 10 lin. — 

 2 in. o^ lin. 



