38 RHOPALOCERA AFRICi^ AUSTRALIS. 



Knysna, Plettenberg Bay. — Coll. mihi. 



Kei Mouth, KafFraria (J. H. Bowker).— Coll. S. A. Mus. 



Cape of Good Hope. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 



" Amazoulu Country." — Boisd. 



23. Pieris Calypso. 



Papilio Calypso, Drury, III. Nat. Hist., II, pi. 17, f. 3, 4. 



„ ,, Cram., Pap. Exot., pi. 154, f. C — F. 



„ „ Herhst., Ins. — Schmett., V, pi 97, f. 5 — 8. 



„ „ Fah., Ent. SysL, III, 1, p. 191, n. 592. 



Pieris Calypso, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 130, n. SS. 



„ „ Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., I, p. 504, n. 98. 



„ „ „ App. Voy. de Deleg., p. 586. 



„ „ Chenu, Enc. d'Hist. Nat. — Pap., pi, 25, 



[f. 5. 

 Expands 2 in. 5 lin.— 2 in. 11 lin. 



$ . White ; with blackish borders. Fore-iving : costa black- 

 ish : a round black spot at extremity of discoidal cell ; on 

 hind-margin a blackish band, narrowing to anal angle, and 

 containing four or five elongate whitish marks. Hind-wing : 

 a row of black, somewhat rhomboidal spots on hind-margin, 

 at extremities of nervules. Underside. — Fore-wing : white ; 

 disco-cellular spot connected with costa by a more or less dis- 

 tinct black streak ; pale spots in hind-marginal band near 

 apex larger than on upper-side and creamy-yellow. Hind- 

 tving : creamy-yellow ; costa from base edged with orange ; 

 a large, oval, black spot at extremity of discoidal cell; beyond 

 middle, a row of seven somewhat ovate, black spots from 

 costa to near anal angle : hind-marginal spots rhomboidal, 

 slightly larger than on upper-side. 



? . Dull whitish, with a violaceous tinge, occasionally with 

 a yellowish cast ; the blackish borders and spots broader than 

 in $ . Fore-wing : base broadly suffused with faint-blackish ; 

 costa bordered with blackish ; a moderately broad black 

 stripe from costa at extremity of discoidal cell ; hind-mar- 

 ginal band broader than in $ , spotless, or with very indistinct 

 spots — scarcely paler than the band itself. Hind-wing : a 

 more or less apparent spot at extremity of discoidal cell ; 

 hind-marginal spots united, so as to form a band ; occasion- 

 ally a row of rounded black spots beyond middle, parallel to 

 hind-margin ; ground-colour sometimes pale chrome-yellow 

 instead of white. Under-side. — Very similar to $ , ex- 

 cepting for the broader black markings. Fore-wing : suffused 

 with yellow from base ; pale stripes in band near apex larger 

 than in $ , and of a deeper yellowish. Hind-wing : white, 

 with chrome-yelloio, longitudinal stripes on costa, hind-margin, 



