PIERIDyE. 4)3 



pillars, will tend more to the elucidation and establishment 

 of species than the possession of indubitable male and 

 female specimens of one or more kinds. 



26. Anthocharis lone. 



Pieris lone, Godart, Enc. Meth., IX, p. 140, n. 74. 

 „ „ Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., I, p. 515, n. 112. 



Anthocharis lone, Boisd., App. Voy. de Deleg., p. 587. 

 „ „ E.Douhl., App. ListLep. Brit. Mus.,^.\0. 



Expands 2 in. 3 lin. — 2 in. 6 lin. 



$ . White ; with lustrous-violet apical marking Fore- 

 wing : the nervures defined and black excepting in central 

 portion ; base and costa greyish ; a black disco-cellular dot ; 

 violet band at apex divided into four by the nervules, mar- 

 gined both outwardly and inwardly wdth a rather broad black 

 band, the outer band narrowing to a thin streak at anal angle. 

 Hind-wing: base greyish; nervures all black, with mode- 

 rately large black spots on their hind-marginal extremities. 

 Under-side. — Fore-wing : costa yellowish ; apex tinged with 

 greenish-yellow ; disco-cellular spot larger than on upper- 

 side. Hind-wing : pale greenish-yellow ; the nervures not 

 black ; a distinct spot at extremity of discoidal cell ; costa 

 from base edged with orange-yellow ; an elongate blackish 

 spot on costa a little beyond middle ; spots at extremities of 

 nervules indistinct or almost obsolete. 



? . White of a more yellowish tint than in $ ; the apical 

 patch bright orange. Fore-tving : disco-cellular spot larger 

 and rounder than in $ ; orange apical band divided length- 

 wise by a row of four black spots, the black bands bordering 

 it broader than in $ , and extending to anal angle ; a large 

 sub-quadrate blackish spot near anal angle inimeJiately above 

 sub-median nervure. Hind-iving : on ccsia, immeai. tely be- 

 low spot near inner-margin of fore-wing, a blackish ctreak 

 commences, narrowing and gradually disappearing towards 

 centre of wing ; hind-margin broadly black, dentated with 

 white on the nervules. Under-side. — Beeper in tint than $ . 

 Fore-ioing : white; apical patch dull lemon-yellow, flushed 

 on its inner-side with orange-ochreous, and divided (as on 

 upperside) by a row of black spots ; disco-cellular and inner- 

 marginal spots as on upper-side. Hind-ioing : entirely dull 

 lemon-yellow ; costa tinged with orange-yellow ; a narrow 

 black spot at extremity of discoidal cell ; a transverse black- 

 ish stripe from costa beyond middle towards anal angle. 



Var. ? . — In the collection of the British Museum, from 

 Natal. — The orange at apex offore-ioing tvholly wanting, and 



