50 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



31. Anthocharis Omphale. 



Pieris Omphale, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 122, n. 12. 



Anthocharis Omphale, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., I, p. 574, 



[n. 22. 

 „ ,, ,, App.Voy. de Deleg.,^.5^1. 



Expands 1 in. 4 lin. — 1 in. 7 lin. 



Allied to A. Achine. 



$ . White ; with orange-red apical patch, not glossed with 

 rosy. Fore-wing : not so pointed as in Achine ; hind-margin 

 more convex ; apical red not so broad, its outer border not 

 so deeply or sharply indenting it, but extending to anal 

 angle (near which it is much narrower), its inner border wider 

 and blacker than in Achine, except at a little distance from 

 costa, where it is much narrowed ; no dot at extremity of 

 discoidal cell; band on inner-margin broader and blacker, 

 not inclining to curve upwards at its extremity. Hind-wing : 

 costal band as in Achine, but blacker ; parallel to it, beyond 

 middle, an irregularly dentate, slightly curved, blackish stripe, 

 from inner-margin to about middle of hind-margin ; a row 

 of five black spots along hind-margin, at ends of nervules, 

 more separate from each other than in Achine, and not ex- 

 tending beyond second median nervule. Under-side. — 

 Fore-wing : apical marking ochreous, indistinctly irrorated 

 with grey, its inner half dull orange ; no disco-cellular spot ; 

 inner- marginal band very faintly indicated by pale-greyish, 

 slightly darker at its extremity. Hind-ioing : pale-creamy, 

 or reddish-creamy, with brownish irrorations, rather thinly- 

 scattered ; a brownish spot on costa beyond middle indicates 

 extremity of costal band ; curved stripe beyond middle 

 usually well-marked, reddish-brown ; a distinct, orange, 

 black-dotted, disco-cellular dot. 



? . Fore-%mng : hind-margin more convex than in ^ , in 

 some specimens almost elbowed in the centre ; orange at 

 apex much narrower than in $ , forming a curved band, the 

 black borders much broader ; usually a faint disco -cellular 

 dot ; inner-marginal band broader, shading into discoidal 

 cell, generally united to inner border of apex, on second 

 median nervule, by a black streak, and sometimes continued 

 to meet hind-marginal band at anal angle. Hind-ioing : 

 similar to $ ; but the black markings all broader and darker ; 

 a narrow, indented streak usually connecting extremities of 

 the two parallel bands ; an additional hind-marginal spot, on 

 third median nervule ; disco-cellular spot usually faintly in- 

 dicated. Under-side. — Similar to $ , but duller in colouring. 

 Fore-wing: apical marking somewhat deeper in tint, in- 



