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48. Colias Hyale. 



Papilio Hyale, Linn., Syst. Nat., II, p. 764, n. 100. 

 „ „ Fah., Syst. Ent., p. 477, n. 148. 



„ ,, ,, Ent. Syst., Ill, l,p. 207. 



Papilio Palasno, Herbst, Nat. Bek. Ins. — Schnett., V, 



[pi. 114, f. 7,8. 

 „ „ Hilhn., Europ. Schmett., f. 438, 439. 



Pieris Hyale, Latr., Gen. Crust et Ins., XIV, p. 113. 

 Colias Hyale, Ochs., Schmett. von Europa, IV, p. 32. 

 „ „ Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. ^^. 

 „ ,, Boisd., S]). Gen. Lep., I, p. 650. 

 „ „ Duncan, Brit. Butt., pi. 6, f. 1, 1. 

 „ ,, Do'ubl., List. Lep. Brit. Mus., 1, p. 147. 

 „ ,, Chenu, Enc. d'Hist. Nat. — Pap., p. 59, 



[f. 147. 

 „ ,, Staint., Man. Brit. Butt, and Moths, p. 17. 

 „ „ Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Mus., 



[p. 62, n. 108. 

 Expands 1 in. 10 lin. — 2 in. 2 lin. 



$ . Pale sulphur-yellow ; with dusky -blackish hind-mar- 

 ginal borders. Fore-wing : dusky-grey at base ; costa dusted 

 with grey ; hind-marginal band broad at apex, divided by 

 spots of the ground-colour arranged as in the ? Electra, but 

 not so clearly defined, being more contiguous, — the spot 

 between second and third median nervules usually connected 

 with the ground-colour, in consequence of the inner portion 

 of the blackish band becoming obsolete on, or just above, 

 third median nervule ; disco-cellular spot large and black, as 

 in the ? Electra. Hind-wing : base blackish-grey, but re- 

 mainder of wing not clouded as in Electra ; disco-cellulax 

 spot large and conspicuous, orange-yellow ; hind-margin 

 faintly and irregularly bordered with blackish, with, in some 

 specimens, traces of an inner stripe, forming with the outer 

 border indications of a broad band enclosing yellow spots. 

 Under-side. — Marked very similarly to C. Electra. Fore- 

 wing : pale-yellow, as on upper-side ; disco-cellular spot 

 usually with a paler centre ; apical portion of wing lighter 

 or darker chrome-yellow ; transverse row of ferruginous and 

 blackish spots not so dark as in C. Electra. Hind-wing : 

 ochreous-yellow mingled with greyish ; a large, and a small, 

 silvery disco-cellular spot, touching each other, surrounded 

 by distinct ferruginous rings, well-defined on their outer 

 edge ; a transverse row of ferruginous spots near hind-mar- 

 gin, arranged as in Electra. Antennae, legs, and edges of 

 wings rose-pink. 



