PAPILIOXID.E. PIERIN^. 



BELENOIS. ir. 



III.— BELENOIS LASTI. s ■ Figs. 1, 2. ? . Fig. 8. 



Mijliitln-is Liisii. H. Grose Smith, "Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," ser. (1, vol. 8, }>. 124 (February, ISSt)). 



Exp. 2 inches. 



Male. ITppEKsiDE. Anterior wings white, broadly tipped with greyish- 

 black, the black extending down the outer margin, gradually decreasing to the 

 end of the second median nervule ; the lowest median nervule and sultmedian 

 nervure tipjied with black, the latter minutely. Costa narrowly edged with 

 Vilack. Posterior wings lemon-yellow, the nervures tipped with lilack spots. 

 those on the second subcostal nervule and the siil)median nervure the smallest. 



Underside. Anterior wings white, the apex yellow, and the base slightly 

 marked with yellow in the cell. Costa narrowly edged with black ; hind margin 

 with a row of rather small black sjjots at the extremities of the nervures, that 

 at the extremity of the lowest median nervule the largest. Posterior wings 

 yellow, slightly orange along the costa, especially towards the liase ; liind 

 margin with the extremities of the nervures spotted with black, the spot at the 

 extremity of the second subcostal nervule the smallest. 



Female. Upperside. Anterior wings white, costa narrowly, and apex and 

 hind margin rather broadly black, the black border becoming narrower towards 

 the hinder angle, which it does not quite reach, and above which it is interrupted 

 by two white streaks. Towards the apex is a slight yellow streak. Base slightly 

 dusted with grey. Posterior wings lemon-yellow, with a row of rather large 

 black spots at the extremities of the nervures ; that at the extremity of the sub- 

 median nervure the smallest, except a rudimentary spot between the nervures 

 which precedes it. 



Underside. Both wings nearly as in the male ; anterior wings with the 

 fringes black ; posterior wings with the marginal spots smaller than on the 

 u})perside, the small spot preceding that at the extremity of the submedian 



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