PAPILIONID.E.-PIERINiE. 



MYLOTHRIS. I. 



I.— MYLOTHRIS ASPHODELUS. cf.Fios. 1, 2. ? . Fig. 3. 



Mjlhifliria A^pJinilehis, Butler, " Proceedings Zoological Society," 1887, 

 p. 572. 



Exp. 2| inches. 



]\[tile. Upperside "white ; primaries above with the basal fourth gamboge- 

 yellow ; base of costa greyish, a broad apical black border, tapering on costal 

 margin, interrupted so as to form a separate spot at the end of the second 

 median branch and followed by a black dot at the end of the first median 

 branch ; secondaries with six marginal black spots ; body greyish, quite normal. 

 Under surface white, slightly pearly ; all the wings with rather large black 

 spots on the outer margin; primaries with the basal yellow patch more restricted 

 and ratlier more golden than above, the apical area tinted with sulphur-yellow ; 

 base of secondaries bright yellow towards costa ; body below white, legs with a 

 black longitudinal stripe; a black spot on each side of the anal valves." 



Female. Upperside. Anterior wings saffron, becoming paler and almost 

 white towards the inner margin ; apex and outer margin with rather broad grey 

 streaks along the veins, most elongate at the apex, becoming shorter towards 

 the outer angle. Posterior wings white with round grey spots at the ends of 

 the veins. 



Underside as above, but brighter saffron and a more extended white inner 

 marginal area on the anterior wings. Posterior wings witli an indistinct narrow 

 band of yellowish saffron on the outer margin. Tlie spots at the ends of the 

 veins on the outer margins of both wings are brighter grey, almost black. 



Hab. Cameroons. 



lu the Collections of the British Museum and H. Grose-Smith. 



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