PAPILTO COPAN^. Keak.rt. 



Proc. Ent. Soc, Phil., Vol. II, p. 141, (1863). 

 KiThy, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 521, (1871). 



(PLATE VIII, FIC;. 1, 9. 



Fkmai,e. Expaiuls \\ inches. 



Antenna; and licad black ; thorax black, spotted with yellow on the sides. Abdomen dark shining green 

 above, black on the sides and beneath, three rows of yellow streaks on each side, and two rows of white spots 

 and one of yellow streaks below. 



Upper surface ; primaries blackish l)r()wn, the basal and interior part glo.ssed with shining green which 

 changes in depth and shade in different lights; five sub marginal yellow, dart-shaped dashes, the first, 

 between the discoidal nervules, is almost obsolete, the second is the largest, extending almost to the diseoidal 

 cell, the one nearest the anal angle is double ; a narrow yellow dash on edge of eostii. 



Secondaries blackish brown, with green leflection much more noticeable than on primaries ; a mesial band 

 of seven yellow spots, the one nearest the anal angle composed of a few atoms, the ne.\t large and rhomboidal 

 in shape, the succeeding four larger and more or less oval, the seventh extends from tiie first sub-costal 

 nervule to the costa, and is concave on bath outer and inner edges; a row of indistinct marginal lunules ; 

 exterior margin dentate, with yellow emarginations. 



Under surface ; primaries, basal Jialf blackish brown, disk pale brown ; four of the spots of the upper 

 sui'facc reproduced and more distinct, but not so yellow ; the largest ofthe.se spots extends into the discoidal 

 cell. 



Secondaries shining brown, varying in shade in different positions; a marginal row of red spots bordered 

 narrowly with black, and, as the original description very aptly says, " resembling chevrons in form." 



The male I have never seen, nor do I know if it be at all known. 



Habitat. Guatamala. 



The type from which the above descrij)tion and accompanying figures were taken, came from near Copan, 

 and is in my cabinet ; the only other examjilc I know of is in the Mus. of the Am. Ent. Soc. 



This species differs entirely from the others of its group,* in tiie number and arrangement of the lateral 

 and ventral rows of streaks (spots we can scarcely call them, as they are ])aralIelogramic in form,) on the abdo- 

 men, of which there are in all nine, one yellow and two white below, and three yellow on each side. 



We have such ])oor facilities in this country for properly studying the exotic species, that it was a bold 

 venture of Mr. Reakirt to describe this as new, especially as it belongs to a grou]i so replete with varieties; 

 nevertheless, I have a strong convietif)n that it will not share the fate of so many of' that author's species. It 

 is here truthfully figured and coloured from the type, and those abroad who have the advantages of larger 

 material for compari.son, can pronounce their verdict as to its genuineness. 



In remarks at the close of my friend Reakirt's original description, he must have been carried away a 

 little by his enthusiasm, when he said "the lustrous brilliancy of its upjier surface is alone surjiassed by the 

 Morphidse." I can only .see that its lustrous brilliancy exceeds a little that of 1*. Polydamus, and is not equal 

 to that of P. Ijatinus. 



PIERIS NAPI, LINN.EUS. 



Napi, Linnieus, {Papilio N.) Faiin. Suec, p. 271, n. 1037, (1761); Syst. Nat. I, 2, ]>. 760, (1767). Seba, 

 Rer. Nat. Thes., Vol. IV, t. 2, (1765). Esper, Sehmett., Vol. I, 1. t. 3, (1777). 

 Hubner, Eur. Sehmett., Vol. I, f. 406, 407, (1798-1803). 

 Pieris Napi, Godarl, Enc. Meth., Vol. IX, p. 161, (1819). Bomhival, Sp. Gen. 1, p. 518, (1836). 

 Staudinger, Cat. Lep. Eur. I, p. 3, (Jan., 1871). Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 453, 

 (March, 1871). 



* Sucb as composed Hubner's genus Ilhobalns, viz. : P. Hyperion, Hub., P. Polydamufi, L., P. Crassus, Cram., <&c. 



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