PAPILIO COPAN^. Reakirt. 



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

 Kirbt/, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 521, (1871). 



(PLATE Vrir, FIG. 1, 9. 



Female. ExpaiuLs 4 J inehe.s. 



Anteniiie aud head black ; thorax bhick, s|)otted witli yellow on the sides. Abdomen dark shining green 

 above, black on the sides and beneath, three rows of vellow streak.s on each .side, and two rows of whit*e spots 

 and one of yellow streaks below. 



Upper surface ; primaries blackish i)rown, the basal and interior part glossed with shining green which 

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

 between the discoidal nervules, is almost obsolete, the .second is the largest, extendin-- almost to the di.scoidal 

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



Secondaries blackish brown, with green reflection much more noticeabfe than on i>riraaries ; a mesial band 

 of seven yellow spots, the one nearest the anal angle composed of a few atoms, the next largo and rhomboidal 

 m shajie, the succeeding four larger and more or less oval, the seventh extends from the first sub-costal 

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

 exterior margin dentate, with yellow emarginations. 



Under surface ; i)rimaries, basal half blackish brown, disk pale brown; four of the spots of the upper 

 surface reproduced and more distinct, but not .so yellow; the largest of these 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 de.scription 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 tyjie from which the above description and accompanying figures were taken, came from near Copan, 

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



This species differs entirely from the otlicrs of its grouj),* in the number and arrangement of the lateral 

 and ventral_ row.s of streaks (spots we can scarcely call them, as they are parallelogramic in form,) on the abdo- 

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



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

 venture of Mr. Reakirt to dcscrilie this as new, especially as it belongs to a group so replete with varieties; 

 nevertheless, I have a strong conviction that it will not sliare 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 comparison, can pronounce their verdict as to its genuinene.ss. 



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 upper surface is alone surpassed bv the 

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

 to that of P. Latinus. J > -i. 



PIERIS NAPI, LiNN.Eus. 



Napi, Linnaeus, {Papilio N.) Faun. Suec, p. 271, n. 1037, (1761); Syst. Nat. I, 2, p. 760, (1767). Seba, 

 Rer. Nat. The.s., Vol. IV, t. 2, (1765). Esper, Schmett., Vol. I, 1. t. 3, (1777). 

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

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

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

 (March, 1871). 



*Such as composed Hubner's genus Ithobalus, viz. : P. Hyperion, Hub., P. Polydamus,' L., P. Crassus, Cram &c 



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