COLIAS (CALLIDRYAS) PYRANTHE, var.l 



Plate XI 1. fig. 3. 4. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diuma. Familv : PapilionitlEe, ieacA. 



Genus. Colia.s, Latr. et God. Papilio (Danai Candidi), Drury. Callidryas, Boisduval. 



CoLiAs (CiLLiDBYAs) Pyranthe. Alis albis, anticis supra puncto minuto discoidali apiceque nigris, raargine 



interno penicillatis, subtus (nisi basi anticai-imi) flaveseentibus strigis numerosissimis fuscis. (Expans. Alar. 



3 unc.) 



Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Pjranthe, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 763. No. 98? Latr. et God. Enc.MHh. ix. p. 97. 

 (Colias P.), Boisduval, Hist. Nat. Lepid. l.p.GU. (Callidj'yas P.) 

 Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Chryseis, Drm-y, Append, vol. 2. 

 Papil. Gnoma, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. 210. No. 658? 

 Pap. Nepthe, Fabr. loc. cit. p. 120 ? 



Habitat : China. 



Upper Side. Thorax of a blueish black, with white hairs. Abdomen white. Anterior wings white, 

 with a small oblong black spot near the middle of each ; black at the tips, which colour extends down the 

 external edge to the interior angle, and also runs a little way along the anterior margin towards the body- 

 Posterior wings white, without any marks or shades. The edges of all the wings are entire. 



Under Side. Breast, feet, abdomen, and anterior superior wings white, being covered about a third 

 part from the tips with small, longish, light-brown streaks, making that part appear of a pale yellow. 

 Posterior wings of the same pale yellow with the small streaks. One sex is verj' remarkable for 

 having a number of hairs growing on the posterior edges of the anterior wings, next the body ; some of 

 which are erect, some bending downwards, and some lying flat on the wing. 



There is much confusion respecting the specific names of this and several other Asiatic 

 species, as may be seen from the citations in the sjTion>Tns. I have followed the French authors 

 in assigning Drury's insect to the PjTanthe of Linnaeus, although that author describes his 

 insect as having a discoidal red spot on each of the wings beneath. The species of this group 

 are variable in the intensity of their markings, and the males are less strongly marked than 

 the females ; and as Drury's figure represents a male (distinguished by the bundle of hairs 

 on the interior margin of the anterior wings) it may possibly be an extreme variety of the 

 male of Pyranthe. Boisduval has indeed described another species of considerably smaller 

 size, which is destitute of the discoidal spot (Call, minna), which also, he considers, may 

 possibly be a variety of C. Pyranthe. 



ARGYNNIS IDALIA. 



Plate XIII. fig. 1.3. $ .—2. $ . 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : Nymphalidce, Swains. 



Genus. Argynnis, Fabr. Latr. et God. Argyreus, Scop. Dryades, Hubn. Papilio (Nj-mphales Phalerati) 

 Linn. Brury. 



Argynnis Idai.ia. Alis dentatis, anticis utrinque fulvis nigro-maculatis ; posticis supra nigTO-coeruleis, punctorum 

 serie duplici, subtus fuscis costa baseos maculisque 26 argenteis. (Expans. Alar. $ . 3 unc. 6 lin.— J . 4 unc) 



Syn. PapUio (Nymph. Phal.) Idalia, Bniry. Herbst. Pap. tab. 2S2. 253. Cramer, pi. 44. fig. D. E. F. G. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1.145. iVo. 446. Latr.et God. Enc. MHh. h .»GZ. (Argynnis Id.) 



Habitat : New York ( Drury) ; taken on the 28th June. Jamaica (Enc. Meth.). 



