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This insect, like the last, flies exceedingly swift, and is observed sometimes to settle 

 upon human excrement, a peculiar habit which is also adopted by other species of insects 

 belonjrinff to different orders. 



PIERIS EUDOXIA. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 1, 2. 



Order : Lepidoptera. Section : Diiirna. Family : Papilionidai, Leach. 



Genus. Pieris, Schrank. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), Linn. §c. 



PiERls EuDOXiA. Alis rotundatis, anticis dilute fulvis posticis albis; omnium limbo communi nigro maculate. 

 (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), Cramer, pi. m.fig. C. Herbst. tab. 107./. 1 . 2. Drury, App. vol. 3 Fabr. Ent. 

 Syst. 111. ^.p. 199. 620. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. 1. 610. No. 105. 

 Papilio (D. C.) Rhodope, Fabr. Ent. Syst. HI. 1. p. 196. No. 609. Donovan Nat. Repos. 3. pl.m. 



Habitat : " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (Dmri/'s MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen grey-brown. Anterior wings dark yellow, 

 shaded along the anterior edges with dark brown ; a black border occupies the tips and external edges 

 of these wings, whereon is a row of dark yellow spots of an oblong fonn. Posterior wings entirely 

 white, with a row of black spots placed along the external edges. 



Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast, legs, and abdomen white. Anterior wings yellow, but next the 

 body orange-coloured, with a row of triangular black spots placed along the external edges. Posterior 

 wings white, but orange next the body, having a row of black round spots placed on the external edges, 

 corresponding with the anterior wings. Margins of the wings entire. 



PIERIS CHLORIS. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 3, 4. 



Order ; Lepidoptera. Section : Diurna. Family : PapUionidae, Leach. 

 Genus. Pieris, Schrank. Papilio (Dan. Caud.), Linn. Sj-c. 



PiERis Chlokis. Alis suboblongis, integerrimis, teneris, albis apice nigro, subtiis anticis basi calthacea, posticis 

 luteo radiata, his limbo late nigro. (Expans. Alar. 2 uuc. 3 lin. ) 



Syn. PapUio (D. C.) Chloris, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 473. A'o. 129. Dmry, App. vol. 2. Herbst. tab. 99./. 1. 4. 

 Latr. et God.Enc. MHh. ix.p. 160. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. 1. 516. 

 Papilio Thermopylee, Cramer, pi. iOT.Jig. F. G. 



Habitat: '' Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1774" (Drury's MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennte black. Eyes dark brown. Thorax and abdomen dark grey. Anterior wings 

 entirely white, with a black patch at the tips, the anterior edges being also black. Posterior wings also 

 white, with a black border rimning along the external edges from the upper to the abdominal comers. 



Under Side. Palpi grey. Legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings white ; the latter black at 

 their tips, as on the upper side, but next the body tinged with red. Posterior wings yellow, but one-half 

 next the external edges is black; and on the upper part, next the body, having a streak of fine red. 

 Margins of the wings entire. 



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