PIERIS HYPATIA. 



Plate XXXII. flg. 6, G. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurnii. Family: Papilionida;, Leach. 



Gends. Pieris, Schrank. Papilio (Dan. Cand.), Linn. ^-c. 



PiERis Hyp.itia. Alis rotundatis integerrimis, siiprk nigris, fasci'4 albi comrauni sinuate, subtus anticis maeulsl 

 apicali albidii, posticis basi fulvo radiatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 31in.) 



Syn. Pap. (Dan. Cand.) Hypatia, Drury, App. vol. 3. 

 Papilio Epaphia, Cramer, pi. 207. Jig. D. E, 

 Pieris Higiuia, Latr. et God. Enc. MHh. ix. p. 135. No. 45. 

 Pieris Saba, Fabr. Ent. Syst.lli. 1. p. 201. 6-27. Lutr. God. loc. eit. No. 46. 

 Pieris Malatlia, BoUd. Faun. Madagascar, pi. \.f. 4, 5. 

 Pieris Oibona, Boisd. loc. cit. pl.l. J". 3. 



Habitat: " Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" {Briiry'x MSS.). 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen black. Anterior wings sooty black, having a 

 white indented bar rising at the middle of the anterior edges, which crosses them, and ends on the middle 

 of the posterior ones ; at the tips are two small white spots. Posterior wings white and black, the npper 

 half being white and the lower one black. 



Under Side. Palpi, legs, breast, and abdomen wliite. Anterior wings tinged with yellow next the 

 body, the white bar being the same on this side as on the upper ; the black colour on this side partaking 

 more of a brown, and at the tips having a white patch instead of the two spots seen on the upper side. 

 Posterior wings marked as on the upper side. Margins of the wings entire. 



NYMPHALIS (CHARAXES) EUDOXUS. 



Plate XXXII. fig. 1, 4. 



Order ; Lepidoptera, Linn. Section : Diurna, Latr. Family : Nyinphalidai, Swahm. 



Genus. NympHalis, iair. Papilio i^Nympb. Pbal.), Z)r«;-i/. {Svbgesvs : Churaxes, Boisdiwal.) 



Nymphalis (Charaxes) Ecdoxl'S. Alis supra fasciil media maculisque marginalibus fuhis, subtus ad basin 

 ferrugineis annulis argenteis ; posticis tantiini fascia alba. (Expans. Alar. 3 nno. 3 lin.) 



Syn. Papilio (Equ. Ach.) Eudoxns, Drury, App. rol. 3. 



Papilio ( N. ) Eudoxus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1 . ;;. 65. No. 203. Eiic. MHh. ix. p. 352. No. 6. 



Habit.\t : Sierra Leone. 



Upper Side. Antennae black. Eyes, head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. Anterior wings dark 

 chocolate, red-brown at the base ; a row of brown orange-coloured spots is placed on the external edges 

 of these wings, those next the tips being smallest ; a brown-orange bar also rises on the anterior edges 

 near the tips, and crossing these and the posterior wings meets at the extremity of the abdomen, 

 increasing in width as it approaches the abdominal corners. Posterior wings likewise dark chocolate, 

 but next the body red-brown. Each of them is furnished with two tails, and has an indentefl line of 

 brown-orange running along the external edges, from the upper to the abdominal corners. 



Under Side. Palpi and breast orange. Feet ash colour. Sides and abdomen red-brown. One 

 half of the superior wings next the body is chocolate, but next the external edges brown-orange, with a 

 large black streak at the lower corners, and three others of different shapes in the middle of the wings ; 



