of the Amazon Valley. 235 



by Dr. Felder in his ' Lepid. Nov. Columbiae.' I believe it, however, 

 to be the opposite sex of Cramer's insect. 



Genns Pieris. 

 Boisd. Sp. Gen. p. 434. 



Section 1. Fore-iv'mg upper radial as a branch of the subcostal 

 much beyond the cell. 



* Fore-winy third subcostal branch wanting, or extremely short. 



To this division belong the European species, P. Brassicce, Bapce, &c. 



1. P. Demophile, Linn, 



5 . P. Demophile, Linu. Amoen. Acad. vi. 406. 66. 



$ . P. Molpea, Cram. 116 c. 



cJ. P. Amathonte, Cram. 116 a. B. 



Banks of the Tocantins, Tapajos, and the Upper Amazons ; not 

 found on the Lower Amazons, or in the Delta at Para. 



2. P. Monuste, Linn. 

 P. Momiste, Linn. ; Cram. 141 F. 

 Cultivated places ; general throughout the country, 



3. P. Ausia, Bdv. 

 P. Atisia, Boisd. Sp. G^n. 531. 137. 

 Tapajos, in company with the following. 



4. P. Phaloi!, Godt. 

 P. Phaloe, Godt. Enc. M^th. ix. 156. 131. 



Tocantins, Tapajos, and Upper Amazons. Inhabits the thinned 

 parts of the forest. It is not found on the Lower Amazons or at 

 Para. 



5. P. Pyrrha, Cram. 



S ■ P. Pyrrha, Cram. 63 a. b. 

 $ . P. Pamela, Cram. 319 a. 



On the Amazons this species inhabits the same districts as P. 

 Phaloe. It inhabits the shades of the forest ; but the males are 

 found also in open places, and resort to the moist margins of puddles 

 and streams ; the females I have never seen, except within the forest ; 

 they are much rarer than the males, and are coloured in imitation of 

 certain Hehconidae found in the same localities. The species has a 



