Pal EigRal D AE. 
PIERIS.  V. 
PIERIS THEMIS. 31, 32. 
Pieris Themis. Boisd. MS. 
Uprrrstpe. Male white. The apical half of the anterior wing, and the outer 
margin of the posterior wing broadly black—intersected with ill-defined, indistinct, 
oval white spots. Anterior wing with the costal margin dark grey. 
UnpersIDE as above, except that the black of the margins is much more defined, 
and the white submarginal spots large and distinct in thei outline. That the 
anterior wing has, besides, a spot of white within the others; that the posterior wing 
is of a bright yellow, and that the oval spot nearest the apex is slightly tinted with 
yellow. 
Expan. 3 in. Hab. Philippine Islands. 
In the Collections of W. C. Hewitson and Dr. Boisduval. 
PIERIS NEPHELE. 33. 
Pieris Nephee. Boisd. MS. 
Uprrrsipe. Male. Anterior wing white with its inner margin yellow. The 
costal and outer margins broadly black, marked near the apex with an oblong white 
spot. Posterior wing orange-yellow with the outer margin broadly black. 
UnnersIbE as above, except that the margins are paler, and the spot at the apex 
of the anterior wing yellow. 
Female differs from the male greatly in the form of the anterior wing. On the 
upperside both wings are white with the outer margins very broadly black; the 
nervures where they join the margin also black. On the underside it does not differ 
from the male in colour; the spot near the apex of the anterior wing is larger and 
bifid. Both wings have some submarginal spots of grey-white. 
Expan. 23% im. Hab. Philippine Islands. 
In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 
