PIERIDH—LEPTALIS. 
the costal margin; a spot of yellow attached to the orange near the apex; the outer 
margin near the anal angle light brown. 
Unperstpz as above, except that it is lighter, and that there are three small 
white spots across the apex of the anterior wing; that the orange of the posterior 
wing is clouded and replaced by yellow beyond the middle; that the nervures are 
more distinctly marked, and that there is a band of white spots near the outer margin. 
Expan. 2,5 in. Hab. Upper Amazon. 
In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 
LEPTALIS SPIO. 21. 22. 23. 
P. Spio Godart Encl. Method., page 166. 
Upperstpr. Male black. Anterior wing, with a trifid spot of bright orange, 
from the base towards the anal angle. Crossed at the middle by a band of the same 
colour, and near the apex by a macular band of bright yellow. Posterior wing, with 
the costal margin, broadly pale yellow. Crossed longitudinally by a band of vivid 
orange. The outer margin, near the anal angle, rufous. 
Unpersipg. Anterior wing, with the basal spot and the middle transverse band 
forming one large white spot. The band near the apex obscure. Posterior wing 
light rufous-brown, undulated with white. 
Female with the anterior wing as in the male, except that all the bands are light 
yellow, and that the posterior wing is crossed longitudinally by a broad band of pale 
yellow. 
Expan. 2; in. Hab. St. Domingo. 
In the Collection of the British Museum. 
This beautiful species is not new. It is, however, rare and little known, and has not been figured 
before. 
