356 Mr. A. R. Wallace on 



black, leaving four white apical spots formed by the transverse 

 nervures ; lower wings white, with a very narrow border behind. 

 Beneath : upper wings nearly as above ; lower wings rich yellow 

 at the basal and anal margins, and a rather broad black band 

 behind, enclosing a row of six vermilion-red spots hardly sepa- 

 rated by the nervures ; the second and third spots from the anal 

 angle are much the largest. 



Expanse of wings 3 inches. 



Hah.—kxn Islands (Wall. $, $); New Ireland (Voy. Co- 

 quille). 



A fine species, commencing a series with dark females. 



S7. Thyca mys'is, Fabricius. 

 Papllio my sis, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. i. p. 200. Pieris )}iysis, Godt. 

 Encyc. Metli. ix. p. 150 ; Bd. Sp. Gen. p. 460, $. 

 Female. — Above : base of the wings tinged with yellow, marginal 

 bands broader, and a row of five spots at the apex. Beneath : basal 

 half of the wings yellow-washed, and the two upper apical spots 

 yellow. 



//fli.— Australia (Coll. Wall.). 



38. Thyca cnienfata, Butler. 



Pieris cnienfata, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 455, pi. xxvi. f. 2. 



P. mysis, var. lara, Voll. Mon. Pier. p. 12. 



Hab. — Mysol (B. IVI.) ; New Guinea (Leyden Mus.). 



39. Thyca poecilca, Vollenhoven. 



Pieris pcecilea, Voll. Mon. Pier. p. 13, pi. 3, f. 3, ^. 



Mob. — Gi\o\o, Morty (Voll.) ; Batchian (Coll. Wall.). 



My specimens from Batchian seem so near Vollenhoven's that 

 I do not like to separate them. The red band beneath is broader 

 in my insects, contains an additional small spot at each end, and 

 melts into the orange tint of the anal angle. The female agrees 



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more closely. 



40. Thyca Candida, Vollenhoven. 



Pieris Candida, Voll. Mon. Pier. p. 11, pi. 3, f. 2, $. 

 Hah. — Batchian (Leyden Mus.). 



Vollenhoven places this species in the hyparete subdivision, but I 

 think its affinities are with the mysis subdivision, on account of the 



