^"i89^^''] PROCEEDINCiS OF 'IMIH NATIONAL MUSKlTM. 5(50 



Family PIKRIDyE. 

 Terias aethiopica Triii. 



vSeveral <^xarnpl(\s, Freetown, and sevciiil specimens, (3on<40 (Banana 

 Point). 



Terias desjardinsii Hoisd. 

 Two females. lOlniina. 



Terias senegalensis lioisd. 



Two or t lir«^e spceimens. (!<)nj>(> (Banaiui Point). 

 Pieris severiiia C'riiin. i "!) 



The tattered fragments of a si)ecies of Pieris, })ro]>al)ly Heverina., col- 

 lected ;it('ape Verde Isliinds (St. Vincent). The principal reason for 

 callinj; thisidcntilication into qnestion is the fact that the anterior win <•• 

 lacks th<* l)la(tk spot at tlie end of the cell. Otherwise, so far as can Ix^ 

 deterrnin<'d from tiie fragments of the insect i)reserved for us by the 

 diligences of tlu' <-ollector, there is reason to think that the foregoing 

 determination is correct. Two undoubted examples were collected at 

 Banana Point, (longo. 



Pieris gidica (ifxit. 

 Several mahis iiiid one fcm;de. (jongo (Ba-nana Point). Tins speci- 

 mens are ratiier laigin- than, and the l)lack markings heavier than, in 

 any examples I liave s<'en from Natal an<l more southerly i)ortions ol" 

 the contiiKiut, and upon tlie under side of the primaries the black angu- 

 l:it<'d sti'cak at the extremity of the discoidal c(>ll is extended inwaidly 

 along tiie median nervnre to the origin of the first median nervule, 

 'IMiis is a constant feature in every specimen, and gives the under side a 

 very dilTerent faci<'-s from tyi)ical s])ecinuuis of f/ldicti taken further 

 south. The foiui is worthy of a. varietal name. 



Pieris zochalia Hoisd. 

 A fragment of a mah' specimen. Congo (Banana Boint). 



Herpaemia eriphia (iodf. 

 One fernahs. St. I'aul de Loanda. 



Mylothris poppea (Jimiii 

 One raggCid femah'. I'^reetown. 



Mylothris chloris Fabr. 

 One fiMuaJe. I'^lmina. 



Colias electra Jjinn. 



One exami)I(\ ('apeofOood Hope. 



Teracolus evippe J/iiiii. 

 One badly damaged spc^cimen of the male of the species, St. Vincent) 

 Cape Verde Ishinds. Also two males and one female, St. Paul de 

 Loanda. 



