232 On the Synonymy o/'Huphina lanassa. 



that of males of this species is (in other descriptions) regarded 

 by M. Boisduval as " de largeur moyenne." 



In 1852 M. Lucas described a species, also from New- 

 Holland, under the name of Pieris nabis, the male of which 

 was of the variety having only two subapical spots on the 

 border of the primaries, the female only differing from typical 

 "Pieris lanassa" Boisd., in having several yellow spots on 

 the border of the secondaries below. 



In 1865 Felder described the female again, but from Fiji, 

 under the name of u Pieris perithea" and compared it with 

 the P. perimale of Donovan. 



At the same time and on the same page he described a 

 male from Australia, characterized by having the apical area 

 of the primaries and the entire basal area of the secondaries on 

 the under surface whity brown, under the name of P. periclea. 

 Lastly, in 1867 Wallace described a male from Moreton 

 Bay in which the apical area of the primaries and entire basal 

 area of the secondaries on the under surface were " earthy 

 brown with an orange tinge." 



Wallace compared his new species with the Pieris nabis of 

 Lucas and Papilio perimale of Donovan, but he failed to 

 recognize the latter owing to the fact that the type was 

 evidently a female. The male of Donovan's species is, I have 

 no doubt, the species in Hewitson's collection which Wallace 

 incorrectly identified as Felder's P. periclea. There are two 

 examples from New Caledonia, differing from each other 

 exactly as P. narses and P. nabis differ ; but, curiously 

 enough, Wallace does not consider them distinct, as he 

 logically should do, but observes : — " These two specimens 

 indicate a variable species." 



It is absolutely certain that Felder's U P. periclea " cannot 

 be the species from New Caledonia, which in form of wing 

 corresponds with its presumed female "P. perimale" for 

 Felder states that it agrees with his P. perithea\ — "die 

 vorbeschriebene Art, mit welcher die Flugelform iiberein- 

 stimmt." 



In 1869 Herrich-Schaffer described and figured a Huphina 

 as P. periclea, and, later, he reproduced the plate coloured as 

 part of an Appendix to his ' Aussereuropaische Schmetter- 

 linge.' The coloured figure is at once seen to be identical 

 with Wallace's P. narses, the colouring below not being 

 whity brown, but earthy brown. 



When a large series of Buphina lanassa is examined, it 

 becomes evident that the species is tetramorphic ; the under 

 surface cf the secondaries and apex of primaries may be 

 white, yellow, whity brown, or earthy brown, but the upper 



