396 Dr. A. G. Butler on the Pierinc Butterflies 



3. Catophaga urania. 



c?. Tachi/ris urania, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, vol. iv. p. 371 



(1867). 

 $ . Appias Dohertyi, Rothschild, Deut. ent. Zeit., Lep. v. p. 441, pi. v. 



fig. 1 (1892). 



J, Celebes (ex coll. Godm. & Salv.). Type, coll. Hewit- 

 son. 



1 have not seen the female of this species, but believe 

 A. Dohertyi to represent that sex. 



4. Catophaga melania. 



$. Papilio melania, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 475 (1775). 



Appias melania, Butler, Cruise of the ' Curacoa,' p. 471, pi. xlix. figs. 4, 5 



(1873). 

 cJ. 1'ieris zoe, Yollenhoven, Mon. Pier. p. 37, pi. iv. fig. 3 (1865). 



2 (as <5). Tachyrw asteria, Miskin, Pxoc, Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 2, iii. 

 p. 1514 (1888). 



Type, ? , coll. Banks ; 2 <$ , 2 ? , Batchian, colls. Hewit- 

 son and B. M. 



The secondaries of the female vary much in colouring on 

 the upper surface, but whether the differences are seasonal or 

 not is not known ; one of our examples has these wings 

 bright yellow, with the usual broad deep brown borders. I 

 think T. asteria is only a variety of this sex. 



5. Catophaga Jacquinotii. 



J. IHeris Jacquinotii, Lucas, Lev. et Mag. de Zool. 1852, p. 326. 

 $. Appias korridana, Grose-Smith, Novit. Zool. i. p. 335 (1894). 



<J, Ceram ; ? , Biak, New Guinea. B. M. 

 A local representative of C. melania. 



6. Catophaga galathea. 



cJ. Tieru galathea, Felder, Eeise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 165 (1865). 

 Catophaga Itoepstorfii, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Iii. p. 44 (1884). 



$ , Camorta. B. M. 



1 consider typical C. galathea to be the wet- and C. Roep- 

 storjii the dry-season phase. 



7. Catophaga sawela. 



ibstorffer, Soc. Ent. 14, 

 . xli. p. 390, pi. ix. fig. 8, 



J 9, Lombock {Friihstorfer). B. M. 



Tachyris micela, Frubstorffer, Soc. Ent. 14, xi. pp. 115, 116 (1896) 

 Berl. ent. Zeitschr. xli. p. 390, pi. ix. fig. 8, $ (1897). 



