54 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS, 



$ ? King William's Town (W. S.M.D'Urban). Coll. mihi. 

 ? Natal. Coll. S. A. Mus. 

 South Africa. Coll. Brit. Mus. 

 " Cape of Good Hope." Boisd. 

 $ ? Damaraland. Coll. C. J. Andersson. 



35. Anthocharis Evanthe. 



Anthocharis Evanthe, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., I, p. 567, n. 13. 

 E. Doubl., Apv. List Lev. Brit. Mus., 



[p. 9. 



Expands 1 in. 7 lin. 1 in. 9 lin. 



$ . White ; with orange apical patch. Fore-wing : orange 

 at apex bordered externally by a blackish band only slightly 

 radiating on the nervules, and internally by an usually rather 

 broad blackish band, ill-defined inwardly, and suddenly in- 

 terrupted a little below costa ; base and costa dusted with 

 grey ; a small, more or less distinct, blackish disco-cellular 

 dot. Hind-wing : along hind-margin, a more or less marked 

 row of blackish spots at extremities of nervules, not reaching 

 beyond second median nervule. UNDERSIDE. Fore-wing : 

 a scarcely perceptible tint of orange in apical marking, which 

 is irr orated with grey atoms, and a few thin grey lines ; in- 

 ternal blackish band indicated by a greyish tint ; grey 

 irrorations from base extending further than on upper- side, 

 almost filling discoidal cell, and extending along costa to 

 apical marking ; disco-cellular dot larger and blacker than on 

 upper-side; very minute black dots on hind- margin at ends 

 of nervules. Hind-wing: of a slightly yellower tint than 

 fore-wing ; marked universally with thin grey lines or 

 hatchings, lying transversely, and variable in length and 

 size, but never more than a line in length ; a black disco- 

 cellular dot ; a row of very minute black dots along hind- 

 margin, one at extremity of each nervule. 

 ? . Unknown. 



This Anthocharis is of most delicate structure, almost rivalling the 

 Genus Pontia in this respect. This character, and the multitudinous short 

 grey lines on its under surface, are sufficient to distinguish it from all the 

 other South African species of the Genus. There is a single specimen of 

 it in the British Museum, which I have noted as from South Africa ; but 

 Mr. E. Doubleday in the Appendix to his Museum List of Lepidoptera as 

 quoted above gives Madagascar as the habitat of this specimen. That it 

 is a native of Madagascar, I know, from the fact of three specimens having 

 been taken in that island by Mr. Layard, which are now in the South 

 African Museum. However, I confidently believe that the British Museum 

 example was labelled as from South Africa, or it would never have attracted 

 my attention. 



South Africa. Coll. Brit. Mus. 

 Madagascar. Coll. S. A. Mus. 



