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52. Terias Brigitta. 



Papilio Brigitta, Cram., Pap. Exot., pi. 331, f. B, C. 



Herbst., Ins.Schmett.,V, pi. 106, f. 6, 7. 

 Pieris Brigitta, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 195, n. 53. 

 Terias Brigitta, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., I, p. 676, n. 38. 

 App. Foy. de Deleg., p. 588. 



$ . " Entirely of the habit of T. Drona*, but a little 

 smaller ; of a more brilliant yellow, without blackish atoms 

 towards base. Fore-wing : border a little wider at apex and 

 along costa, a little narrower at anal angle, less denticulated 

 on its inner edge. Hind-wing : border narrower, scarcely 

 denticulated internally, disappearing a little before anal angle. 

 Fringe of all the wings rosy or reddish-yellow. UNDER- 

 SIDE. Almost like that of T. Drona : transverse band waved, 

 a little more ferruginous ; at extremity of discoidal cell in 

 both wings, a small elliptical lunule, in place of two blackish 

 dots." Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep. 

 ? . Expands 1 in. 10 lin. 



Bright chrome-yellow. Fore-wing : costa dusted with some 

 blackish scales for a little distance, thence black edged, in- 

 creasing into a broad, black, apical band, which diminishes 

 in width (rather abruptly) to third median nervule on hind- 

 margin, where it is interrupted ; a black spot at extremity 

 of sub-median nervure showing the full extent of the band ; 

 on costa, near apex, three rather conspicuous yellow dashes 

 indenting the black. Hind-wing : a row of blackish spots at 

 extremities of nervules, diminishing in size towards anal 

 angle, the last (very small) spot being on third median ner- 

 vule. UNDER-SIDE. Fore-wing: ground-colour paler than 

 above; the marginal band of upper-side indicated by an 

 orange-yellow tint, dusted with thinly -scattered blackish 

 atoms ; a thin, blackish streak, enclosing the yellow nervules, 

 at extremity of discoidal cell ; a transverse, faint-blackish 

 streak from costa near apex, extending to second median 

 nervule ; a black dot at extremity of each nervule, from first 

 subcostal nervule to submedian nervure. Hind-wing : wholly 

 of the same tint of yellow as margins of fore-wing, and 

 similarly irrorated ; markings similar to those in other species, 

 but more ferruginous in tint, and not so sinuate or irregular 

 as in some others ; spots near base well marked, yellow cen- 

 tred ; disco-cellular streak as in fore-wing. Fringes yellow, 

 tinged with pink above. 



* An Indian and Javanese species. 



