216 Mr. W. J. Kciye on 



vertically towards costa. Outer margin dark bvown with a 

 laint blue line running through it and some indistinct black 

 intra-neural spots. Hiad wing with basal two-tliirds pale 

 dirt7 brownish, palest towards base. A broad oran^je sub- 

 terminal band slightly radiated on its inner edge. Outer 

 margin dark brown containing some black spots which are 

 edged internally with blue. Fore wing below with some 

 whitish scaling beyond the cell and stretching across veins 

 2, 3, and 4. The subterniinal orange band merged with the 

 whitish-brown scaling in the area of tlie tornus. Hind wing- 

 below with the basal half whitish gradually becoming du>ky 

 before it meets the subterniinal orange band. 



Hdh. Lower Amazon, Igaripe {A. Ha/I). 



This may be an aberration of Nymphidium caricce. as the 

 luiderside shows some whitish scaling, but above the general 

 fascies is strikingly different. 



Type in Coll. Kaye. 



Pieridse. 



Pie7'is phaJoe hnnonti, siibsp. n. 



A small island race of p/ia/op, Godt { = hnnice, Bois), which 

 in addition to its small size has no orange at base of tore 

 wing on underside, and onl}^ a very small amount of orange 

 at base of hind wing on underside. 



A full description is apjjended of both ^ and ? in case the 

 subspecies should turn out to be a good species and not only 

 a race oipkaloe. 



Pieris phaloe lamonti. 



$ . Fore wing white with the costa for half the length of 

 cell black; the rest of costa (except the very narrow extreme 

 margin, which is black) white. Apex rather broadly black 

 and considerably concave on the inner edge. At termination 

 of veins 3 and 4 on the margin are triangular black marks. 

 A considerably reduced similar mark on vein 2 at margin. 

 A small black discocellular spot slightly extended inwards. 

 Faint scent-scale patches in the inte)>;paccs beluecu the 

 veins in discal area. Hind wing white with a very narrow 

 black fringe. Some orange scaling at base beneath and at 

 base of palpi. 



$ . Fore wing white with a large black discoidal patch, 

 continued as a curve to costa towards base, but not reaching 

 it. Apex heavily black, the black continued in a zig-zagging 



