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6. Pieris Brassicse. 



Papilio (D. C.) Brassicse, Linnceus, " alis integerrimis, rotundatis, 

 albis ; anticis maculis duabus apicibusque nigris ; major : habitat 



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Fabricius, Si/st. Ent. p. 468. n. 110 (1775); Sp. Ins. p. 38. 

 n. 161 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 18. n. 183 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 in. p. 186. n. 574 (1793). 

 Germany. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



There are two discoloured specimens of P. Brassicce in the Bank- 

 sian Collection in the British Museum. 



7. Pieris Rapae. 



Papilio (D. C.) Rapa3, Linnceiis, " alis integerrimis ; anticis maculis 



duabus apicibusque nigris ; minor : habitat " 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 469. n. Ill (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 39. 

 n. 162 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 18. n. 184(1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 186. n. 575 (1793). 



Germany. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



There is one specimen of P. Rapce in the Banksian Collection in 

 the British Museum. 



8. Pieris Napi. 



Papilio (D. C.) Napi, Linnceus, " alis integerrimis, albis, subtus 



venis dilatatis, virescentibus : habitat " 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 469. n. 112 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 39. 

 n. 163 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 18. n. 185 (1787); Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 187. n. 576 (1793). 



Germany. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



There are two broken specimens of P. Napi in the Banksian Col- 

 lection in the British Museum. 



9. Pieris Zeuxippe. 



5 . Papilio (P. D.) Cassida, Fabricius [P. Zeuxippe, var., Cramer], 

 " alis integerrimis, albis, anticis margine exteriore nigro venoso, po- 

 stico nigro, flavo punctato : habitat in India orientali." Pap. Exot. 

 iv. pi. 362. figs. E, F (1782). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. suppl. p. 427. n. 595, 596 (1798). 



c? 5 , Barrackpore (presented 1861, by Sir John Hearsey, col- 

 lected by himself) ; rf , Malva, Bengal (collected by Capt. Boys, ob- 

 tained 1852). B.M. 



This seems to be a variable species ; it comes near to P. Evagete 

 of Cramer (P. Phryne, Fabr.). Mr. Doubleday, in his MS., remarks 

 that P. Eleonora, Boisd., is the P. Phryne of Jones's Icones ; ' but, 

 since Fabricius first described the species in the ; Systema Entomo- 

 logies,' and was in the habit of naming Jones's drawings from memory, 



