202 CATALOGUE OF DIUKNAL LEPIDOPTEKA. 



too much faith ought not to be placed in the correctness of Jones's 

 names, especially where his figures do not agree with the Fabrician 

 descriptions. P. Hira of Moore (Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 490. n. 22. pi. 31. 

 fig. 17 : 1865) seems to agree with P. Cassida. 



10. Pieris Phryne. 



Papilio (D. C.) Phryne, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, albis, mar- 

 gine nigro ; posticis subtus flavis : " " alee subtus nigro venosae ; 

 anticae albae, margine antico flavo, posticae flavae, margine omni nigro : 

 habitat in America." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 473. n. 131 (1775). 



Ceylon. (Obtained 1853) B.M. 



This is evidently the species subsequently described and figured 

 by Cramer under the name of P. Evagete ; and in the ' Ent. Syst.' 

 Fabricius quotes Cramer's figure " P. Evergete, pi. 231 " (sic), the in- 

 sect being, however, represented at pi. 221. figs. F, G. In the 

 * Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera ' Mr. Doubleday quotes Cramer's 

 P. Lyncida and P. Hippo as synonyms of P. Phryne, an error which 

 he probably fell into from an examination of the specimen (labelled 

 " P. Phryne ? ") in the Banksian Collection, and which comes close 

 to P. Andrea, Esch. 



11. Pieris Nerissa. 



c? . Papilio (D. C.) Nerissa, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, rotun- 

 datis, albis, margine nigro ; subtus nigro venosis : habitat in China." 

 P. Amasine, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 44. fig. A (1776). 



. Papilio (D. C.) Coronnis (sic), Fabricius [P. Coronis, Cramer'], 

 " alis integerrimis, nigro venosis, supra albis, subtus virescentibus : 

 habitat in China." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 44. figs. B, C (1776). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 471. n. 123 (1775); Sp. Ins. pp. 42, 

 45, n. 176, 193 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. pp. 19, 21, n. 199, 218 

 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 192, 198, n. 595, 619 (1793). 



China. (Obtained 1853, coUected by Mr. Harrington) B.M. 



Fabricius describes P. Nerissa as black -veined on the underside ; 

 this description, however, only applies to the front wings, for Cramer 

 remarks that the streaking of the under surface is similar to that of 

 P. Coronis, only rather paler ; this description also agrees with our 

 Hong-Kong specimens. In his 'Ent. Syst.' Fabricius quotes Cra- 

 mer's P. Amasine for his species, and there can be little doubt that 

 he is right ; the description given above certainly agrees much better 

 with it than with the butterfly recognized as P. Nerissa by Mr. 

 Wallace in his paper on Indian Pieridce. Fabricius quotes his ' Gen. 

 Insectorum ' for the typical description of P. Coronis ; but this is an 

 error. In Jones's unpublished ' Icones,' the female of Cramer's P. 

 Mesentina is figured as P. Nerissa ; but Fabricius would never have 

 omitted to describe the large black spot on the anterior, and the sub- 

 marginal white spots on the posterior wings. 



