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margine fuse-is ; svibtus luteo-griseis, albo maculatis : habitat in 

 Europa austral! et Africa." Linn. 



Papilio (D. C.) Edusa, Fabricius, " alis rotundatis, integerrimis, 

 albis, fusco maculatis, posticis subtus virescentibus, albo maculatis : 

 habitat Chilonii " (sic) (? Chilloni). 



Fabricius, Si/st. Ent. p. 471. n. 122 (1775) ; Gen. Ins. p. 255. 

 n. 126, 127 (1776) ; Sp. Ins. p. 41. n. 174 (1781); Mant. 

 Ins. p. 19. n. 197 (1787). 

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



Observed by Capt. Lang " in considerable numbers, flying about 

 the village-fields of cereals and turnips, in the villages on the Spit! 

 River, Leo, Change, Shialkur, &c., and in the Chinese frontier village 

 of Shipkee " (see P. Z. S. 1865). 



There are two specimens of P. Daplidice in the Banksian Collec- 

 tion in the British Museum. P. Daplidice of the ' Ent. Syst.' is the 

 P. Hellica of Linnaeus. 



20. Pieris Hellica. 



Papilio (D. C.) Hellica, Linnaeus, " alis albis, primoribus macula 

 apiceque albo punctato nigris, posticis subtus cinereo venosis : ha- 

 bitat ad Cap. bon. spei." P. Daplidice, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 191. 

 n. 593 (1793) ; and Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 171. figs. C, D (1779). 



Var. Papilio (D. C.) Raphani, Esper, " alis rotundatis, integerri- 

 mis, albis, apice nigris albo maculatis ; posticis subtus nigro venosis 

 flavo pulverulentis : habitat in Russia australiore." Eur. Schmett. i. 

 pt. 2. pi. 84. fig. 3(1777). 



Fabricius, Syst. fhit. p. 470. n. 113 (1775); Mant. Ins. p. 18. 

 n. 187 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 188. n. 579 (1793). 



Knysna, South Africa. (Presented 1859, by Roland Trimen, Esq., 



collected by the donor) B.M. 



This species differs from the Linnean description in having the 

 grey veins of the under surface surrounded with yellow. In the 

 Banksian Collection in the British Museum the P. Mesentina of Cra- 

 mer is queried as the Linnean species ; Mr. Trimen, however, assures 

 me that the yellow-blotched insect is the true P. Hellica. Esper's 

 figure is made from a drawing of the species in the collection of 

 Prof. Boeber. 



According to Messrs. Trimen and D'Urban this is a very abundant 

 insect, and may be obtained all the year round ; it occurs in open 

 ground, fields, hillsides, gardens, &c., and, being a weak flier, may be 

 easily taken (see Rhop. Afr. Austr. p. 40). 



Genus 2. THYCA, Wallengren. 



1. Thyca Paulina. 



? . Papilio (P. D.) Paullina (sic}, Fabricius [P. Paulina, Cramer], 

 "alis rotundatis, integerrimis, albis; margine nigro, subtus anticis ma- 



