218 CATALOGUE OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 11. COLIAS, Fabricius, 

 mic/er's Macjaz. vi. p. 284 (1808). 



1. Colias Aurora. 



Papilio (D. C.) Aurora, Esper, " alis integerrimis, fulvis ; anticis 

 subtus puncto ocellari, posticis sesquialtero argenteis ; habitat in 

 Sibiria." Eur. Sohmett. i. pt. 2. pi. 83. fig. 3 (1777). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 23. n. 244 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. 

 p. 208. n. 650 (1793). 



Not in the Collection of the British Musenrn. 



Excepting in the silver pupil to the spot upon the under surface 

 of the anterior wing, and the narrower black margin to all the 

 wings, P. Aurora is exceedingly like two Russian examples of C. 

 Aurorina, H.-Sch., in the British-Museum collection ; indeed the 

 the two forms do not differ more than many different individuals of 

 the common G. Edusa ; some Swiss specimens of the latter are both 

 in size and colour exceedingly like C. Aurorina, whilst others are 

 small, pale, and quite different in appearance. 



2. Colias Edusa. 



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

 margineque nigris ; subtus viresccntibus, anticis puncto nigro, pos- 

 ticis argenteo : habitat in Hispania." P. Hyale, Esper, Eur. 

 Schmett. i. pt. 1. pi. 4. fig. 3 (1777). 



Fabricius, Mant. Ins. p. 23. n. 240 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. p. 206. 

 n. 643(1793). 



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



There are two specimens of P. Edusa in the Banksian Collection 

 in the British Museum. 



3. Colias Lesbia. PI. II. fig. 2. 



Papilio (D. C.) Lesbia, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, fulvis ; an- 

 ticis puncto fusco ; subtus omnibus pallidis, puncto niveo : habitat in 

 Patagoniae littoribus." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 477. n. 149 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 49. 

 n. 212 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 24. n. 245 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 208. n. 652 (1793). 



Buenos Ayres. (Presented by Dr. Joseph Hooker) B.M. 



The type specimen of P. Lesbia, in a very mutilated condition, 

 is in the Banksian Collection in the British Museum ; it is not in 

 the least like Donovan's figure in the ' Naturalist's Repository/ so 

 that the latter is worse than useless. 



4. Colias Palseno. 



Papilio (D. C.) Palaeno, Linnceus, " alis integerrimis, flavis, apice ni- 

 gris margineque fulvis; posticis subtus puncto argenteo: habitat . . . ." 



