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Genus 15. PONTIA, Fabricius, 

 lUiger's May. vi. p. 283 (1808). 



1. Pontia Alcesta. 



Papilio (D.) Narica, Fabricius [P. Alcesta, Cramer], " alls rotun- 

 datis, niveis ; anticis macula ante apicem fusca : habitat in Guinea." 

 Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 379. fig. A (1782). 



Sierra Leone. (Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan) B.M. 



Var. Papilio (D.) Dorothea, Fabricius, " alis rotundatis, integer- 

 rimis, albis ; anticis apice atris, posticis subtus fasciis flavescentibus 

 nigro irroratis : habitat in India." 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 187, 194, n. 578, 602 (1793). 



Mr. Doubleday, in his MS. notes, testifies to the fact of P. Doro- 

 thea being a Pontia ; it is figured in Jones's unpublished ' Iconcs,' 

 and differs from P. Narica in having the apex of the front wings 

 black, a smaller discal spot, and the under surface of the wings varied 

 with bright green ; perhaps it may prove to be a distinct local race. 

 We have it from the Gold Coast, presented 1868, by A. Swanzy, Esq. 



2. Pontia XipMa. 



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

 albis, anticis macula apiceque nigris, posticis subtus viridi irroratis : 

 habitat in India orientali." 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 43. n. 180 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 20. 



n. 204 (1787). 

 P. Nina, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 194. n. 604 (1793). 



Ceylon. (Presented 1852, by Dr. R. Templeton, coUected by 



Mrs. Templeton) B.M. 



The type specimen of P. Xiphia is in the Banksian Collection in 

 the British Museum ; this species is generally quoted by the more 

 recent name of P. Nina. 



Genus 16. LEPTALIS, Dalman, 

 Anal. Entom. p. 40 (1823). 



1. Leptalis Pinthaeus. PI. II. fig. 1. 



Papilio (D. F.) Pinthseus, Linnaeus [Pinthoiis (sic), in M.L. U.], 

 " alis rotundatis, integerrimis, concoloribus, primoribus fuscis, ma- 

 culis tribus flavis ; posticis diinidiato albis " : " ala3 primores fuscee, 

 maculis tribus flavis, prima parva ad apicem, secunda magna, 

 trans versalis, obliqua, in medio, tertia oblonga ad basin; posticae 

 iDtegerrimae, pars antica alba ; postica nigra interjacente spatio 

 albo-flavescente : habitat in Indiis." 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 481. n. 169 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 55. 



n. 242 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 27. n. 280 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 



iii. p. 48. n. 149 (1793). 



