130 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Papilio D. C. Pyranthe. Linn. Syst. Nat. torn. 2. p. 763. No. 98. 



Papilio D. C. Pyranthe. Fab. Spec. Ins. torn. 2. p. 44. No. 188. P. D. C. Nephte. Fab. 

 Ent. Syst. Em. tom. 3. pars 1. p. 190. No. 588. Papilio D. C. Gnoma. Fab. Spec. Ins. 

 torn. 2. p. 50. No. 217. (Mas.) Hospitatur in Mus. Dom. Banks. 

 Papilio Alcyone. Cram. PI. 58. fig. A. B. C. 



Colias Pyranthe. MM. Latr. et. Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. 97. 

 Candor alarum supra in coerulescentem subtus in virescentem vergens : anticcB subtus dimidio 

 interiore immaculato; singulas striga distinctiore undulata inter discum marginemque poste- 

 riorem media. Puncta ocellaria paging inferiorls pallide argentea iride lilacina cincta ; nonnun- 

 quam vero, in mare, omnino desunt, vel rarius, praesertim in fcemina sesquialtera. Sacctts 

 glandularis oblongus, subbasalis, opacus, pulverulentus, saturate sulphureo tinctus, discrimen 

 sexuale maris suppeditat ; neuro exteriori area discoidalis adhserens, penicillo piano ex villis 

 sericeis elongatis efformato, e margine interiore alarum anticarum exserto occultatur : fcemina 

 discrepat limbo exteriore anticarum nigro, insigniore, apiceque dilatiore. Corpus supra villis 

 sericeis longis albis ornatur : antenncs pallide lilacinae cinerascente pulverulentse. 

 This species, which was originally described by Linnaeus with the name of P. Pyranthe, has from its acci- 

 dental and sexual varieties received different denominations. Those occurring in the works of Fabricius are 

 judiciously analysed and disposed by the authors of the Encyclopedic. Cramer's figure represents that variety 

 of the male in which the under-side is without ocellate spots : our collection contains several individuals 

 of the same description. Two of our specimens, a male and female, are from Java, and more than twelve 

 of both sexes from various parts of continental India. The specimen of Gnoma preserved in the Banksian 

 cabinet, bears Fabricius' original mark. Donovan, in his Chinese insects, has figured the female. 



54. Colias Phillippina. Ala supra alba, marginem versus flavido lavata ; anticcB limbis exteriore 



et posteriare punctoque medio nigris : subtus diluti flavicantes cinereo-undulatce, serie maculari 

 distinctiore disco marginique postico intermedia ; antica puncto ocellari solitario, posticcB punctis 

 tribus discoidalibus argenteis, singulis annulo lilacina cinctis. (Exp. alar. 2^ unc.) 

 Wings above white, with a yellowish tint exteriorly increasing in strength towards the margin ; in 

 the fore-wings the exterior and posterior borders and a round dot on the disk, are of an 

 intense black colour : underneath pale yellowish, with numerous transverse cinereous undu- 

 lations, among which a more distinct macular series passes between the disk and margin 

 through both pairs ; fore wings with a single, hinder wings with three argentine discoidal 

 spots, which are individually surrounded with a circle of a lilacine tint. 

 Papilio Philippina. Cram. pi. 361. fig. C. D. 

 Colias Philippina. MM. Latr. et Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. 96. 



This species greatly resembles Colias Pyranthe; it is however clearly distinguished by the ocellate spots 

 of the hinder wings underneath : the macular band of the lower surface is likewise more pronounced than 

 in that species, and the spots have a decided wedge-shaped form. The diffuse yellow border of the fore- 

 wings above is likewise, as far as appears from our materials, peculiar to this species. Our insect is also 

 closely allied to Colias Florella of Fabricius, found at Sierra Leone, of which a specimen is preserved in the 

 Banksian cabinet. 



Colias Philippina was not found in Java : we have several Continental and Ceylonese specimens ; they 

 supply nothing to the history of this species. 



55. Colias Glaucippe. Alee alba, supra anficce dimidio apicali vividi fidvo, limbis exteriore et 



posteriore 



