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posteriore limite ?nediano flexuoso discum oblique' transeunte, serie intramarginali macularum 

 cuneatarum venisque apicalibus nigris, posticoe maris immaculate albidce, fceminse sordidi flavi- 

 cantes, limbo posteriore intHs argute' dentato serieque interiore punctorum nigris : subtus albm, 

 flarndo lavatce ; antica dimidio apicali, posticce pagind tota fusco cinereoque nebulosce, notis 

 saturatioribus infuscatee. (Exp. alar. unc. 2£ — 4.) 

 Wings white ; upper surface in the fore-wings with the apical half vivid fulvous, the exterior and 

 posterior borders, an oblique medial boundary passing flexuose across the disk, a series 

 of wedge-shaped marks parallel with the margin, and the exterior veins black; hinder 

 wings, in the male whitish immaculate, in the female dirty yellowish, the posterior border 

 with acutely dentated inner edge and a parallel series of minute dots of a black colour : 

 underneath whitish slightly tinged with yellow; fore-wings with the apical dimidial portion, 

 hinder wings with the whole surface delicately dotted and undulated with brownish-gray, 

 small clouds and patches, sprinkled with more saturated dots and marks, being irregularly 

 scattered over the surface. 



Plate IV, fig. 7 ; 7, a. The larva and chrysalis. 

 Papilio D. C. Glaucippe. Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 762. No. 89. Fab. Spec. Ins. torn. 2. 



p. 45. No. 191. Hospitatur in Musaeo Domini Banks. 

 Papilio Glaucippe. Cram. pi. 164. fig. A. B. (The male) fig. C. (The female). 

 Pieris Glaucippe. MM. Latr. et Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. 119. 



It appears from the preceding list of Synonyms, that our species is arranged, in the Encyclopedic in 

 the genus Pieris. I found my present determination not only on the metamorphosis, which closely resem- 

 bles that of Colias, (as appears from the 6th and 7th figures of my fourth plate) but also on the character of 

 the perfect insect : the antennae agree in all points with those of that genus ; the palpi are very similar ; a 

 slight peculiarity which they present can only be exhibited satisfactorily by a dissection. 



Colias Glaucippe is not unfrequent in Java, and various specimens were obtained by breeding. The larva 

 feeds on a species of Capparis, distinguished by the native name of Wanxvannan. Our museum contains 

 numerous specimens of both sexes from Java and from the continent of India. It has an extensive range 

 through intratropical India, and is found in most collections. Linnaeus gave an early account of it. 



56. Colias Alcmeone. Alee supra alba, maris ad basin fascia lata sulphureo-fcavd discum versus 

 irregulariter laciniatd, anticee limbo exteriore apiceque tenuissimo, — foemina? limbis posticis sin- 

 gularum, exterior ibus anticarum, puncto insuper discoidali orbicular i nigris : subtus singula fla- 

 vicantes immaculatce. (Exp. alar. unc. 2\ — 2f.) 

 Wings above, in the male, white, with a broad common snlphureous-yellow Ijasal fascia, irregularly 

 laciniated along the edge which looks towards the disk ; anterior wings very narrowly edged 

 with black at the apex and adjoining portions of the margins; in the female, posterior 

 borders of both pairs, as well as the exterior costal border and a circular dot on the fore- 

 wings, black : underneath all the wings, in both sexes, yellowish and immaculate. 



Papilio D. C. Alcmeone. Fab. Spec. Ins. torn. 2. p. 44. No. 186. Hospitatur Mus. D. Banks. 



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



Alee supra albae, fascia flava basali, in mare discum versus margine irregulariter sinuato abrupte 



definita ; foeminas limbo communi postico dilatiore, intiis evanescente vel obsolete sinuato nigro, 



apice nigricante alboque variegato ; costa margine angusto nigro-limbata, intra medium dilatiore, 



s 2 processu 



