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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



pone medium interruptd obsoletissimd fused ; fceminas pagind totdfulvo-griseo-ntiargaritaceoque 

 nebulosae fascid mediand ferrugined insigniore. (Exp. alar. lin. 18 — 21.) 

 Wings white ; anterior in the male above with a fulvous tip, the crenulated margin of which and a 

 posterior dot being black ; in the female, apex pale inclining to fulvescent, and marked with a 

 curved band, which as well as a dot on the disk is also black ; hinder pair with a macular 

 band of the same colour, which is more distinct in the female : underneath fore-wings 

 sulphureous at the base and fulvescent at the tip, with an arcuated black costal striga, 

 which is more saturated in the female; hinder pair in the male with a very obsolete inter- 

 rupted brown band beyond the middle, while in the female the entire surface is clouded 

 with delicate fulvous, gray, and pearly marks, a more saturated ferruginous band consisting of 

 two interrupted portions occupying the middle of the surface. 

 Papilio Aurora. Cram. pi. 299. fig. A. B. C. D. 

 Pieris Titea. MM.Latr. et Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. p. 124. 

 We have specimens of both sexes, collected chiefly in the neighbourhood of Madras. Query : should this 

 species be united with the P. Eucharis of Fabricius? A specimen ot the latter in the Banksian Museum 

 possesses no obvious distinction. 



**** Palpi articulo terminali gracili, attenuate, secundo longitudine insigniore. Antenna 

 subabbreviatce, clavd elongato-ovatd, obtusd. Alee anticce oblongce, apice obtuse ongulato, 

 margine posteriore recto. Chrysalis processu antico distincto, appendiculis lateralibus 

 prominulis, acutis, patentibus. Pontia. 



70. Pontia Mesentina. Aim albce, (foeminae basin versus flavescente lavatce), limbo postico com- 



muni nigro albo-maculato ; anticce utrinque fascid costali incurvd nigra: subtus postica flavas 

 fusco venosce. Enc. Meth. (Exp. alar. unc. 2| — 2f. 

 Wings white, (in the female with a yellow tint spreading to the base), the posterior border in both 

 pairs black spotted with white ; anterior marked on both sides with a short arched costal 

 band; underneath hinder pair yellow, with strongly pronounced brown nervures. 

 Papilio D. C. Aurota. Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. torn. 3. pars 1. p. 197. No. 614. 

 Papilio Mesentina. Cram. pi. 270. A. B. (The male.) 

 Pieris Mesentina. MM. Latr. et Godt. Enc. Meth. Hist. Nat. ix. p. 130. 

 The metamorphosis of this species was observed by Maj. Gen. Thomas Hardwicke, who, with his accus- 

 tomed liberality, communicated to me an excellent drawing of the insect in all its states. The larva is long, 

 slender, slightly attenuated at each end, and longitudinally marked with bands of different colours. Along 

 the middle of the body is on each side a yellow, and beneath this a black abdominal band : the band along 

 the back is green. The whole surface of the larva is covered with delicate whitish hairs. In other respects 

 it agrees with the character given in the generic description ; and the pupa exhibits in great perfection the 

 peculiarities which belong to this section. 



This insect was not found in Java. Numerous specimens have been sent to our museum from the coast of 

 Coromandel. 



71. Pontia Marianne. Aloe supra ccerulescenti seu flavescenti-albce ; anticce apice (medio fu/voj 



nigra : subtus singula flavidce, puncto ocellari medio strigdque moniliformiposticd. Ent. Meth. 

 (Exp. alar. unc. 2|.) 



Wings above bluish or yellowish white ; fore-wings with a black apex, which is covered to within 



a small 



