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 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Danais : with the wings black, spotted with white ; the posterior dentate, and 

 beneath with a broad brown border, with one row of fulvous, and two rows of 

 smaller white spots. Expanse of the wings, 3| inches. 

 Syn. Papilio (Pest.) aflinis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. TIL 1. p. 58, 181. Syst. Ent. p. 511. Enc. 



M'eth. 9, 182. 

 Habitat. " Nova Hollandia, Mus. Bom. Banks" (Fabricius). 



I know not upon what authority Donovan introduced this species amongst the 

 inhabitants of India, New Holland being the only locality recorded by Fabricius, by 

 whom alone the insect has been described, the French Entomologists merely copying 

 his description. 



NYMPHALIS PHILOMELA. 



Plate XXV. fig. 3. 



Species. Nymphalis Philomela : alis nigris, anticis albo punctatis et lineatis ; posticis basi 

 fiavo-radiatis, apice nigris albo-punctatis. Expans. alar. unc. 3. 

 Nymphalis : with the wings black, the anterior with white spots and lines, the 

 posterior radiated with yellow at the base, with a black border spotted with 

 white. Expanse of the wings, 3 inches. 

 Syn. Papilio (Fest.) Philomela: Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 57. Enc. Meth. 9. 398, (Nympha- 

 lis] Ph.) 



Habitat. " In Indiis, Mus. Bom. Banks," (Fabricius). 



PIEPJS (IPHIAS) LEUCIPPE. 



Plate XXVI. fig. 1. 



Genus. Pieris, Schrank, Latreille, Godart. Colias, Horsfidd. (Subgenus : Iphias, 

 (Boisduvah ) 



Species. Pieris (Iphias) Leucippe : alis anticis supra vivide fulvis, venis, margineque 

 nigris ; posticis supra flavis, subtus saturatioribus atomis fuscis. Expans. alar, 

 unc. 41-. 

 Pieris (Iphias) : with the anterior wings above rich orange, with black veins and 

 border ; the posterior pair above yellow, beneath darker with brown atoms. 

 Expanse of the wings, 44 inches. 

 Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Leucippe, Fabr. Sp. Ins. 2, p. 44. Ent. Syst. III. I, p. 198. 

 Cramer Pap. pi. 36, fig. A, C. Herbst. Bap. t. 109. Enc. Meth. 9. 119. (Pieris L.) 

 Boisduval Hist. Nat. Bepid. 1. 590. (Iphias L.) 

 Habitat. The Island of Ambovna. 



