LEPIDOPTERA. 59 



PIERIS PASITHOE. 



Plate 30. fig-. 2. 



Family. Papilionid/e, Leach. 



Genus. Pieris, Fabricius, Boisduval (Papilio, Heliconia, Linn.) 



Ch. Sp. P. alis suboblongis, nigris, supra casrulescenti-albo-maculatis ; posticis subtus disco 



flavo, nigro venoso, fasciaque basali ferruguinea. Expans. alar. 3| unc. 

 P. with oblong wings of a black colour spotted on the upper side with bluish white, 



the posterior pair with the disc beneath yellow, with black veins and a broad red 



basal fascia. Expanse of the wings 3| inches. 



Syn\ Papilio (Helicon.) Pasithoe, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 755. Fab. Ent. Syst. 3. 1. 179. 



Pieris P. Encycl. Meth. IX. p. 148. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep. \.p.A5\. Drury 



Illust. Exot. Ent. 2nd edit. v. 2. p. 16. 

 Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Dione, Drury. 1st edit. 

 Papilio Porsenna, Cramer, pi. 43. Jig. D. E. and pi. 352. Jig. A. B. 



PIERIS HYPARETE. 



Plate 30. fig. 3. 



Ch. Sp. P. alis suboblongis, integerrimis, albis, utrinque apice, subtus venis nigris, posticis 

 subtus, plus minusve flavis, maculis sanguineis limbo nigro apicali digestis. 

 Expans. alar. 3 unc. 

 P. with the wings rather oblong, entire, white with a black margin on both sides and 

 with black veins beneath; the posterior on the under side more or less stained 

 with yellow, with a row of six red spots in the black border. Expanse of the 

 wings about 3 inches. 



Srs. Papilio (Helicon.) Hyparete, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 763. (nee Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. 



1. p. 176. Enc. Meth. IX. p. 153. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep. 1. p. 455. 

 Papilio Autonoe, Cramer, 187. C. D. et 320. A. B. 



Several distinct, but nearly allied, species have been confounded together under the 

 name of Hyparete ; Donovan observed, " We have two sorts of this species ; one with the 

 marginal row of red spots on the posterior wings disposed in a deep border of black ; the 

 other has the red spots on a whitish ground. They are certainly the two sexes of Papilio 

 Hyparete. Found near Canton, in China." The sexes do not, however, vary in this 

 respect, the latter individuals mentioned in this passage are therefore most probably the 



