100 liUrrERFLY COLLECTOU'S 



r 'iiten'itldr. l^iglit gi-een, with brown legs. 

 Chriisalis. (irconisU. 



HIPPARCHIA GALATEA, MARBLED WHITE. 



icM«'«, pi. 28. Donovan, v. 8, p. 258. Duncan, pi. 23, Jig. 1. 



Butterfly. Wings i)ale buff-coloured, spotted with black. 

 Primary above, with a double series of buff-coloured dots iit 

 the posterior margin ; underneath of the same colour but 

 paler, with an eyelet near the tip and anterior margin. 

 Secondary with live lower spots, two near the anterior 

 margin, and three towards the interior margin, of which the 

 one nearest the anal angle is double, behind they form an 

 indented black band. 



Caterpillur. Vivid green, with the dorsal and lateral lines 

 obscure. Head brownish. 



Chrysalis. Smooth, egg-shaped, of a yellowish colour, 

 with long wing-cases, and two black eye-like spots on eacli 

 side of the head. 



HIPPARCHIA MEGjERA, WALL. 



Lcwiu, pi. 21. Donovan, v. 8, p. 279. Duncan, pt. 22, Jig. 3. 



Butterfly. The primary wings above, orange-tawny, with 

 the posterior margin and three transverse brown bands, 

 (one in the male ()l)lique and larger than the others dividing 

 the whig), with an eyelet on both .sides near the tij), and 

 often with a niiimte one appended to it, the pupil white, iris 

 black ; underneath in both sexes, a little paler, with alter- 

 nate black transverse bands, the intermediate ones being 

 abbreviated. The secondary wings at tlie base, dull brown. 



