450 



PAP1LI0NIU.E. 



apical area pale ochreous ; nervures and discal spots more feebly defined ; secondaries pale 

 ochroous, the nervures grejish olivaceous, no spots : base golden yellow. 



" Expanse of wings 2 inches 6 lines. 



" Hakodadi ( Whitehj). B.M. 



'• I formerly supposed this to be a variety of S. napi and gave a rough representation of it as 

 such, in a popular paper published in the first volume of ' Nature and Art ' ; it is, however, 

 certainly distinct, being quite as nearly allied to S. mclete as to S. na/n" [Butler, I. c.) 



Butler's types of this form are figured (Plate XLIII. figs. 3 d" , 4 $ ). 



Var. dulcinea, Butler. " Most nearly allied to 6?. megamera of Japan, but very distinct. Wings 

 above milk-white, with the veins very slenderly grey, but darker towards the apical margin : 

 primaries with slender black costal margin ; the basal two fifths of the costal border irrorated 

 with blackish scales ; a pyramidal greyish-brown apical patch, divided by white internervular 

 lines into four decreasing spots; a slightly blacker sjjot just beyond the middle of the second 

 median interspace ; veius at base of all the wings edged with blackish scales : body blue- 

 black ; thorax clothed with bluish-grey hairs ; abdomen grey at the sides. Under surface 

 milk-white, the wings with dusky veins : primaries with the spot upon the second median 

 interspace nearly as above, but slightly browner ; a second larger and oblique spot across the 

 fourth fifth of the internomedian interspace ; costal border slightlj' greyish towards the base ; 

 no apical markings : secondaries with the costal border at base slightly tinted with pale buff. 



" Expanse of wings 2 inches 4 lines. 



" Posiette Bay, N.E. Corea, in August. 



" This species dififers from all its allies in tlie character of the apical markings of the primaries 

 above." {Butler, I. c.) 



Var. orientlS, Oberthiir. " Le type est plus grand que celui d'Europe ; les (5 d'Askold en 

 dessous ont les ailes inferieures lave'es de chamois pale et non de jaune de chrome un peu 

 verdatre commc les S (fue nous prenons en France. Les 5 ont le memo caractere et de 

 plus les veines noires tres prononcees. Elles ne difFereut guore de la variete hryonicB que 

 parcc qu'elles ont le fond des ailes blanc, tandis que dans hryonheW est presque toujours plus 

 ou moins jaunatre. 



" M. Tabbe David m'a donnc trois exemplaircs pris ii ilou-I'in serablables a ccux d'Askold. 

 " 4 f J 25, pris en mai." (Oberthiir, I. c.) 



In the above comparative description Oberthiir refers to orient is as a form 

 of Pieris napi. 



Var. erutae, Poujade. " Envcrgure du c? : 55 a G2 mill. ; do la 5 : 57 a 05 mill. Aspect de 

 notro /*. napi, L., et tres voisine do la P. meJcthe, Menetries, dont ello n'est peut-etro qu'unc 

 variete locale de taillo plus grando. 



" Mdle. Dcssus du memo blanc verdatre que la P. napi ; commo chez la derniere, Tajjex des ailes 

 superieures est iioir, peu ou point entrc-coupc de blanc aux nervures ; entro les deux premiers 

 ramcaux do la ncrvure medianc il y a ('galoiuent uno tachc formeo d'atomes noirs plus ou 

 moins accentuee ct memo man(juant quehpiefois. Aux quatrc ailes, les nervures sont 

 legiTcmont tcintces de noir, surtout vers les bords oxtemcs, ou elles sont renforceos de 

 quelqncs atomes do memo couleur. Dessous : ailes sujjcrieures du niOmo blanc que le dcssus, 



