PIEEIN^. 
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Mr W S M D'Urban was the first to discover this very beautiful insect 
in South Africa, having captured two specimens at King William's Town m 
Mav 1861. In January 1878, I saw an example in the same locality, flitting 
about flowers in Colonel Bowker's garden. On the Eashee, m Kaffraria Pro- 
per Colonel Bowker met with many specimens, including some females. At 
Breidbach near King William's Town, Mr. Weale observed that this species 
was more prevalent in wet weather, while AgatUna appeared more when it was 
drv I am not aware of the occurrence of the species in Natal. A specimen 
from the Zambesi was in the collection of the late Mr. Hewitson in 1867, and as 
above mentioned, Mr. Selous sent two examples from Mashunaland m 1883. 
Oberthiir notes it as very rare in Abyssinia, the Marquis Antmori having 
brought from thence only a single specimen. 
Localities of Mylotliris Bilppellii. 
I. South Africa. 
B. Cape Colony. 
b. Eastern Districts.— King William's Town {W. S. M. D'Urban and 
J. P. Mansel Weale). Kei River Mouth {J. H. Boivker). 
D. Kafi"raria Proper.— Bashee River {J, H. Boivlier). 
II. Other African Regions. 
A. South Tropical. 
bi. Eastern Interior.— Zambesi.— Hewitson Coll. Mashunaland {F. 
C. Selms). 
B. North Tropical. 
bi. Eastern Interior.— Abyssinia : "Southern (i?i«j9peZZ)."— Felder ; 
" Shoa {Antinori)^ — Oberthiir, 
Genus PIERIS. 
Pieris, Schrank [part], "Fauna Boica, ii. i, pp. 152, 164 (1801)." 
„ Latreille [part], "Hist. Nat. Crust, et Ins., xiv. p. in (1805)." 
Pontia, Fab., " Illiger's Mag., vi. p. 283 (1807)." 
Pieris, Boisduval [part], Sp. Gen. Lep., i. p. 434 (1836). 
„ Doubleday [part]. Gen. Diurn. Lep., i. p. 42 (1847). 
Pinacopteryx, Wallengren, K. Sv. Akad.-Handl., 1857; Lep. Rhop. Caff'r., 
p. 7. 
Belenois and Syncliloe (Hiibn. 1816), Butler, Cist. Ent., i. pp. 50, 51 
(1870). 
Imago. — Head of moderate size, more or less densely clothed with 
bristly hairs ; palpi slender, compressed, rather long, — basal joint as 
long as (or sometimes rather longer than) middle one ; both scaly above, 
and densely clothed with long bristly hair beneath, — terminal joint 
scaly, slender, usually about as long as, or a little shorter than, middle 
joint, moderately acuminate or slightly blunted, porrect (sometimes 
half hidden by long hair of middle joint) ; antennce of moderate length 
and thickness, with the club short, rather abruptly formed, more or 
less flattened, and rounded at tip. 
Thorax of moderate length and robustness, densely clothed with 
hair, which is bnger and more silky above, Fore-ivings of moderate 
