PIEEIN/E. 
blackisli clouding of basal area ; orange -red of apical patch consider- 
ably wider tlian violet in <J, sometimes more or less stained with 
crimson in parts, divided into five less distinctly, and traversed mesially 
by a series of five black spots, — the lowest of which is united with 
inner black border of patch between second and third median nervules ; 
inner black border of patch broad, rather diffused, irregularly excavated 
between nervules ; outer border broad, even, only slightly greyish-tinged 
outwardly, continued to posterior angle. Hind-wing : basal clouding 
variable in density and extent, but usually darker and more developed 
than in $ ; rather beyond middle on costa a more or less pronounced 
black mark (sometimes broad and enlarged inwardly) commences a 
very imperfect and short narrow discal ray ; nervular black terminal 
spots enlarged and confluent into a broad continuous hind-marginal 
border, emitting acute nervular dentations inwardly. Under side. — 
Hind-iving and, apical area of fore-ioing very pale greyish-yellow, faintly 
stippled with grey scales and short lineolce. Fore-iuing : basal clouding 
much fainter, mixed with white ; apical orange-red very faintly repre- 
sented, but the spots traversing it distinct, more or less sagittiform, 
the series having an additional (sixth) spot between second and first 
median nervules, and its two uppermost spots ferruginous ; large lower 
discal spot considerably smaller than on upper side, and divided longi- 
tudinally by white fold ; two or three small inter-nervular hind-marginal 
fuscous spots at and near posterior angle. Hind-wing : disco-cellular 
spot indistinct ; discal macular ray ferruginous, well-marked as far as 
third median nervule, and sometimes (with three widely separated spots) 
beyond it ; hind-marginal border faintly indicated, by a greyer shade. 
Second (Dunorpliic) Form of — Like $ just described, except in 
apical patch of fore-wing ^ which is consideraUy narrower, and hlctck, 
traversed mesially hy a series of five rounded tuhite spots, of which the 
first is much the smallest, and the fifth much smaller than the inter- 
mediate three. 
Variety A. — ($) Exp. al, 2 in. 3-4 lin. 
Basal irroration much more restricted in both wings. Fore-wing : 
apiccd violet considerably narrower, its uppermost division much re- 
duced, and its lowest (between third and second median nervules) 
either a mere trace or obsolete. Under side. — Black neuration almost 
as ivell developed as on upper side, hut finer, — in hind-wing (and to a 
much less extent in fore- wing) thickened to form small spots along 
hind-margin. Hind-iving : transverse discal ray well marked^ blackish. 
(^a&.— D'Urban County, Natal.) 
It is not practicable to determine w^ith certainty the exact form of 
$ upon which Godart {loc. cit.) founded his Pieris lone, his description 
being too brief, and no locality being given ; but as he describes the 
under side as white, and as it is improbable that he should have had 
before him in the year i 8 i 8 any of the more locally restricted southern 
forms, I consider it judicious to regard as the typical lone the form I 
