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LEPIDOPTERA. 
Fabrician insect, but with ordinary sized palpi, having been since discovered in North 
America, and described in the Encyclopedic Methodique, under the name of Pieris 
L’Herminieri. 
PIERIS AMARYLLIS. 
Plate XXVIII. fig. 1. 
Species. Pieris Amaryllis : alis rotundatis, integerrimis, concoloribus, obscure albis ; anticis 
utrinque lunula media nigra. Expans. alar. unc. 2f . 
Pieris: with the wings rounded, entire, concolorous, dirty white; the anterior pair 
having a small central black lunule visible both above and beneath. Expanse of 
the wings, 2J inches. 
Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Amaryllis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1, p. 189. Enc. Meth. 9. 141. 
Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep. 1. p. 549. 
M. Boisduval expresses a doubt whether this species be really an inhabitant of the 
East Indies. 
PIERIS C ASTALIA. 
Plate XXVIII fig. 2. 
Species. Pieris Castalia : alis integerrimis, rotundatis, albis, supra immaculatis subtus basi 
flavescentibus. Expans. alar. unc. 2^. 
Pieris : with the wings entire, rounded, and white, without any spots above, but with 
the base of the wings yellowish beneath. Expanse of the wings, 2|- inches. 
Syn. Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Castalia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 188. Enc. Meth. 9. 160. 
(Pieris C.) Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. p. 516. 
COLIAS (CALLIDRYAS) SCYLLA. 
Plate XXVIII. fig. 3. 
Genus. Colias, Latreille et Godart. (Subgenus : Callidryas, Boisduval.) 
Species. Colias (Callidryas) Scylla: alis integerrimis subrotundatis, supra anticis albis 
limbo nigro, posticis aurantiacis ; subtus omnibus nebulosis. Expans. alar. 2J. 
Colias (Callidryas) : with the wings entire and rounded, above the anterior are 
white, with a black posterior border, and the posterior are rich orange ; beneath all 
the wings are mottled with yellowish. Expanse of the wings, 2-J inches. 
