PIERIDAE 
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ELODINA 
9. Above as in male: termen of forewing more convex 
Loc. Cape York 2 3 4 5^ Prince of Wales Is. 5 G 7. Banks Is. 2 3. Murray Is. 8. Claudie R 11 12 
Coen 11. Cooktown 10 11. Kuranda G 10 11. Maekay 1 3 4 5. Brisbane 4 5 G 7 10. Esk Biac^utt 
Tlie dark basal area of forerying is ])aler than shown in tigure. The inner margin of the dark area in 
apex of foierMiig is always toothed, sometimes more and sometimes less strongly than in floaire and the 
.lark area never reaches he toriuis The subapical patch of forewing beneath is always distinctWs Srelv 
smaller than shown in figure and sometimes, especially in the female, is larger. The hind^ beneath 
« sometimes without the dark discal dots, but in some females these are much larger than showirLi 
A long and very constant series from Prince of Wales Is. shows the dark aiiical area above broader, 
die tooth on inner edge blunter, and the inner edge between the tooth and vein 3 without Hie usual 
slialloiy double indentation fhe butterflies of tins series are rather larger than the average, and appear 
to be nearer typical egnatia than those of the mainland. appeal 
204. Elodina padusa Hewitsoii. Fig. 495. 
Exotic Butterflies, i, pi. 2, f. 10, 11, 1853. 
costa narrowly brownish black; apex broadly brownish black, and 
toothed on inner edge; termen narrowly brownish black. Hindwing chalky white. 
bla£r''Hindu-ir'“*“ gceyish: a subquadrate subapical patch, 
blackish. Hinch\ing creamy white: costa at base narrowly orange. 
Q. Above and Bekeath as in male: termen of forewing more convex. 
Loc. Armidale. Sydney 1 11, Dimboola. Roebourne. Derby. 3cc 29 . 
nea'?o dm Tnr,ni' "‘Tw'’ forewing, and the extension of the dark apical 
would r 1 ? ■ exaniifles show very little variation, but we anticipate that a long series 
would piobablj mcliule siiecimens with some trace of dark discal dots on bindwing beneath. 
Victoria: we have never seen more than a 
(niguiipennib. h. qiiaclrata Butler is a synonym. 
205. Elodina perdita Miskin. 
darkm!J?nf1“"“ iuuer edge of the dark apical area of forewing is barely toothed, the subapical 
aaik patCii of forewing beneath is absent, and the apex of forewing is rounded. 
205a. E. perdita perdita Miskin. Fig. 496, 497. 
Proceedings Royal Society Queensland 1889, p. 263. 
white: base broadly and costa narrowly, brownish; apex brownish black. Hind- 
Beneath. Forewing white: base faintly yellow. Hind wing white: sometimes traces of a series of 
ciiscal clots, brown. 
9. Above as in male. 
faintly yellow. Hindwing silky cream; a faint series of discal dots, 
hoc. Cooktown 10 11 12. Townsville 3 4 5. 25c7 9$. 
205b. E. perdita walkeri Butler. 
Annals Magazine Natural History 1898, p. 294. 
o^ Above. Forewing white: base and costa brownish black: apex brownish black. Hindwing white. 
Bexeath. Forewing white: base orange: costa brownish black. Hindwing white: sometimes traces 
01 a senes of discal dots, brown. 
2 • Above and Beneath as in male. 
Loc. Baudin Is. 5 6 . Wyndbain 3. Daly R. 4 . Darwin 2 3 4 8 10 11 12 . 
21d^ 11 9 . 
