Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3Drury, Dru
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Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 3
Drury, Dru
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_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Breast, legs, and abdomen white. Anterior wings
yellow, but next the body orange-coloured, with a row of triangular black
spots placed along the external edges. Posterior wings white, but orange
next the body, having a row of black round spots placed on the external
edges, corresponding with the anterior wings. Margins of the wings
entire.
PIERIS CHLORIS.
Plate XXXII. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach._
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank._ Papilio (Dan. Cand.), _Linn. &c._
PIERIS CHLORIS. Alis suboblongis, integerrimis, teneris, albis apice
nigro, subtùs anticis basi calthaceâ, posticis luteo radiatâ, his limbo
latè nigro. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (D. C.) Chloris, _Fabr. Syst. Ent._ 473. _No._ 129. _Drury_,
_App. vol._ 2. _Herbst._ _tab._ 99. _f._ 1. 4. _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._
ix. _p._ 160. _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid._ 1. 516.
Papilio Thermopylæ, _Cramer_, _pl._ 207. _fig._ F. G.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1774" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Eyes dark brown. Thorax and abdomen dark
grey. Anterior wings entirely white, with a black patch at the tips, the
anterior edges being also black. Posterior wings also white, with a black
border running along the external edges from the upper to the abdominal
corners.
_Under Side._ Palpi grey. Legs, breast, abdomen, and anterior wings
white; the latter black at their tips, as on the upper side, but next the
body tinged with red. Posterior wings yellow, but one-half next the
external edges is black; and on the upper part, next the body, having a
streak of fine red. Margins of the wings entire.
{44}PIERIS HYPATIA.
Plate XXXII. fig. 5, 6.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank._ Papilio (Dan. Cand.), _Linn. &c._
PIERIS HYPATIA. Alis rotundatis integerrimis, suprà nigris, fasciâ albâ
communi sinuatâ, subtus anticis maculâ apicali albidâ, posticis basi
fulvo radiatis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Pap. (Dan. Cand.) Hypatia, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 3.
Papilio Epaphia, _Cramer_, _pl._ 207. _fig._ D. E.
Pieris Higinia, _Latr. et God. Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 135. _No._ 45.
Pieris Saba, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 201. 627. _Latr. God. loc.
cit._ _No._ 46.
Pieris Malatha, _Boisd. Faun. Madagascar_, _pl._ 1. _f._ 4, 5.
Pieris Orbona, _Boisd. loc. cit._ _pl._ 1. _f._ 3.
HABITAT: "Sierra Leone, Mr. Smeathman, 1775" (_Drury's_ MSS.).
_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Thorax and abdomen black. Anterior wings
sooty black, having a white indented bar rising at the middle of the
anterior edges, which crosses them, and ends on the middle of the
posterior ones; at the tips are two small white spots. Posterior wings
white and black, the upper half being white and the lower one black.
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