Pieris Amytis, Enc. Méth. ix. p. 123. (Exclus. Syn. Crameri.)
Pieris Evippe, ♀. Enc. Méth. Sup. p. 805.
Habitat: Sierra Leone.
Upper Side. Antennæ brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Anterior wings white, brown at the base; having a small black round spot near the centre of each; the tips are dark brown, occupying a third of the wings; near the middle of the posterior edges is a brown patch, and a small round spot at the lower corners. Posterior wings white, but clouded a little near the body. Along the external edges are placed five brown spots, that next the upper corners being double: also a brown line, like an obtuse angle, begins on the anterior edges, and ends just below the body.
Under Side. Palpi, breast, and legs ash-coloured. Anterior wings white, whereof the tips are orange-coloured, verged with yellow; on each wing are two black spots, one being very small and answering to that on the upper side; the other larger, and placed near the posterior edges. Posterior wings pale yellow, with an exceeding small spot, surrounded with orange colour, placed near the middle of each; the brown obtuse angle appears faintly on this side, but of an orange colour. All the wings are entire.
PLATE XX.
CALLIMORPHA? SANGUIFLUA.
Plate [XX]. fig. 1, 2.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Arctiidæ, Stephens.