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.
PIERIS HYPATIA.
Plate [XXXII]. fig. 5, 6.