Plate V. fig. 2.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank, Latr. et God._ Pontia, p. _Ochsenh. Horsfield_.
Papilio (Danai Candidi), _Linn. Drury_. Thestias, _Boisduv._ Teracolus,
_Swains_.
PIERIS (THESTIAS) PYRENE. "Alis flavis primoribus apice (medio fulvo)
nigris, subtus nebuloso maculatis. Habitat in China." _Lin. loc. cit.
infra._ (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Dan. Candid.) Pyrene, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 762. 86? _Latr.
et God. Enc. Méth._ ix. 120.
P. Evippe, _Lin. var. teste_. _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
Pap. (Dan. Cand.) Sesia, _Fab. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. 203. 636.
Thestias Pirene, _Boisd._ _Hist. Nat. Lep._ 1. _p._ 593. No. 3.
HABITAT: China (_Drury_). Asia (_Linn._).
_Upper Side._ The anterior wings near the base are of a brimstone colour;
the tips and external edges being of a dark brown, nearly black,
surrounding a large patch of a fine orange. The posterior are of
brimstone colour, with a border round their edges of dark brown. The male
has not this border.
_Under Side._ Black; all the wings brimstone, without any marks, spots,
or clouds whatever in the female, the male having its under side of a
brighter yellow, with several reddish-brown spots on the inferior wings.
There is the greatest confusion respecting the specific names of this, and
several nearly allied species, which would be very difficult to unravel.
Drury considered this insect as a variety of Evippe, whilst Fabricius,
Latrielle, and Godart, give it as identical with the Linnæan Pyrene, which
opinion I have adopted, although I am by no means certain as to the
identity of the species; the under side of the wings offering no trace of
the central discoidal black spot existing in that species. M. Boisduval has
not diminished the confusion, in his work just published, by giving a
species from Guinea, under the name of Evippe (which Linnæus states is from
China), with the erroneous observation, "Il est probable que les anciens
auteurs auront confondu sous le nom d'Evippe trois ou quatre espèces
_Africaines_."--_Hist. Nat. Lépid._ 1. p. 574.
{12}CYNTHIA LAOMEDIA.
Plate V. fig. 3.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Nymphalidæ, _Swains_.
GENUS. CYNTHIA, _Fab._ Vanessa p. _Latr. et God._ Papilio (Nymph.
Gemmat.), _Linn. Drury_.
CYNTHIA LAOMEDIA. Alis dentatis cinerascentibus lineis fuscis transversis
undulatis ocellisque (quibusdam coecis) serie posticâ digestis; anticarum
sex, posticarum quinque. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Gemmat.) Laomedia, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 772. _No._
145. _Fabricius, Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 98. _No._ 302. _Cramer_, _pl._
8. _f._ 10. _Herbst. Pap. tab._ 174. _f._ 1. 2.
HABITAT: China (_Drury_). East India (_Linn._). Java (_Enc. Méth._).
_Upper Side._ The wings are of a greyish purple and a little dentated.
The anterior have on each four irregular black lines, running from the
anterior edge near the body half way cross the wings, and six eyes on
each, near the external edge, whose irides are white, some of which are
oval, and one, being larger than the rest, is filled up with black and
red; some are very faint. The posterior wings have six oval eyes on each,
with white irides; three of which are more distinct than the rest, two of
them being filled up with red and black. Two dark irregular lines run
along and near to their external edges.
_Under Side._ The wings are rather paler than on the upper side. A small
irregular line begins about the middle of the anterior edge of the
superior wings, and running cross them and the inferior ones, meets below
the body. The anterior wings have a distinct dark spot, and also a faint
one. The posterior ones have two distinct red and black spots, and
another very faint.