Plate VIII. fig. 3, 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Diurna. FAMILY: Papilionidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. PIERIS, _Schrank. Latr. God. Boisduval. Pontia p. Ochs._ Papilio
(Dan. Cand. or Heliconii), _Linn. Drury, &c._
PIERIS PASITHOE. Alis suboblongis nigris, suprà
coerulescenti-albo-maculatis, posticis subtùs disco flavo, nigro venoso,
fasciâque baseos ferrugineâ incurvâ. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Helicon.) Pasithoe, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 755. _No._ 53.
_Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1. _p._ 179.
Papilio (Dan. Cand.) Dione, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
Papilio Porsenna, _Cramer, pl._ 43. _fig._ D. E. _& pl._ 352. _fig._ A.
B.
Pieris Pasithoe, _Enc. Méth._ ix. _p._ 148. _Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep._
1. _p._ 451.
HABITAT: India (_Drury_). China, Bengal (_Boisduval_).
{17}_Upper Side._ Antennæ black. Head, thorax, and abdomen dirty black.
Wings soot-coloured, or dirty black, having a small white spot in the
middle of the anterior; a row of oblong white spots runs from the
anterior edge to the lower corner, some being pointed and placed a little
distance from the tips; base of the wings powdered with white dust,
increasing to a clear white as it recedes from the body. The posterior
wings powdered in the same manner; and having four pointed white spots on
each, crossing them from the upper to the abdominal corners. Abdominal
groove yellow, extending towards the middle of the wing.
_Under Side._ Palpi, sides, and breast sooty. Neck and abdomen grey.
Anterior wings as on the upper side, but the white more distinct.
Posterior wings next the body black, and surrounded by a red circle. The
remainder of the wings principally yellow, having the nerves and also a
margin running along the external edges soot-coloured. Margins of the
wings entire.