. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . IMK ;vr/r;-, P I E R I S Nigrina Pier IS (pars.) Latr: Stev. Pontia (pars.) Fab. Character. Antennae with a spatulate, considerably compressed, obovate cliUJ,Palpi hairy: the tirst jomt with basal articulations, (Hoisf. L 10.) beyond which it is hardly longer than the second, orthe third, which are each of equal length. Anterior Wings
. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . IMK ;vr/r;-, P I E R I S Nigrina Pier IS (pars.) Latr: Stev. Pontia (pars.) Fab. Character. Antennae with a spatulate, considerably compressed, obovate cliUJ,Palpi hairy: the tirst jomt with basal articulations, (Hoisf. L 10.) beyond which it is hardly longer than the second, orthe third, which are each of equal length. Anterior Wingswith the exterior margin manifestly shorter than the posterior. Type. Pieris Belisama. Lut. Specific Character. Wings above white in one sex, grey in the other; anterior tipt withblack; beneath black, u-ith a terminal band of yellow: posterioricings beneath black, varied icith grey, and marked with animdulated, nearly central, border of crimson. Pieris Nigrina. Fab. Sys. Ent. 475. Ent. Sys. 3. p. 149. Don. Ins. of New Holl. 1. Althocgh this elegantly marked insect has long beenknown to Entomologists, we believe it has only once beenfigured. It is not uncommon in Australia, and being atypical species, we s
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