A Revision of the Old World Species (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)
A Revision of the Old World Species (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)
A Revision of the Old World Species (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)
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44 Osamu Yata<br />
posterodorsally (0.21 <strong>of</strong> ring height), with its apex strongly bicuspid. Valva almost<br />
as long as high; PI somewhat weakly sclerotized, shorter than P4, extending anterior<br />
ly; P2 absent; P3 slender, with its apex sharply pointed and sinuate upward; with its<br />
apex bluntly pointed; P4 represented by two processes which are almost same in<br />
length and shape, and <strong>the</strong>ir apices curved ventrally; P5 <strong>of</strong>valva much flattened and<br />
beak-shaped. Phallus long, slender and strongly arched dorsally, subzonal sheath<br />
about as long as 1/3.5 length <strong>of</strong> phallus. Juxta weakly sclerotized, consisting <strong>of</strong> a<br />
pair<strong>of</strong> broad pouches producing a short and slender median stalk.<br />
Fig. 15. Female genitalia <strong>of</strong> Eurema tominia tominia (van Vollenhoven, 1865) from Sulawesi.<br />
A: Female genitalia (ventral). B: Bursa copulatrix (ventral). C: Lateral hollow (later<br />
al). D: Papilla analis (lateral).<br />
Female genitalia (Fig. 15): Seventh abdominal sternum with slightly convex<br />
posterior margin. Lateral hollow almost rounded, with dorsal eaves developed and<br />
conjointed with ventral eaves which are long and very deep, median groove with<br />
broad and deep concavity, having a long median eaves situated ventral 112 <strong>of</strong>lateral<br />
hollow. Genital plate weakly invaginated ventromedially; longitudinal groove weak<br />
ly sclerotized, broad and deep, broadened posteriorly, with indistinct longitudinal<br />
sulcus; banks <strong>of</strong> longitudinal groove developed, strongly compressed in its anterior
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