30 Tkansaotions of the Kansas 



3. Asterias Drnry. — Black, with two rows of yellow spots along the margin of 

 each wing; expands 3^ to 4i^ inches. Abundant; the caterpillar, which is green- 

 ish-yellow with black stripes and spots, feeds voraciously upon the foliage of 

 parsnip, carrot, celery, and other umbelliferous plants. 



3. Troilus Linn.— Very rare; only two specimens taken. Its chief food-plant,, 

 sassafras, has not yet been discovered in this vicinity; it also feeds upon lilac and 

 the spice bush. 



4. Turnus Linn. — Yellow, with broad, black margins and transverse black bands ; 

 expands 33^ to A% inches; quite common. Its larva feeds upon the foliage of the 

 apple, wild plum, wild cherry, white ash, tulip tree and wild thorn. 



4a. Olaucus Linn. — A black dimorphic female form of Turnus, common here. 

 But one yellow female has yet been taken. 



5. Grespliontes Cramer. — Black, with two broad bands of yellow spots, one of 

 which crosses the base of the hind wings; expands 4^^ to 5I4' inches. Common in 

 1<S73 and 1874; rare in 1871, 1872 and 1875; feeds upon the prickly ash and the hop- 

 tree in this region — upon ihe orange tree in the Southern States. 



6. Ajax'Lmn. — Pale black, with bluish-white bands and spots; expands 2% to 

 33=4 inches. Abundant ; feeds on the pawpaw. There are three varieties : 



a. Var. Marcellus Bois. with tails an inch long. 



b. Var. Walshii Edwards, of smaller size and with tails only half an inch long. 

 Of this variety the sub-variety Abhotii Edwards also occurs. 



c. Vai'. TelmnonideH Felder, intermediate in size between a. and b. 



FAMILY II. 



PIEIUD.E; WHITE OR SULPHUR liUTTEKFLIES. 



PiERis Schrank. 



7. po'otodice Bois. -Lee. — Southern Cabbage Butterfly. Wliite, with pale black 

 spots; the male with more white than black, the female with more black than 

 white; expands two inches; becoming more common every year. This species is 

 very destructive to cabbages; in the neighborhood of our chief towns it is often 

 impossible to find a perfect head in cabbage fields of large size, the loss amounting 

 annually to thousands of dollars. 



8. vernalis Edwards. — Not uncommon in April ; similar in appearance to j^roto- 

 diee, but smaller, and with dark lines along the veins of the secondaries under- 

 neath. Food-plant unknown, being doubtless some plant of the mustard family 

 {Cruciferm). 



Anthocaris Boisduval. 



9. Olympia Edwards. — White, with dusky markings and delicate violet reflec- 

 tions; expands fully m inches. Exceedingly rare. Food-plant unknown. This 

 species is represented in but two or three collections in the United States. 



Nathalis Boisduval. 



10. lole Bois., var. Irene'Fiich.. — Abundant. The smallest species in this family; 

 expands one inch; sulphur-j'ellow with black markings. 



Calijdryas Boisduval. 



11. Euhule Linn. — Bare. Bright sulphur-yellow; expands 3 inches. 



CoLiAS Fabricius. 



12. caesonia Godart.— Sulphur-yellow, with broad black irregular margins and 

 pink fringes; expands 2}<2 to 2;"^:! inches; abundant; feeds upon clover. 



13. EurytJu'ine Bois. — Orange-yellow, with black margins; expands 2 to 2% 

 inches; abundant. 



