96 [April, 1907. 



Pieris bras.iicK, L. — Nine examples of the var. ckariclea, Steph. 



P. rapx, L. — 2 ^s, exceedingly small ; 3 Js nearly immaculate, one entii-ely 

 so ; several very deeply cream-coloured ? s, and one ? (Glanvilles Wootton, Oct.i 

 1870) very broadly suffused with dark grey at the base of all the wings. 



P. napi, L. — A varied series, including some fine dark Irish and Scotch speci- 

 mens ; 2 ? 8 with all the markings exceedingly faint, and one small and well- 

 marked ? , with the left fore-wing rounded at the apex, so as to give the hind- 

 margin a regularly semicircular outline. 



P. daplidice, L. — Thirteen specimens stand under this name, of which, how- 

 ever, the first two are unquestionably $ examples of the South European Euchlo'e 

 belia, F. The first of these, on a modern English gilt pin, has no label ; the 

 second is labelled " From J. 0-. Ross collection 1882, Brighton " (C. W. D.). 

 y very aged and shabby-looking ? example of P. daplidice is of peculiar interest, as 

 it is possibly the oldest specimen extant of this, or of any British butterfly. The 

 label, in C. W. Dale's handwriting, reads on one side " Griven to Rev. Henry Burney 

 by J. C. Dale, bought at his sale 1893 by C. W. Dale." On the other side " Bought 

 of Latham, one of Petiver's, probably taken at Gamlingay." At the side is a printed 

 label " 1702, Cambridge. (Petiver's folio work '' Papilionum Britanniae Icones, 

 Nomina, &c.," in which P. daplidice is figured, bears date 1717, and he died in the 

 following year, so if the specimen be really one of his, the date is probably correct). 

 A faded J , under-side, is labelled " Mus. Dr. Abbot, White Wood, Q-amlingay, 

 Camb. June 1803, Dr. Abbot " (J. 0. D.), and another very aged-looking S example 

 '' From R. llindeof York. Taken at Dover." Five other examples hail from Dover, 

 among them one fine ? (under-side) " Bred at Dover, Aug. 2, 1835," and another 

 " Dover, Aug. 1835, A. Ijeplaistrier," one from Folkestone, one " Taken by a poor 

 boy at Margate in 1859," and one J " Taken at St. Leonards in 1S59, brought to 

 Kent by the birdstuffer from whom obtained." 



Anthocharis cardamiiies, L. — Several very small c? ; one or two of tiiis sex with 

 the centi'al black spot in the fore-wing evanescent, and one in whicli it is quite 

 absent. One remarkable ? , with an orange dash along the costa, and another in 

 tlie dark apex of the right fore-wing. This is labelled " Or. Baker, Burton-on-Trent," 

 and was obtained by Mr. C. W. Dale in 1905 at the dispersal of the collection of 

 the late Dr. P. B. Mason. 



Leucophasia sinapis, L. — The series includes several specimens from Glanvilles 

 Wootton, three quite immaculate examples from the New Forest, labelled at side 

 " V. ^ erysimi, Bdv.," and three labelled '' v. diniensis, Boisd." 



Ooneptert/x rhamni,\j.~^ome deeply coloured $ s, and one example apparently 

 of this sex, broadly and irregularly suffused with orange-red at the margins of the 

 fore-wings, and of the left hind-wing. This has, however, an unconvincing appear- 

 ance, and suggests a " cyanide bottle " variety. It is labelled at the side " Wareham, 

 1902." 



Colias eduxa, L. — A very fine series of the ordinary form, and of var. helice, 

 with three fine intermediate lemon-coloured forms. One of t.he helice has the dark 

 border immaculate "From J. Q-. Ross coll., 1879" (C. W. D.). Three dwarf ex- 

 amples (2 (J, 1 ?, the latter with very dark border), resembling specimens of the 

 late autumn brood which sometimes occurs iiere, are labelled '" Chrysotheme, Steph., 

 Dover," and agree well with the figure of that form in 111. liaust. I, pi. II, figs. 1, 2. 



