1 86 Lloyd's natural history. 



This genus is confined to tlie Palxarctic Region. Most of 

 the species are more or less similar to our own, but in some of 

 the Central Asian species the orange colour of the male extends 

 over nearly the whole of the fore-wings. 



THE ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY. EUCIILOE CARDAI\IINES. 



{Plate LVIIL Figs, i, 2 c?, 3, 4 ?•) 



Papilio cardamiiies, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) p. 468, no. 63 



(1758) ; ed. Faun. Suec. p. 271 (1761) ; Esper, Schmett. 



i. (i) p. 64, pi. 4, fig. I (1777); p. 318, pi. 27, fig. 2 



(1778); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. i. figs. 419, 420, 424, 



425 (1803?); figs. 791, 792 (1824?). 

 Pieris cardainines, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 125, no. 22 



(1819). 

 Pontia cardami7ies, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. i. p. 23 (1827). 

 Anthocharis cai-damines^ Boisduval, Spec. Gc'n. Lepid. i. p. 



564 (1836); Newman, Brit. Butterflies, p. 156 (1881); 



Barrett, Lepid. of Brit. Isl. i. p. 28, pi. 4, figs. 2, 2a-b 



(1892); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Butterflies and Moths, i. 



p. 159, pi. 3, fig. 2 (1886). 

 Eiichloe cardamines^ Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 6, 



no. 4, pi. 4, figs. 7(7, b (1878) ; Lang, Butterflies Eur. p. 



39, pi. 20, fig. I, pi. 15, fig. 5 (transf.) (18S1); Rye, 



Handb. Brit. Macro-Lepid. p. 16, pi. iv. (1895). 

 The Orange-Tip Butterfly is common throughout Europe and 

 Northern and Western Asia. It appears in April, May, and 

 June, and is said to be occasionally double-brooded. It has 

 a fluttering but sustained flight, though not very strong or 

 lofty, and is found most abundantly in meadows, especially if 

 somewhat damp, but may also be seen in lanes, open places in 

 woods, and gardens. It is fond of perching on flowering 

 umbelliferous plants, with the wings raised, when the orange 

 patch is drawn down under the hind-wings, and only the 



