AND THK AI-PS OF CP^NTRAr, KtJROPK. B') 



Dis^iK", V. 23/01 {Sl,>i>rr) ; vi. /90 {Lmn.} ; vii. 7/1)!). iitarly over 

 (/.'.- /7r».) ; r.arcelonette, vii. 2/92 (\<>rris) ; Viilloii ()l)scur, Mt. 

 Vinaigriei", Goi-ge de 8t. Anciro, Cannes (linn.) ; Nice ; St. Martin 

 Vosubie, v. /98 {Lanrf); above Villat'rauca, v. e. 92 (Snnis) ; Susii. 

 vi. 23 99, still quite fresh (It.-Jini.). [At Hyeres as eaily ns lii. 27 

 /02(,S7->/.,.,-).l 



Directions of Yar. (a.) size (Alpine specimens lai-^er than nr. 

 coast, linn.). 



Tribe Lkptoshdi. 



Genus, Leptosia, lfl>. (Lpuoopliasia, s'//*//. ; lit^ijtidin., 



lUllhrni) ; hyh. p. 

 Prevailing col. wh. 

 Dist. Char. I^jxtreme tenuity of abdomen. 



L. Sinapis, /.. ; oSiimi. Fd. pit. f.Miis rnniiciiJatns, 



lAitlii/nis iiralotsis, Orohiis, \ icia. <kc. 

 2 with rounder ws. and less blk. at apex than ,j . 

 Dist. Char, absence of grn. tint up.s. h.w. (r. Diiponrheli). 



Log. Gen. distributed throughout the region, in tlie lowlands, 

 iii. e.-vi., and vii. m.-ix., and up to oOOOft. or more in one brood, 

 resembling the spring brood of lower levels, v. e.-vii. m. 



Directions of Yar. (a.) loss of markings. 



Yar. Diniensis, />'«/(-. ,- v, dk. blotch on apex f.w. up.s. but no 



markings un.s., exc. that the apical blotch shows through, and 



there is often a c. slight cl. gr. band on h.w. 

 ab. ? Erysimi, lirh-Ji. : quite wh. up. and uu.s. 



[Obs.— Thete are both gen. lowland forms of the sunnner brood, but 

 Krysimi, at any rate, sometimes occm's in the spring. I)inien.<is is the usual 

 foriu of the summer brood ; Enjsimi is by no means uacommon, e.g., Aigle, 

 viii.-ix.] 



(b.) col. of un.s. h.w. (the type has gr. 



markings on yellowish-wh. grd. col.). 

 ab. Lathyri, Hh. ,• gr. markings on dull greenish grd., only a long 



basal streak, and sometimes another beyond it to out. marg. 



remaining wh. ; rather small. 

 Log. A spring form, c. in some years in Vaud, the Valais, and 

 elsewhere {e.'i., Veytaux, v. /99, where in other years not one is to 

 be found). Ab. iv. /03, Aigle (Sloper) ; Charpigny {Fis.). 

 ab. Sartha, IWd : with brt. yell. grd. col. h.w. and apex f.w. 



un.s. (a large form). 

 ab. Subgrisea, St;ir. : no yell, or grn. in grd. col. wh. is almost 



covered by the gr. markings. 

 [Obs.— In the Geneva Museum is a curious specimen deeply smoked in an 

 angular shape at base, with a whitish line of the same shape nr. marg. of the 

 dk. suffusion.] 



