ANTHOCHARIS II. 



ANTHOCHARIS PIMA, 6-9. 

 Anthocharis Pima (pee'ma), Edwards, Canadian Entomologist, XX, p. 158. 1888. 



Male. — Expands 1.75 inch. 



Upper side of both wings yellow, the bases pale black ; primaries have the 

 ba.sal half of costa white, crossed by irregular black streaks ; the apex edged 

 white on both margins, and within this is a series of five large, elongated black 

 spots, almost confluent, filling the interspaces to second median nervule, each 

 projecting a spur to the margin ; on the arc a broad, rectangular bar, the area 

 between this and the spots and costal edge intense orange. 



Secondaries of thinner texture, discovering the markings of under surface ; 

 fringes whitish, a few black hairs at the end of each nervule on secondaries, and 

 many on primaries. 



Under side of primaries yellow, the costal margin as above, the apex white, 

 green-tinted, the lower three black spots of upper side indicated by yellow- 

 green, and finely dusted black, the bar repeated, the orange also, but paler and 

 diffused over cell and second median interspace. 



Secondaries yellow-white, largely covered by broad patches of yellow-green, 

 which form four irregular, connected, transverse bands between hind margin and 

 base above median nervure ; below median to inner margin crossed b}^ stripes of 

 similar color, unequal, mostly wedge-shaped. 



Body covered with long gray hairs, which are yellowish at extremity, the 

 abdomen yellow-gray ; beneath, the thorax white, abdomen yellow-white ; the 

 femora white, other joints buff ; palpi white, black at tip, and with black hairs 

 at sides ; antennte imperfectly annulated white and black above, white below ; 

 club bl.ick above, orange beneath and at tip. (Figs. 6, 7.) 



Female. — Expands 1.7 inch. 



Same yellow as male ; the apical spots larger and completely confluent, the 



