14(S iìiiltclìn (le la Socicli' Eiìtoinolof/ùjue inùjyptc 



19. Pieris rapac, L. 



'l'iìroiighoul the ciillivated area in l'^i^ypl lo Assuan 

 and may be laken in every monili. Summer specimens 

 hive Ihe alidomen suflused vs'illi greyish while scales. 

 In l'^gyplian specimens the spot on Ihe costai margin 

 ol" the hind-wings is generally broken. I once look two 

 small P. v(tpae in Wadi Kashid some A miles from any 

 cultivation, b. V.07. 



Foodphtnl : Brassicd olcracca and various other 

 Cruciferae. 



Dlslrihiition oiilside Eifijpt. lùn-ope excei)l extreme 

 Norm, Algeria, Morocco. Tunis, Palaearclic Asia, 

 Hong-Kong. 



20. Pontia (laplidice, L. 



This widespread European species occurs but rar- 

 ely in I'^gypl and usually in or neai' desert or steppe. 

 Marg VHI.Oa (Craves). Wadi P»ashid b.V.07 (Graves). 

 Abbassia Egypt. Army Hospital l,'}. VI. 07 ( Graves ). 

 Wadi Hof. S. III. 14. (Col. Manders). Fort Said, once 

 seen (Craves). Meadi 20.V.12 Ä 21. VI. 12 (Coll. Min. Agr.). 

 Tukh 2r),V.U (Coll. Min. Agr.). Maiiul i;}-VI-14 (Coll. 

 Min. Agr.). 



Foodphinl : Rescd(n\'(H-. 



D'slrihiilio.i outside Eijijpl. Mediterranean lìegion 

 and S. Ceniial I']uroj)e, rarer towards the North ; W. 

 Palaearctic Asia. 



21 Synchloe </l(iiiconi>i]it\ Knc. 



A typically desert sjjecies occurring seldom abun- 

 dantly but very generally in the desert E. of the Nile. 

 It would be interesting to know whether it occurs in 



