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hindwing more white spots. — insularis Sigr. (= tagis lib)-.) (22 d), from Sardinia and Corsica, has the apex insularis. 

 of the upperside of the forewing lighter and the white spots of the underside of the hindwing smaller. — 

 tnauretanica form. nop. (= pechi Obertli.) (22 d), from Algiers, is smaller than fogis, the white spots in the mauretanica. 

 dark apex of the upperside are larger and united, the underside of the hindwing being dark green with 

 rather small white spots. — The larva is dark apple-green, there being a white stripe along the feet with a 

 bright-red one above it; from February till May on Biscutella ambigua and Iberis pimata. Pupa angular, 

 shorter than that of A. cardamine.^ dark flesh-colour, witii a brown dorsal stripe, the wing-cases being edged 

 with the same colour. 



E. venosa Bflr., from West Tibet, is as large as belia; similar to daphalis, but the apex of the venosa. 

 forewing darker, the white apical markings therefore being more prominent; the black spot at the apex of the 

 cell larger and the markings of the underside of the hindwing shining through more distinctly. The under- 

 side very different from that of ddphalia: forewing snowy white, with the costa spotted with black, the black 

 spot at the apex of the cell centred with white, apical area dark olive-green, white-spotted as in simplonia, 

 hindwing dark olive-green with pale yellow veins and silvery white spots, nearly as in simplonia. The ? 

 differs above in the apex being darker and tlie markings of the hindwing shining through still more dist- 

 inctly from beneath, and in the underside being brighter green and having the ends of the veins orange- 

 jellow on the hindwing. 



E. pyrothoe Ev. (22 e). Upperside wliite with narrow- blackish apical spots , a large orange-red pyrothoe. 

 apical spot and black median spot, on the underside the entire hindwing and the apical area of the fore- 

 wing being yellowish green with band-like silvery white markings. The ? has the dark apical area of the 

 forewing above much broader, there being a small orange-red spot in the posterior portion of this area. 

 Patria: South-Eastern Russia, Kirghiz Steppe, and Central Asia. 



12. Genus: Antliocliaris B. 



This genus is characterized by two of the five subcostal veins branching off before the apex of the 

 cell, by the upper radial being only httle united with the subcostal, and by the central discocellular being 

 rather long. In all the species the c/'cf have at least the apical portion of the forewing orange-red or yellow. 

 Only one species inhabits also the northern districts of the Palaearctic Region, all the others are found in 

 the south of the Region, also some species occurring in North America, but not one species extends into 

 the tropics. In contrast with most species of the preceding genus, the Anthocharis-species have only one 

 brood. The butterflies occur in spring. 



A. tomyris Chrid. (22 d). Upperside yellowish, with blackish apex, the median spot, which is very tomyris. 

 large in ?, being also blackish, fringes red; underside of hindwing grey-green with the median spot and a 

 costal spot white, the base of the forewing being yellowish. Occurs in Turan. 



A. pechi Stijr. (20 g), from Algiers, is white above, the apex of the forewing being slightly blackish; pedu. 

 at the apex of the cell there is a large blackish spot; the underside of the hindwing is unifomily greenish 

 yellow, with a yellow central spot. 



A. charlonia Donz. {■= levaillantii Luc) (22 e), from North Africa and the eastern Canary Islands, charlonia. 

 has the upper- and underside yellow, with the appex black indistinctly spotted with white, and with large black 

 median spot; the underside of the hindwing grey-green, with dispersed light dots. The ? differs in the tip 

 of the forewing being more rounded and the apical area broader. — penia Fn: (22 e), from northern ksm penia. 

 Minor and Kurdistan, is lighter yellow, the median spot is obsolete beneath and the underside of the hind- 

 wing is more green. — mesopotamica !^tgr. is brighter yellow, the apical aiea bears distinct yellow spots, meso- 

 and the underside has an admixture of yellow. — transcaspica Sigr. (22 e), from Turan and Northern Persia, potamica. 

 is smaller, with more pointed wings, the ground-colour being whitish, and the forewing beneath having a large transcaspica. 

 black central spot. — Dr. A. Seitz observed in Algiers a charloniu-'i depositing its eggs on the leaves of radish. 



A. lucilla Btlr., described from the Western Himalayas, probablj- occurs also in the Palaearctic lucilla. 

 Region. Upperside gamboge-colour, the black discocellular spot larger and square, the apical area blackish 

 brown, its posterior angle obtuse, while its proxiTnal edge is incurved and washed out; the yellow band in 

 the apical area as in charIo)ua; underside of hindwing j'ellow, the white spot at apex of cell large and 

 edged with grey, there being no light spots on the disc. Somewhat larger than charlonia. 



A. bietl Oberfh. (22 ef), from West China (Ta-tsien-lu), has a white upperside, a black apical area, bieti. 

 which is broader in the ?, bearing in (f an orange apical spot; underside similar to that of cardamines: the 

 distal margin pointed below the apex. — decorata jorm. nov. (22 f), from the Kuku-nor, is smaller in both decorata. 

 sexes, the fringes being very long, the black apical area of the forewing of the cT broader, the orange- 

 yellow spot larger and contiguous with the black area, the underside, especially of the hindwing, more 



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