2S LEPIDOPTERA. 



specimens were reared forty years ago at Dover by Mr. 

 Leplastrier, and Mr. S. Stevens reminds me that Mr. Edwin 

 Shepherd purchased four of these, which are now in Dr. Mason's 

 large collection ; but these are said to have resulted from 

 eggs laid by a female in captivity, and although specimens 

 were reared, it is doubtful whether the larva would have 

 survived out of doors. It is certain that the species has been 

 known in this country for nearly 200 years, and in some 

 years several have been taken — about a dozen are recorded in 

 1872 — and the absence of any record of the finding of the 

 larva in all that period is at least suggestive. 



It is an abundant species in many parts of the Continent, 

 particularly the Mediterranean region, and most plentiful in 

 Turkey, where Lieut. Mathew says that the larv:e abound on 

 cruciferous plants in waste places by the roadsides, and in a 

 succession of broods from April to October. It also ranges 

 into Asia and Africa, and is one of the many British species 

 found in Japan. 



Genus 3. ANTHOCHARIS. 



Antennffi slender, strongly clubbed. Fore wings rounded 

 at the apex. Under side of hind wings beautifully mottled 

 with darker colours. Abdomen slender but not elongated. 



Laeva slender, downy, tapering behind. On Cruciferw. 



Pupa curiously triangular and somewhat boat-shaped. 



1. A. Cardamines, L. — E.xpanse, 1^ to If inch. White, 

 with black central spot and dark apex. Male with fore wings 

 half orange colour. Hind wings mossed, with green beneath. 



White, fore wings in the male blackish at the base and 

 apex, with a central black spot and a large orange-coloured 

 space occupying the outer half of the wings. Hind wings 

 blackish at the base and dappled with indications of the dark 

 markings below. Hind margins of all the wings spotted with 



