'62 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



P, jaj><e. — Moderately common, but never so abundant as in 

 England. Unlike many other species, I found this frequently 

 very much smaller than British specimens, and much less 

 heavily marked. One female has an additional spot adjoining the 

 apical blotch and in line with the normal, central spots, and 

 I have some doubt whether this may not be a specimen of 

 P. napi, totally lacking the thickened nervures. I never saw this 

 species earlier than the second week in March. 



P. napi. — I seldom saw this insect and have only one speci- 

 men amougst the collection I sent home. This is a male which 

 has only faintly indicated nervures on the upper side and the 

 bases of the wings not black. Beneath, the veining is faint, 

 but the spots, notably the one near the apex, are vex^j distinct. 



Pontia daplidice. — Was quite the commonest white throughout 

 the season. Whether in the plains, cornfields, ravines or on the 

 broken hillsides it could be found all through the summer. The 

 later brood, appearing about the middle of July, was particularly 

 abundant, and swarmed in the Janes plain all through that 

 month and August. The extent of marking is variable. I have 

 but one specimen which is specially different — a female only 

 35 mm. in expanse and heavily marked above and below. This 

 butterfly deposits its eggs on several different crucifers, selecting 

 small specimens and laying on both flower and leaves. 



Euchloe ausonia. — The resemblance of the "orange-tips," 

 which have no orange patch, to the extremely common P. dapli- 

 dice is so close that it is quite probable I overlooked some of 

 these. In any case I did not once see an orange-tipped species, 

 and although I occasionally saw what looked like females of E. 

 cardamines, the specimens I sent home are all of this species. 

 They vary from 44-53 mm. in expanse. Three agree with Kirby's 

 description of var. esperi ; a fourth would appear to be var. 

 crameri. In this specimen the hind wings do not extend beyond 

 the abdomen, but in the larger form they are fully half-an-inch 

 below it. These were taken near Kukus in the months of April 

 and May. 



Colias hyale. — Very abundant throughout the season, though 

 I do not remember having seen it before April. On the other 

 hand, it was on the wing until well into November. Unlike 

 edusa, it seems to prefer the plains and is less strong on the wing 

 than the more common species. 



C. edusa. — A most abundant insect wherever I went, its chief 

 haunts being the sides of the stoniest hills, the plains and 

 ravines being only sparingly visited. The second week in March 

 is the earliest date on which I saw it, and it continued more or 

 less common till the end of November, fresh specimens appearing 

 about the end of June. The var. pallida (helice) was moderately 

 frequent, and general variation from the typical form followed on 

 the same hnes as usual with this species. 



