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Aporia cratagi. — Forty-three specimens. Five from the Hope 

 Collection, 11 from the Spilsbury, 9 from the Chitty, 10 from the 

 Sellon, all without data. From the Meldola Collection are 8, 

 5 of which are labelled : 1 " Wales," but no date ; and 4 " New 

 Forest, Lyndhurst, 1875." 



Pieris hrassica. — A long series from many localities. A series 

 of eight from the Isle of Wight labelled as a third brood from 

 ova deposited in August, 1898, and as emerging October 13th, 

 1898. All of these are rather small. No remarkable variation, 

 except that one male has a small black spot on the fore wings 

 corresponding in place with the upper spot on the fore wing of 

 the female. It was bred at Lee, North Devon, May 3rd, 1897, 

 by Prof. Selwyn Image. 



P. rapes. — A long series of upwards of 100 from many locali- 

 ties among them a quite spotless male with the usual dark mark 

 at the apex of the fore wings only indicated bv a few grey scales, 

 taken at Finchley, April 15th, 1893, by Dr. F. A. Dixey, F.R.S. 

 Another very similar male from North Staffordshire, May 5tb, 

 1917, taken by myself. In both the black spot on the costa of 

 the hind wings is wanting. Several cream or pale buff-coloured 

 females from various localities. A female with a third spot in 

 the fore wings between the usual two, taken by myself in North 

 Staffordshire. Several dwarfs. 



P. napi. — A very long and varied series, from England, 

 Scotland and Ireland, kverij small female in the Sellon Collection 

 taken in the New Forest in July, 1892. Another very slightly 

 larger taken by Mr. Holland near Reading, in July, 1893, and 

 tbree other dwarf specimens taken by myself in the New Forest. 

 A very heavily marked female with the tips of the fore wings quite 

 black, not grey, the base of the fore wings heavily suffused with 

 grey ; the veins of the hind wings pale, inconspicuous except near 

 the edges of the wings, where they are quite black ; north 

 Staffordshire, August 7th, 1917, taken by myself. Another very 

 similar from Perthshire, August, 1905, from the Meldola 

 Collection. A long series from many parts of Scotland in which 

 are many fine varieties from the Meldola Collection. A series 

 of four very finely marked specimens from Enniskillen, bred 

 by H. Main, presented by the late A. Harrison. One of the 

 males has a supernumerary spot at the inner angle of the 

 fore wings in the same position as the normal black spot of 

 the female. A dark cream-coloured female from Tyrone. 



P. daplidice. — Nine specimens, 4 from the Hope and 3 from 

 the Spilsbury collections, without data. One from the Chitty 

 Collection labelled, " Taken by a labourer near Brighton." 

 Another labelled, " Berks, Ascot. Capt. July, '97, by J. Paterson, 

 a schoolboy. Presented 1900 by H. A. Ormerod." 



