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SMALL WHITE. 



PLATE VIII. 



Pontia rapce, Ochsenkeimer. Stephens. 



" " Curtis. Duncan. 



Papilio rajxe, Linn.eus. Ha worth. 



" " Lewin. Wilkes. 



Pieris rapce, Latreille. Boisduval. Zetterstedt. 



Ganoris rapes, Dalman. 



Catophaga rapce, Hubner. 



This common species inhabits tlic whole of Europe from 

 north to south, and is found also in "various j^arts of Asia, and 

 the north of Africa. 



An extraordinary migration of this Butterfly from France to 

 Dover -was witnessed on the 5th. of July, 1846; and the 

 "Canterbury Journal" recorded at the time that siich was the 

 density and extent of the cloud formed by the living mass, 

 that it completely obscured the sun from the people on board 

 the continental steamers on their passage, for many hundreds of 

 yards, while the insects strewed the deej) in all directions. 

 The flight reached England about twelve o'clock at noon, and 

 dispersed themselves inland and along shore, darkening the air 

 as they went. During the sea passage of the Butterflies, the 

 weather was calm and sunny, with scarce a puff of wind stir- 

 ring, but an hour or so after they reached 'terra firma,' it 

 came on to blow "great guns" from the S. AV., the direction 

 A^'hcnce the insects came. The gardens suffered from the ravages 

 of their larvae, even at the distance of ten miles from Dover. 



In this country the Small AMiite is very abundant, and there 

 are two broods, one aj)pearing towards the end of April, and 

 the other about the bcoiuniu": of Jul v. 



