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GREEN VEINED. 



PLATE IX. 



Pontia najri, Fabricius. Ociisenueimer. Curtis. 



" " Stephe^js. Duncan. 



Pajiilio napi, LiNN.EUS. Lewin. Donovan. 



" " Albin. Wilkes. 



Pieris napi, ScHRANK. Latreille. 



" " BoisDUVAL. Zetterstedt. 



G a nor is naj)i, Dalman. 



Catopkarju napi, IIuBNEE. 



Comparatively plain as tliis insect is, yet, looking at it, as 

 at all others, with the eves that the entomologist does, he will 

 always say "Who can paint like nature?" 



The Green-veined White is another of our most common 

 native species. It occurs about the middle of May, and also 

 in July, and is found in all situations — gardens, woods, lanes, 

 and fields. 



The caterpillar feeds on different species of Brassica, Reseda, 

 Hap/tamis, and other plants. 



This species varies greatly in size, some being only about 

 an inch and a half in width, and others as much as two. A 

 very small one, captured I believe by myself some years since, 

 and figured in the plate, is only an inch and a quarter across 

 the Avings. 



The wings are white, dusky black at the tips and the base; 

 and there is generally a black spot not far from the outside 

 edge of the fore wings. Some however have no spot whatever, 

 or the very faintest indication of one, which is more visible if 

 held up against the light. There arc some small irregularly- 

 shaped triangular marks at the end of the nerves at the outside 



