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EARLY WHITE CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. 



Pontia Chariclea. 



PLATE VIII. Fig. 1.— Mjjjs. 



Stephen's Illus. Huust. i. PI. 3, fig. 1. £ , fig. 2. $ 



This insect is in general considerably less than the 

 preceding species ; the anterior wings have a similar 

 patch on the tip, but it is of a light brown, approach- 

 ing to ash-colour, clouded with black internally, espe- 

 cially in the female, and having no strongly marked 

 indentations on its inner side ; the fringe yellowish- 

 white. On the underside, the tip of the primary 

 wings is yellow, and the secondary pair entirely 

 deep yellow, very thickly sprinkled with minute black 

 points ; in other respects there is no appreciable dif 

 ference from P. Brassicce. 



Said to occur in the beginning of May, and again 

 in the end of June. It ha3 hitherto been observed 

 chiefly in Hertford and Derbyshires ; and Mr Wailes 

 thinks that he has seen it in the neighbourhood of 

 Newcastle. 



