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DUSKY- VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY. 



Pontia Sahellicce. 



PLATE VIII. Fig. 3. 



Stephens, Must. Haust. i. pi. Ill * fig. 3 $ ; fig. 4 $ Pap. 



Bryonia?, Godart, Ency. Meth. No. 146. 



Upper surface of the wings, which are short and 

 considerably rounded, yellowish-white ; the base, an- 

 terior margin, and the tip, dusky black, all the ner- 

 vures with a broad stripe of the same colour, the 

 male having a single dusky spot towards the tip, and 

 the female two. On the under side, the hinder 

 wings, and the tip of the anteiior pair, are tinged 

 with sulphur-yellow, and ad the nervures are broadly 

 margined with dusky. 



The larva of this insect, which may eventually 

 prove to be a distinct species, is not known. The 

 fly has been frequently taken in the vicinity of Lon- 

 don. " Not rare in some seasons near Newcastle." 

 — G. IVailes, Esq, 



