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BATH WHITE BUTTERFLY. 



Mancipium Daplidice. 



PLATE IX. Fig. 2. 



Pap. Daplidice, Linn — Leicin^ pi. 28 Donov. vi. 47, pi. 



200 — Bath White, Leivin, 1. c — Green chequered White, 

 Haworlh, Curtis, B. E. i. pi. 48. 



The male of this rare British insect is nearly- 

 white above ; the superior wings have a large black- 

 ish patch at the tip, interrupted by large spots of 

 white, and a dusky spot near the middle, with a 

 faint white streak across the centre of it. The se- 

 condary wings are unspotted in this sex, but in the 

 female they are widely bordered with black, which 

 is sinuated and divided by large spots of the ground- 

 colour of the surface : the female has likewise an 

 additional black spot on the upper wings, near the 

 hinder angle, and is usually laiger than the male. 

 The markings on the under side of the primary 

 wings nearly correspond to those on the upper side, 

 but instead of being black, they are greenish. The 

 hinder wings are green beneath, sprinkled with mi- 

 nute black points, with a row of large white spots 

 on the hinder margin, an irregular cross band 

 of white, and three spots of that colour towards 



