to February. Most common in October, frequenting blossoms of 

 Cape dandelion {Cryjptostemma calendnlacea), the colour of which 

 agrees so well with the insects as to make it very difficult to 

 discern them. 



PiERis, Sclir. 



3. P. Teutonia, Fahr. 



Pap. T., Syst. Ent., p. 474, n. 137, 1775 ; Tepp., Tr. Roy. Soc. 

 S.A., for 1881. 



Syn. — -Pap. coronea. Cram., Pap. Ex. 1, t. 68, B.C., 1779; 

 female Pap. Deiopeia, Don., Ins. N.H., t. 21, 1 2, 1805? 

 P. Clytie, Don., I.e., t. 19, f. 2, 1805 ; P. Niseia, Mad, King's 

 Surv. Aust., App. 459, n. 138, 1827. 



Parkside, Blackwood, "Waterfall Gully, kc, also in the Botanic 

 Gardens, Adelaide, frequenting Capparis spinosa in November, 

 and again in March. On November 15, 1889, this species 

 appeared in hundreds passing from south to north. The following 

 day scarcely one was to be seen, nor have I observed them in 

 such numbers since. Its proper food plant is Capparis Mitchelli, 

 but we have reared specimens from the egg-stage by feeding with 

 C. spinosa. 



Egg. — Cylindrical, slightly narrowing at both ends, longitudin- 

 ally grooved with 8 to 10 furrows. Colour, orange; after the 

 larva emerge the shell becomes pearly white. The eggs are 

 deposited on the underside of the terminal leaves in clusters of 

 from 15 to 26. The imago deposits them at the rate of about 13 

 a minute, and when examined they resemble miniature ninepins. 

 They hatch nine days after being laid. Length, l\ mm. 



Young larva (on emergence). — Dull orange-yellow, head and 

 anal segment fuscous. All the segments are furnished with long 

 hairs, being longest on anterior segment. The young larva on 

 exclusion begin to feed voraciously on the shell of the egg, after- 

 wards on the leaf of food plant. Length, 3 mm. 



After First Moidt. — Head black, body light-brown, thickly 

 studded with golden yellow spots and whitish hairs, giving the 

 caterpillar a very pretty appearance. Length, 9 mm. 



After Second Moidt. — No perceptible difference excepting that 

 the colour of body is more whitish, and has a somewhat polished 

 appearance. Length, 18 to 22 mm. 



LarvcE Full Grown. — Head shining black, minutely dusted 

 with yellowish and covered with rather long, erect whitish hairs. 

 Body shining dark-brown, with a darker dorsal streak, minutely 

 sprinkled with short erect hairs. Second and third segments 

 with a collar of moderate-sized golden yellow spots placed 

 anteriorly. Fourth and fifth similar. All other segments have 

 six golden spots about same size as preceding, only instead of 



