LEUCOPHASIA SINAPIS. 6 1 



There are no very marked varieties of E. cardamines, 

 though differences in size occur as well as in the develop- 

 ment of the markings, and the ground-colour has been 

 known to be quite yellow. 



Leucophasia, Stephens. 



Our attention is next claimed by a little butterfly that 

 belongs to the genus Leucophasia , a name given in 

 consequence of the white appearance of the individuals 

 comprised in it. The genus contains but one British 

 species, whose slender form and small size will doubtless 

 at once distinguish it from every other British butterfly. 

 But should there be the slightest doubt as to its identity, 

 this may be quickly set at rest by reference to the some- 

 what uncommon length of the nervures arising from the 

 discoidal cell, as shown in Fig. 49. 



L. sinapis, Linn. (Wood White), is indeed a very 

 singular little butterfly, quite fairy-like in appearance, 

 with its long, slender body and slight, delicate wings, 

 and possessing no fine markings or bright colours with 

 which to make up in beauty what it lacks in size. But 

 were it ever so fine an insect, its beauty would be lost 

 to the observation of the many, for the Wood White 

 delights to wing its languid way along the silent wood- 

 land paths and glades. It is seldom seen to settle, and 

 its aimless flight reminds one of some restless spirit 

 wandering on and on and finding no repose, a fancy 

 aided by the graceful airiness of the little creature. 



In consequence of the retired spots which it delights 

 to haunt, the Wood White is none too often seen, though 

 Newman records that it has been taken in most of the 

 counties of England, and abundantly in some places, of 

 which we might instance Lancashire and Westmoreland, 

 and parts of some of the southern counties, Devon, Hants 



