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Metabolia, Peli) — int as the preceding: ‘Wings not very nar- Metabolia. 
—=—c Famuy I. Papilionida. - = ae egeeen: a. ited to=———" 
esis dati cylindric. i , admit the abdomen, but not tailed. Feet alike in both 
: alae Tees Gof ln with distinct Ma beng — sexes ; claws unidentate or bifid. ; 
mago ' 
416. Parr. news CCCCKVL Paritio. Fabr. Latr. Leach. Chrysalis angulated, fastened by a transverse thread. 
a : at their points, furnished with a conic- * Anterior wings somewhat trigonate; hinder 
ovate or , somewhat arcuate, club. - ee MH ER COT a o 
: Palpi_ pressed close to the face, - scarcely . 1. Crategi. Wings white, with a faint tinge of Crategi. 
net two first joints of equal Sellemials and black nerveurs. 
nished with distinct but simple claws. Anterior wi . Pontia crategi.  Fabr. 
erally somewhat falcate ; hinder ones often ; Inhabits Europe. In England, it is found near Lon- 
the internal margin excised or folded to admit of free don, where it is.called Black-veined white. 
play for the abdomen. Sp.2. Brassicee, (large cabbage-butterfly). Brassica. 
sa seep ee wens nya Sadayy an Rareibe. Papilio bras — 
4 chrysalis angulated, with two processes before ; it ‘ontia brassice. Fabr. , 
_ fastens itself by a transverse thread. ‘ Pieris brassicae. Latr. ‘ 
rae ee ee an, cotaeten sien saiet Inhabits Europe everywhere. The larva feeds on 
* Apdo pan eS agape dates say “ Siisetie) s 
warmer regions, very occurring in the more tem- 3. , (small cabbage- lye" 8 pe. 
perate parts of the world. Their flight is extremely Papo rape. — 
: rapid. ontia ra " . 
Machaon. § Sp.1. Machaon. Black and yellow ; hinder wings Podsean. Latr. 
tailed ; edges of the wings black, with yellow cres- - Inhabits on cabbages. ; 
cents ; the tips of the hinder ones with a red spot at 4. Napi, veined white butterfly). Napi- 
heir inferior ti Deacon: 
pe scot Linn. Fabr. Pontia napi. F 
Europe ; the larva in the fennel. Pieris na, Latr, 
In England it is called the Swallow-tailed ,  » Inhabits everywhere. “ 
and is very local. It is the most superb of all the Sp. 5. Cardamines, (orange-tipt butterfly). . Cardami- 
tish of this . The caterpillar is green, ‘apilio cardamines. Linn. eg 
with black, marked by a row of red spots, It | Pontia cardamines, Fabr. & 
pee, php std state in July ; and the fly is Pieris cardamines, Latr. 
wo broods are suid to be found ; Inhabits Europe. The larva feeds on the Carda- 
the first in , having lain in the chrysalis or pupa mine pratensis. 
state all the winter. Papilio ice, Linn.; Pontia daplidice, Fabr. ; 
Papilio rius of Linné, which tothis Pieris idice of Latreille, has been introduced into 
genus, has introduced into the British Fauna, on the Bri anes t on very slender authority. 
dubious 2 PS ee 
Doni. us - Doritis. Fabricius. Sp. 6. Sinapis. Wings white, with blackish tips. sinapis. 
Parnassius. | (Wood white ). : 
Papilio sinapis. 
Bay ges meacmemageas Ungues or claws sim- —_—— Pieris sinapis. Latr. 
} rising above the clypeus, very prominent, Genus CCCCXIX. Cours, Fabr. Latr. 419, Co- 
cylindric-conic, with three very distinct joints. An-  Preris. Schrank. L148. 
tenn with a thickened, somewhat ovate straight head. | Antenne short, gradually thickening into an obco- 
inde mage vee reds the internal margin excised, nic head. Palpi much compressed ; the last joint very 
to admit of e play for the abdomen. short. Feet alike in both.sexes, all with bifid, or umi- 
. The smooth, somewhat folliculate. dentate nails. wos anterior, somewhat trigonate ; * 
‘ 1. Wings white, rounded, spotted with hinder rounded, with a groove to receive the abdo- 
3 the lower pair marked with annular red spots. men. 
Papilio Apollo. Gmelin. Serene a transverse thread, 
Parnassius Latr. Sp. 1. Hiya y (dlouded yellow butterfly) Hyale. 
Doritis Fabr. Papilio yale of authors, 
Inhabits y and France. : iho Schrank. 
Larva black, with red, Chrysalis brown, Colias es Fabr. Latr. 
powdered with v Inhabits Occurs in England once in three 
This elegant insect, which has been confounded by mapa Ae » in every part of the country. 
some authors with Doritis Ni and Phebus, is There isa coloured variety of each sex, which have 
mage reapbertngeew >. ce wy ae been i as distinct species. 166. G 
no right or whatever to a place in ritish © Genvs CCCCXX. Gonepreryx. Leach, z's 
Fauna, has been described as such by Mr = Cotas. Fabr. Latr. aigeiv 
it 
Harworth, has been figured by Mr Donovan on Pieris, Schrank, 
the most and unsatisfactory authority, Antenne short, ually thickening into an obconic 
Pox. Genus XVIIL Pontia. Fabr. head. Palpi cee ech yews ; the last joint 
Pieris. Schrank, Latr. very short. Feet alike in both sexes, all with » bifid 
Antenne , with an abrupt, obconic, compres- or unidentate nail. Wings angulated, , the hin- 
sed head, slender, somewhat cylindric ; the last Ti tak Gatal need ete 
