DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES Otf CONSPICUOUS SPECIES 93 



FAMILY I. PAPILIONID^E. Subfamily Pieridi. 



APORIA CRATJEGI. THE BLACK- VEINED 

 WHITE BUTTERFLY. 



A peculiar-looking insect, common where it occurs, 

 but by no means generally distributed. It is met with 

 at Herne Bay, at Lyndhurst in the New Forest, and at 

 Lewes in Sussex. 



The expansion of the wings is about 2J inches. The 

 wings are all white, rather transparent, with strongly- 

 marked black veins, and along the hind margin of the 

 fore-wings is a dusky cloud. 



The larva is black on the back, with two reddish- 

 yellow stripes ; the sides and belly are ashy-grey ; it is 

 covered with whitish hairs. It feeds in May on haw- 

 thorn principally, but is also found on apple, pear, sloe, 

 and plum. 



The perfect insect makes its appearance in June. 



FAMILY I. PAPILIONLD,E. Subfamily Pieridi. 



PIERI8 BRASSICrf. THE LAEGE WHITE 

 BUTTEEFLY. 



A most abundant species throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about 2 J inches. The 

 fore -wings are white, with the tip black and with the 

 base and costa blackish. The male has no black spots 

 on the surface of the fore -wings, but the female has two 

 round black spots and a black dash on the inner margin. 

 In both sexes the hind- wing's are white, with a black 

 spot on the costa. 



The larva is rather handsome, but it is such a pest in 

 kitchen-gardens that we are apt to overlook its beauty. 



