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There are three or four broods in the year. 



VARIETY. v. Subalpina. 



HABITAT. Madone des Fenetres near Saint-Martin- 

 Vfesubie, at a height of 6000 feet and over ; also 

 Mt. Balme de la Frema. 



This very dark variety, which resembles the v. Sim- 

 plonia of Anthocaris Belia, is usually found at a 

 greater elevation than the type. 



F*. FMilaeas. 



TIMBS OF APPEARANCE. Throughout the greater 

 part of the year, there being several broods. 



I have taken it in Nice, as early as the end of 

 February. 



HABITAT. Common everywhere. 



LARVA. On various species of Rumex, in May, 

 July and September. 



VARIETIES. v. Schmidtii. 

 and v. Eleus. 



The following description of Schmidtii is taken 

 from Lang., vol. I, p. 93 ,1 can find no other satisfactory 

 mention of it in the works I have consulted. 



It will, no doubt, enable collectors who may be so 

 fortunate as to chance to find this very scarce variety 

 in identifying it. " In this form, all those portions of 

 the wing that are normally copper-coloured are bril- 

 liant shining white." 



HABITAT. "It is found most commonly in the 

 southern districts of the territory inhabited by 

 P. 'Phlaeas, but it occasionally occurs in the more 

 northern parts " ........ 



Eleus is darker than the type Phlaeas 



