BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



down the back, and a yellow one along the sides. The 

 back and upper sides have black warts covered with 

 hairs. The under parts are whitish-grey. The green 



G refn veined Whire/. 



ttooliir Old* . 



pupa is relieved with brown and yellowish, but it exhibits 

 variation in both colour and markings. The characteris- 

 tic feature of the mature insect is the strongly-veined 

 wings, especially the under-surfaces of the hind ones. 

 It is sometimes difficult to determine which species it is 

 (Small White or Green-Veined) as the insect flies quickly 

 by, but all doubt is set at rest when the latter is discovered 

 in a state of repose and close scrutiny is thus permitted. 



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Orange-Tip. — {Eiichloe cardamines.) This favourite 



Butterfly (Fig. 2) rarely fails to attract attention when 



the male, with his orange-tipped fore wings, flits by, 

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