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of the egg stage is about seven days, varying according to 
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First Instar—Length, a little over 1 mm. Color, orange-yellow, be- 
_ turning dark; head black. 
Third Instar—Length, 5.5 mm. The markings can now be plainly 
_ seen; the dorsal stripe is bluish or grayish green; on each side of this 
a is a subdorsal yellowish green stripe, then a lateral grayish green stripe, 
__ and finally an infralateral yellowish line; ventral surface greenish ; head 
3, almost black; numerous black tubercles scattered over the 
Instar—Length in motion 33 mm.; at rest 28 mm. Cylindrical, 
; head rounded, small. Colors much brighter; ground color 
upper half of infralateral line white, lower half yellow ; head 
black; thoracic legs black, abdominal ones green- 
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full grown, loses its bright colors and soon 
buttons and girdle from which it is to hang, 
colors are replaced anteriorly and on the line of 
by a purplish tinge. After the girdle is completed, 
remains quiet for from 36 to 40 hours, when pupa- 
place. It will not be necessary to give at length 
operation, as it has already been described in the case of 
___ a Closely allied species (olympia) and is also much similar to 
, that of Pontia rapae and others of that genus. 
verage length 26 mm. Cylindrical, slender, thickest in 
and tapering therefrom evenly, the ends being nearly equal size. 
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on the ventral side to the tips of the antennz, which are light, and 
on the dorsal side only to a point opposite the eyes; wing veins marked 
in brown; dorsal side of thorax and abdomen light yellow or cream 
color; ventral side light brown. There are five well-defined lines on the 
pupa; a dorsal one, dark brown, running the full length of the body 
