%11 THE LARGE GARDEN WHITE BUTTERFLY. 



and trees, which they extract by means of their long 

 proboscis or tongue. Their caterpillars are some- 

 times smooth, and sometimes thickly covered with 

 hair ; and their chrysalids are naked, and attached, 

 apparently in a lifeless state, to trees or other sub- 

 stances, by filaments proceeding either from the tip 

 or the middle of their bodies. 



Their antennas are thicker towards the tip than in 

 any other part, and generally end in a knob. The 

 wings, when at rest, are erect, the upper edges 

 meeting together over the body. They are entirely 

 diurnal animals. 



THE LARGE GARDEN WHITE BUTTERFLY*. 



This is a common species, and often, in its ca- 

 terpillar state, very destructive to our cabbage and 

 cauliflower plants. The caterpillars seem almost 

 confined to these vegetables, on which they are ge- 

 nerally to be found in great numbers from June to 

 October. The Butterflies first appear on wing in 

 the middle of May, and, about the end of the same 

 month, lay their eggs in clusters on the under sides 

 of cabbage leaves. In a few days after the caterpil- 

 lars come forth, and continue to feed together till the 

 end of June, when they are at their full growth. 

 They then traverse about in search of convenient 

 places to fix themselves, where, after their change? 

 the chrysalis may be sheltered. When such are 



Papilio Brassicx. Lin** 



