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Genus ANTHOCHARIS. 



A section of Pieris has lately been established as a 

 genus under the above name, founded, however, on 

 characters not of a very decided description. The 

 most important one perhaps is the shape of the chry- 

 salis, which is boat-shaped, or equally attenuated to 

 both extremities, somewhat arched, and without late- 

 ral points. The antennae of the perfect insect are 

 short, with the articulations distinctly marked, the 

 club rather abrupt and forming an ovoid compressed 

 mass. The common British species Mancipium 

 Cardamines is referred to it, and this insect may be 

 regarded as a characteristic example of the kinds 

 which it includes. Like the Orange-tip, the ma- 

 jority have a patch of bright red on the tips of the 

 anterior wings, and the under side of the posterior 

 is often beautifully marked with green and pearl 

 white. Several other species, besides that just 

 mentioned, are natives of Europe, but their principal 

 resort seems to be the intertropical countries of 

 Africa. 



