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Nemeobius Lucina. Buhe of Burgundy Fntillary, This, 

 wliich is the only British species of this genus, measures 

 about fourteen lines ; the upper surface is dark brown ; an- 

 terior wings with three series of Hght yellowish spots ; the 

 marginal row with a black dot in each ; the posterior wings 

 have also a row of yellow spots, with the margin similar to 

 that of the upper pair; the under side is much paler, 

 marked with light spots and streaks of black ; the hinder 

 wings have two pale bands, composed of oval marks, the 

 outer one edged with black. The caterpillar is long, oval, 

 and depressed, of a pale olive-brown, with a large black spot 

 on each segment ; it feeds on the cowslip and primrose. The 

 butterfly is rather local. 



Lepidoptera. Papilionid^. 



PONTIA. 



Generic Listinctions. — See page 95. 



PoNTiA BRASSic^. (Plate Y.) Common Cabbage Butterfly. 

 The wings of this well-known insect are white above, with 

 a large patch of black on the tip of the anterior pair ; the 

 male has no other mark, excepting a black spot on the outer 

 edge of the secondary wings ; but the female has in addition 



