SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



73 



Hah. Namangan, Turkestan, Alai mountains, 

 Taldyk, E. Alai, end of May (R. & II.). I have two 

 specimens from the Alai from (Mr. Elwes) dated 

 June. Two from Staudinger with the locality 

 Pamir. Elwes says that this species seems to re- 

 present bryoniae in the high mountains of the 

 Pamir. 



On the whole. I think P. ochseriheimeri may be 

 admitted as a good species, though it comes very 

 near to ab. bryoniae. The markings of the $ and 

 the white colour of ? , together with the colora- 

 tion of the u.s., seem distinctive. 



[The following are probably only local forms of 

 Pieris napi and P. oleraceae: — P. venosa Scudd. 

 Proc. Bost. Nat. Hist. Soc. VIII., p. 182. 30—35 

 mm. Resembles P. napi, but is smaller, and in S 

 without markings above, very faintly marked in 

 2. ix. s. as in P. nap>i, but markings very light and 

 faint. Hab. Alaska. P. frigida Scudd. Proc. 

 Bost. VIII. (1861), p. 4. Stgr. Cat., 1871, p. 3. 

 (P. oleraceae B. var. ?).] 



21. P. callidice Esp. 115, 2, 3.i Lg. B. E. p. 32. 

 pi. VII. fig. 3. 



42 — 4(3 mm. 



Wings white, £ with an elongated black spot 

 on f .w. at the end of the* disc. cell. Midway 

 between this and apex a row of small black spots, 

 ■of three near costa and one below the second 

 nervule, a marginal row of five small triangular 

 black spots reaching from apex. H.w. without 

 pattern, with the exception of what appears 

 through of the underside markings ; base dusky. 

 9 somewhat larger than $ and with the markings 

 greatly expanded, so as to have the following 

 characters. F.w. disc, spot large and sometimes 

 nearly square, marg. and ante-marg. spots forming 

 a broad blackish band enclosing a row of white 

 angulated spots. H.w. with a dusky border en- 

 closing a row of white angulated spots. U.s. disc, 

 spot and apices with greenish yellow: H.w. neu- 

 ration broadly marked with brownish green, en- 

 closing light yellow spaces mostly of an arrow- 

 head shape. 



Hab. Alpine slopes from 5,000 to 8,000 feet in 

 the mountains of Switzerland, France, Austria 

 and the Caucasus. VI-VIII. according to altitude. 

 The flight of this species is powerful. 



Larva. Dark greyish blue spotted with black. 

 •On each segment four longitudinal stripes, marked 

 with light yellow spots. IX. on various Alpine 

 Cruciferae. Pupa. Grey, finely powdered with 

 black, and with a yellow dorsal line (Bd.). 



a. var. chrysidice H.S., 200, 3, p. 97. Somewhat 

 larger than type, S f.w. with the black spots more 

 strongly defined. Disc, spot with a light centre in 

 both sexes. 9 duskier and more broadly marked. 

 U.s. ground colour nearly white, markings greener. 

 An Asiatic form of the species. Hab. Trans- 

 •caucasia, Asia Minor, Turkestan, Tarbagtai, Altai 

 <Elwes). VI., VII. 



b. var. Italora Moore. Larger than type. No 

 white centre to disc, spot f.w. 9 more dusky 

 and more broadly marked. U.s. h.w. in both sexes 

 with the darker markings predominating. Hab. 

 Lahoul, Himalayas 1.3,000 ft, VI. 



" I do not see how the line can be drawn between 

 chrysidice, callidice, and kalom of Moore, when a 

 large number are compared, though those from the 

 European Alps are usually more yellowish on the 

 hind wing below." (Elwes., T. E. S. L. 1899. III., 

 p. 318.) 



22. P. daplidiee Lin. Syst. Nat. x. 468. Lg. 

 B. E. p. 33. PI. VII. fig. 4. " The green chequered- 

 white." 



39-47 mm. 



c? f.w. with a black patch at apex extending 

 half-way along ou. marg. and enclosing four white 

 spots alternately from above large and small; at 

 end of disc, cell is a large square black spot with a 

 white line in the centre, where it is intersected by 

 the nervule. H.w. without markings, except some- 

 times a few obscure black marg. spots. The green 

 pattern of the u.s. shows through as a grey shading. 

 $ generally rather larger than $ , markings more 

 extended. F.w. with an additional black spot near 

 in. marg. H.w. with marginal and ante-marginal 

 rows of greyish-black spots. U.s. f.w. green spotted 

 with white at apices, disc, spot powdered with 

 green. H.w. green with a central wavy white 

 band, a marginal row of white spots, and three 

 more white spots in the anterior part of wing area 

 towards base. 



Hab. The Palaearctic Region, excepting the 

 Polar portion. IV — IX. Double brooded. It is 

 occasionally taken in England, principally on the 

 South Coast near Dover, etc. These specimens are 

 probably immigrant from the Continent, and are 

 always those of the summer brood. 



Larva. Greyish blue, covered with small black 

 granulations, with four longitudinal white stripes 

 and a yellow spot on each segment. Legs and 

 ventral surface white. On Cruciferae and Rese- 

 daceae. Ve. Vile. VIII. Pupa. Grey, speckled 

 with black and with reddish stripes. 



a. var. bellidice. O. i. 2, 154. Lg. B. E. p. 34, 

 pi. VIII. rig. 2. Smaller than type, markings more 

 grey than black, at least in $ . U.s. h.w. with 

 smaller white spots, and with the green colour 

 much darker. A small form of the first generation. 

 Hab. The more southern parts of Europe, South 

 Russia, and Turkestan. IV., V. 



b. var. raphani Esp. 1 persica Biern. U.s. with 

 light yellow markings in place of green. Hab. 

 Turkestan and Persia. VIII. 



c var. albidioe Oberth. A name given by M 

 Oberthur to a local variety found in Spain and 

 Algiers. VII — VIII. Smaller, more slender, and 

 whiter than type, the markings of the undersi<l<- 

 not appearing above. 



(To be continued.) 



1)3 



