SCIENCE- GOSS/P. 



B. Ii. wings spotted beneath. 



a. Wings white. 



1. A. hi-lhi. 



2. ,, tagis. 



b. Wings yellow. 



1 . J . cha/rlonia. 



2. „ levaillantii. 



:i. ,, mesopotamiod. 

 II. Fore wings with orange patches at apex, at 

 least in S, two branches of subcostal nervure 

 thrown off before the end of the cell. 



A. Wings white in both sexes. 



1 . A. at rdami lie. 



2. „ Ueti. 



B. Wings white only in 9 • 



1. .1. gruneri. 



2. „ da/mone. 



3. „ eitphtno. 



4. „ euphenaides. 



1. A. belemia Esp. 110, 2. Lg. 13. E. p. 36. 

 PI. VIII. fig. 3. 



36 — 41 mm. 



Wings white, f.w. rather pointed at tip, costa 

 with small black spots. At the extremity of disc- 

 oidal cell a black spot. H.w. somewhat more 

 angular than in the other species ; with stripes 

 and not spots beneath of white or silvery on a 

 deep bright-green ground easily distinguishing 

 this species from any other Palaearctic Antho- 

 cha/ris. 



Hab. S. Spain, Portugal, Algeria. I. — IV. ac- 

 cording to latitude. 



• Larva pubescent, yellow finely speckled with 

 black, with three rosy-red longitudinal bands, on 

 Oruciferae (Boisd). 



a. var. glauee Hub. 546, 7. Lg. B. E. p. 36. 

 PI. VIII. fig. 4. A seasonal dimorphic form of second 

 generation. Differs from type merely in its some- 

 what larger size — the markings of upper side less 

 intensely black. The u.s. h.w. with the white 

 stripes much less defined, and the green markings 

 brownish, with but a slight tinge of green. IV., V. 

 distribution as in type. 



2. A. falloui Allarcl. Ann. S. Fr. 1867. Stgr. 

 Cat. p. 3. 



35 — 37 mm. 



A single $ specimen in my collection, received 

 from Dr. Staudinger from Algeria, resembles 

 glauee, but is smaller and more faintly marked. 

 The disc, spot f.w. is much narrower, and not 

 marked with white. It seems to replace the other 

 forms in the hotter and more arid portions of 

 Algeria bordering on the Sahara. III. 



3. A. boliaCr. Pap. Exot. PI. 397. (17*2.) 

 36 — 43 mm. 



Wings white. F.w. with a black tip spotted 

 with white, a large quadrate black discoidal spot, 

 and having the costa spotted with black. H.w. 

 white. U.S. F.w. tip greenish-yellow, marked 



with pearly or silvery blotches. H.w. dark-green, 



more or less mixed with yellow and marked with 

 ;i number of while or silvery spol s, mostly rounded 

 inform, y larger than $, and with the spots u.s. 

 h.w. Less often silvery. 



Hah. South Europe, North Africa, Asia .Minor. 

 III.— V. 



Larva yellow,-spotted with black, with lateral 

 and dorsal pink-red stripes. Feeds on Biscutella. 



a. var. ausonia Hub. 5*2, .".. Lg. I'.. E. p. 37. 

 PI. VIII. fig. 6. Larger and paler in coloration than 

 the type. F.w. without costal row of black dots. 

 U.S., h.w. with the green colouring replaced by 

 yellowish ; spots more irregularly arranged and 

 without silver markings. Second general inn : in 

 the more southern parts of habitat, the differ- 

 ence from the type is most strongly marked. Hah. 

 as in type. V.e. — VII. e. 



b. var. simplonia Fir. B. 73, 2 (1829). Lg. B. E. 

 p. 37. PL VIII. fig. 7. More heavily marked than 

 type, especially at apices f.w. Basal half of costal 

 f.w. without black dots, which are generally re- 

 placed by a narrow black line meeting disc. spot. 

 U.S., h.w. of a dark green, white spots small and 

 not silvery. An Alpine form. Hab. The moun- 

 tains of Switzerland, Riviera, Austria, and Pied- 

 mont. VI., VII. 



c. var. pulverata Christ. R. H. p. 134. The white 

 spots at the apex f.w. smaller. U.S., h.w. with 

 more numerous and smaller white spots. Hab. 

 Schahrud, Persia ; Tekke, Osch. IV. 



d. var. roma/na Calb. K. H. p. 134. 38 — 44 mm. 

 From the description in R. H. this form appears to 

 be very close to ausonia, but is larger and lighter. 

 I have not seen a specimen. Hab. The Roman 

 States. 



4. A. tagis Hub. 565, 6. Lg. B. E. u. 38. 

 PI. VIII. fig. 8. 



33 — 38 mm. 



Very much resembles the allied species last 

 described, but the white spots on the black apical 

 patch f.w. are much smaller. The disc, spot is 

 narrower than in A. Delia. U.s. f.w. apices broadly 

 marked with bluish-green in S, yellowish in 2 

 with very faint wdiite spots. H.w. ground colour 

 bluish -green in 3, yellowish in ? , having the 

 appearance of being dusted with dark scales. 

 White spots very small and few compared with 

 those seen in .1. belia. 



Hab. Portugal and Andalusia ; Elvas. Seville. 

 Cadiz, Granada, Valencia, etc. It docs not seem 

 unlikely that small specimens of ,1. beHa from 

 Spain and Portugal have often been considered as 

 belonging to this species. The coloured figure in 

 my own former work is by no means satisfactory : 

 and does not give a proper idea of the peculiar 

 cloudy and undefined character of the markings of 

 the u.s. h.w.. which are very distinct from those of 

 A. belia. IV., V. 



LARVA. Pubescent, green, very finely speckled 



