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dopt. I., vol. 2, p. 189 (1890). This form, which 

 has been treated by one or two authors as a dis- 

 tinct species, differs from the usual type in its small 

 size, and in the proportionately large discoidal 

 spot. I believe this to be merely a dwarf condition 

 of A. cardamines^ 



c. var. alberti Hoffm. U.S., h.w. showing very 

 litlla white on account of them being powdered 

 with dark scales. Hab. Various parts of Germany. 



9. A. bieti Oberth. E. H. p. 140. 



42 — 44 mm. 



This very distinct species seems to be most 

 properly placed here, though by some it has even 

 been included in the genus Mided, on account of 

 the shape of the f.w. 



The f.w., instead of being rounded, are hooked at 

 the apex like those of Rhodoeera rhamni. Other- 

 wise, in size and colouration the insect is very 

 like A. cardamines. The orange patch on the f.w. 

 of $ , however, is less extensive and paler in 



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colour, and with a faint black patch or spot on its 

 edge below the discoidal spot, which latter is partly 

 outside the orange patch. Apex greyish, mixed 

 with white. H.w. above and below much as in A. 

 cardamines but paler. $ as $ , but without 

 orange patch, and with apex f.w. very indistinctly 

 marked with grey. 



Hab. Amdo, Thibet. On mountains. 



10. A. gruneri H. S. 551-4, Lg. B. E. p. 40, 

 pi. ix. 2. 



29—33 mm. 



Much smaller than .1. cardamines, .which it 

 greatly resembles in the pattern of the wings, but 

 in the f.w. S there is a faint grey spot above the 

 discoidal spot, sometimes joining it, and the 

 crange patch is often faintly shaded with grey on 

 its inner edge. The ground colour of the wings in 

 $ is pale primrose-yellow, and the colour of the 

 orange is lighter than in A. cardamines. ? white, 

 with broader and paler markings than in A. car- 

 damines. Discoidal spot f.w. square. Apices not 

 so distinctly marked with white. Costa of f.w. in 

 both sexes shaded with grej r . 



a. var. Iwmocjena Christoph. Hab. Mesopo- 

 tamia. 



1j. var. armeniaca Christoph. Hab. Ordubad 

 (Russian Armenia). 



The two forms liomogena and armeniaca appear 

 from the description in R. and H. to differ fiom 

 the type chiefly in the paler markings, and in the 

 white ground colour of the wings. 



Hab. Turkey, Transcaucasia. Greece, Asia Minor, 

 Tokat and Amasia, Persia, III-IV. 



11. A. damone H. S. Feisth. Ann. S. F. 1837. 

 301. Lg. B. E. p. 40, pi. ix. fig. 3. 



36 — 42 mm. 



$ bright canary-yellow. F.w. with a broad and 

 very brilliant orange tip, narrowly marked with 

 greyish black at apex, discoidal spot as in A. car- 

 damines, the internal border of the orange patch with 

 a faint indication of a dark band, more strongly 

 marked in some examples than in others. H.w. 

 yellow, with the markings of the u.s. appearing 

 through as in A. cardamines. U.s. h.w. pattern as 

 in A. cardamines, but groundcolour deep yellow in 

 place of white. 9 very like J., cardamines ? , but 

 the u.s. h.w. with the ground colour yellow. Apices 

 of f.w. greenish yellow, without any black shading- 



Hab. Sicily (foot of Aetna R.H.), Balkans, Asia 

 Minor (Tokat, Smyrna), Taurus. IV., V. 



12. A. euphsno L. Syst. Nat. xii. 762. 

 29—38 mm. 



<J ground colour of wings yellow, but rather 

 lighter than in the last. F.w with a bright orange 

 patch, narrowly black at apex, orange patch bor- 

 dered internally by blackish band running rather 

 abruptly outwards from discoidal spot. U.s. h.w. 

 deep yellow, the spots not arranged as in the last, 

 but placed in three transverse bands of a reddish 

 orange colour. 



9 white, h.w. with a reddish-orange tinge at 

 costa. Apical shading of f.w. more or less dis- 

 tinctly marked with orange-red. U.s. h.w. as 

 in $, 



Har. Granada and Balearic Islands (R.H.) ; 

 Algeria. IV., V. 



Larva green, with yellow and black dorsal 

 stripes. Very similar to that of -4. eup7ienoidss. 

 On Biscutella. 



13. A. suphanoidesStgr . Stett. E. Z. 1869, 

 p. 92, Lg. B. E. p. 41, pi. ix. fig. 4. 



30—42 mm. 



Upper side greatly resembles the last, but the 

 internal black border of the orange patch in S 

 does not run abruptly outwards as in that species. 

 U.s. h.w. much paler in the ground colour ; the 

 pattern more ramified and not forming three 

 bands ; not orange-red, but green. There are one 

 or two faintly whitish ante-marginal patches. 



Hab. S. Portugal and S. Spain, Provence, the 

 Riviera, Siena, Leghorn, Monte Bre, Tessin, Switzer- 

 land. IV. to VI. I have seen this butterfly at 

 Nice as late as the end of June. Generally found 

 in mountain districts and in wood clearings. 



Larva. Greenish yellow, with a lateral purplish 

 stripe above, which is a row of black spots placed 

 close together. On Biscutella. 



Pupa. Boat-shaped, but less arched than that 

 of A. cardamines. Grey in colour. • 

 (To be continued.) 



