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CONSPECTUS OF BUTTERFLIES, 3 
second; anfenne with more than thirty joints, long and slender, 
the clubbed tip flattish and abrupt; feet with very short forked 
claws ; upper wings somewhat three cornered, with a blunt cor- 
ner at the tip; wnder wings not variegated beneath, 
Egg somewhat flask shaped, with elevated ribs ; caterpillar 
somewhat spindle shaped, downy, and in some warty ; chrysalis, 
girt with silk, angular, with asharp beak, 
Tuk CABBAGE (Pontia Brassica, SrapuENs) appears the mid- 
dle of May, and the middle of August or beginning of September. 
Wines two inches and a half to three-fourths ; white ; first pair 
above with the tip blackish, the inner edge of the black deeply 
indented beneath with two black spots ; second pair rather long, 
yellowish underneath. Caterpillar greenish, with small black 
warts, and a yellow line on the back and sides; tail black. Chry- 
salis pale green with black spots, and three yellow stripes, Very 
common, 
Tok EArty CApnace (P. Chariclea, STEPHENS) appears the 
beginning of May and end of June. Wings two inches one- 
fourth to one-half ; white ; first pair above clouded with some- 
what ashy black, and with yellowish white fringes; the inner 
edge of the black on the tip not indented; underneath with two 
black spots; second pair rather short; beneath yellowish, and 
much sprinkled with very minute black points, Perhaps only a 
variety of P. Brassice. Herts and Derbyshire. 
Tae Turnip (P. Rape, Stepnens) appears the end of April or 
middle of May, and beginning of July or middle of August. 
Wings one inch seven-twelfths to two inches and a half; white 
or yellowish white; first pair above with the tip pale dusky, and 
the base a little blackish ; beneath, in the male with one, and in 
the female with two black spots; second pair rather long ; un- 
derneath bright yellowish, sprinkled with very minute black 
points at the base. Caterpillar green, with a brass-coloured 
line on the back, and yellow spots on the sides. Chrysalis green. 
ish, with three sulphur-coloured lines, Very common in gardens. 
Tak Earty Turntpe (P. Metra, Srepnens) appears the begin- 
ning of April and end of June. Wings one inch two thirds to 
eleven-twelfths ; white, black at the base; first pair above with 
the tip slightly clouded; beneath without spots, or with one 
only in the male, and two faint black spots in the female ; Second 
pair rather short; underneath yellowish, sprinkled with very 
minute black points, Probably only a variety of P. Rape, Herts 
and Surrey. 
Tur NAvew (P. Napi, SreeuEns) appears the middle of May 
and beginning of July. Wings one inch one-third to two inches ; 
above white, beneath with dilated greenish nervures ; first pair 
With the tip black, one black spot in the male and two in the 
female ; the second pair rather long, yellowish. Caterpillar, 
green, with white warts and black eyes, feeds on the navew 
and other brassicee. Chrysalis green, with spots on the head 
and back. Very common, 
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