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l)bs(vmd'uiii. The feinalo of /'. Rnpai is so niiicli like the 

 same sex of /'. BrussinmW\tA. it iniglit be taken for n variety 

 of it, (lid not the niai-ked difference of the respective Cater- 

 pillars evince the complete distinction of these Butterflies. 



I'ONTIA NAPI, GRliEN-VElNED VVMITE. 



hrwhi.,l>l.27. Di)nova)i,v. 8, p. 280. Diiimtii, pLi^Jii;. 1. 



Butterfly. Very much like /'. R apm in si/e and characters, 

 hut very different in the nervures, (particularly of the secon- 

 dary wings), being marked by a dilated greenish line. 



I'arictij 1. The primary wings of the male, white, with a 

 posterior spot and the tip black ; of the female with t^vo 

 posterior spots and tip black. Underneath, in both sexes, 

 with nervures faint green, the secondary wings with nervures 

 greenish, with the colour dilated at their base. 



Varklii 2. The prhnary vvuigs of the male, white, without 

 spots, the tip slightly black ; of the female as in I'imclij 1, 

 but the base and nervures rather ash-coloured, inclining to 

 white at the tip. The vein-like lines, in both sexes, more 

 dilated throughout than in J'urletxj 1. The under wings 

 vary in both, they are sometimes whitish, and sometimes 

 yellow or yellowish. 



Caterpillar. Dull green, ligliter on the sides with yellow 

 stigmata, and covered with white warts, which are blackish 

 at the tip. 



Chrysalis. Greenish yellow, angles very acute and pro- 

 minent. 



I'ONTIA DAPLIDICE, GREEN-CHEQUEllEI) WHITE. 



Lewin, pi. 28. Donovan, v. 6, p. 200. Duncan, pi. 9,fis. 2. 



Butterjly. A little larger than P. Cardamincs. The pri- 

 mary wings white, two brown spots on both sides of the disk 



