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of tlie female, but of the male, only one above ; the tips 

 brown with some scattered white spots, of the same colour 

 underneath, but instead of brown they are greenish. The 

 secondary wings of the male above are white, and without 

 spots ; of the female, with the circumference brownish and 

 spotted with white. Underneath white, and spotted with 

 greenish. 



Caterpillar. Head bright green with yellow bands and 

 black dots ; the body dirty blue, striped with yellow with 

 black dots. 



Chrysalis. Like that of C. Napi, is green, but afterwards 

 becomes brownish or grey. 



Observafiou. Although recorded from a remote period as 

 a native of Britain, this insect still continues to be classed 

 among our rarest kinds. It is by many called the Bath 

 White Butterfly. 



CARDAMINES, ORANGE TIP. 



Kiwiii, pi. 30. Donovan, V. 5, p. i69. Duncan,pl. 10,/?. 1,2. 



lltiUerJIij. The primary wings of the male white, the base, 

 central point, and tip black ; the latter has also a series ot 

 white marginal dots, and a large safi'ron-eolourod spot on 

 both sides. The secondary wings white, with seven black 

 points at the jjosterior margin, underneath marbled with 

 green. The wings of the female are the same on both sides 

 as the male, but the tip is more black and entirely without 

 the saffron-coloured spot. 



Caterpillar. Solitary, green above and underneath whitish. 



Chrj/sttlis. Green, with a white narrow longitudinal stri])e 

 on both sides. 



OliseriHitinn. 'I'liis is the Wood-lady of the London fly- 



