476 



PAPILIONID^. 



Labial paljn longer thsbU ihe head. Basal joint subcylindrical, more or less curved at the 



base : second joint subcylindrical ; or elongate, ovate : third joint about one third the 



length of the second, slender, subcylindrical, pointed ; or obovate, pointed. 

 " Antennce rather short, terminating in an ovate compressed club, sometimes rather elongate. 

 " Thorax moderately stout, clothed with long fine hair. 



" Anterior ivinr/s subtriangular, rounded externally, or falcate. Subcostal nervule four or five 



branched. First discoidal nervule united for some distance beyond the cell to the subcostal 



nervure. Lower discocellular nervule rather long, curved. 

 " Posterior ivinr/s obovate, the abdominal channel sometimes not much developed. Precostal 



nervure simple. Discoidal nervure appearing to be a third subcostal nervule. 

 " Legs rather slender. Claws verj' deeply bifid. Paronychia lanceolate, not so long as the 



claws. Pulvillus jointed, generally as long as, or longer than, the claws. The basal 



joint sometimes slender and very long. 



'•■ Abdomen rather elongate, often nearly as long as the abdominal margin of the wings, slender. 

 " Larva slender, tapering considerably towards each extremity, pubescent. 



" Pupa elongate, navicular, much arched, very pointed at each extremity, sliglitly keeled down the 



back ; the segments of the abdomen not movable. 

 " AntJiocharis is easily distinguished from Pieris by its palpi, which have the last joint very short, 



and also by the very different form of the pu])a. 

 '•The habits of this genus much resemble those of Pieris, but the flight of the European species is 



stronger and more rapid. 

 " The Larvnc, as far as known, live on various cruciferous plants, and are more slender than those 



of the Pierida>. 



" The Pupae are remarkable for their elongate form, pointed at each extremity, and differ from 

 those of Pieris in not being tuberculate at the sides, and in having the abdominal segments 

 immovable."' (Douhledai/, I. c.) 



Anthocharis cardamines. 



PdjiHio car (I ami lies, LiiiiKcus^ Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 761 (17G7). 



Euchlo'e cardamines, Lang, Butt. Enr. ]>. ?>[), ]>]. ix. fig. 1 (1884). 



yiiif/ioc/iaris cardamines, var. thihetana, Obcrtliiir, Etud. cPEntom. xi. p. 10 (188G). 



" lOxjiands from l-oO to 2"00 in. Wings wliito, rounded. The male lias the fore wings white, 

 with a black tij) and a black discoidal spot ; a large patch of brilliant orange reaches from 

 the tip of the wing to considerably within the discoidal spot. Hind wings white and unspotted, 

 but exhibiting traces of tlie jjattcrn of the underside. Underside: — Fore wings white, 

 yellowisli at tin; base, and liaving the orange patch tipped willi greenish grey and wliitc. 

 Hind wings wliite, marbled with irregular jiatches of yellow and black scales so mixed as to 

 jirodiice the effect of a beautiful green; tlieso patches follow more or less the course of the 

 iicrvures. Fennile similar to the male, btit without the orange patch, and the tips of the 

 wings aremaikod more strongly with l)]ack. 



'• Litrva. (ireen, finely speckled with l)lack, witli a white lateral stripe less clearly defined at its 

 dorsal than at Its ventral edge. It feeds on various field CriicilcriC, including Cardamine 

 pratengin, tlic jiods generally forming its principal food. 



