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A Penny Weekly Magazine of Natural History. 



No. 30. 



JULY 3rd', 1880. 



Vol. 1 



NOTES ON THE HABITS OF 

 PIERIS DAPLIDICE, L., IN 

 TURKEY. 



By Gkkvask F. Mathew, R.N., F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., &c. 



THIS butterfly is common in the 

 neighbourhood of Gallipoli, and 

 the Bulair Linos, and other places on 

 the shores of the Sea of Marmora. 

 There is evidently a succession of 

 broods during the year, for, in 1878, 

 it was to be seen from April to October. 

 It is a strong, quick flying insect, and 

 was to be found in almost all localities, 

 although, perhaps, preferring waste 

 places byroad sides, where a variety of 

 herbage flourished. Females were fre- 

 quently observed depositing their eggs 

 on crueiferse. On 3rd August some 

 half-grown larvae were taken in the 

 valley of Ak-y-lar, but, unfortunately, 

 none of these were reared, for, a day 

 or two after, proceeding on a visit to 

 Constantinople, these larva were left 

 to the tender mercies of my servant, 

 and upon my return I found they had 

 been neglected, and perished. On 17th 

 of the same month many other larvae 

 were noticed at Besika, but being very 

 small none of them were taken ; how- 

 ever on 21st October, at Artaki, they 



were plentiful, and of all sizes, from 

 the tiny individual just hatched, to the 

 full-grown larva preparing to pupate; 

 and they were to be found from this 

 date up to the middle of November. 



These larvae were by no means 

 difficult to see, as their yellow dorsal 

 and subdorsal stripes made them very 

 conspicuous, especially in the early 

 | morning, when their food plants were 

 I saturated and bright with dew. 



The following is a description of the full 

 grown larva: — Length 1 in. to 1 in. 2 lines, 

 * cylindrical, very slightly pubescent ; 

 ! lead colour, thickly irrorated with 

 minute black dots placed in pairs upon 

 the dorsal region, in fives between the 

 subdorsal and spiracular streaks, and 

 \ irregularly below ; the subdorsal and 

 j spiracular stripes are narrow and 

 yellow, the colour being much more 

 intense at the segmental division* ; 

 head bluish, or bluish green, with black 

 dots and a yellow spot on each side of 

 the face ; legs and pro-legs paler than 

 the upper surface, the latter with a 

 yellow spot at their base. The chry- 

 salis is attached by a belt, and also by 

 anal hooks in the usual manner, is of 

 an ashy brown hue, with small black 

 spots, and faint yellowish sub-dorsal and 

 spiracular streaks ; the wing cases with 



