476 PAPILIOXIDiE. 
'^ Labial paljn longer than the head. Basal joint subcylindrical, more or less curved at the 
base : second joint subc3-liudrical ; or elongate, ovate : third joint about one third the 
length of the second, slender, subcylindrical, pointed ; or obovate, pointed. 
" Anteiinw rather short, terminating in an ovate compressed club, sometimes rather elongate. 
" TaoRAS moderately stout, clothed with long fine hair. 
•' Anterior ivings subtriangular, rounded externally, or falcate. Subcostal ncrvule 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 wiiir/s obovate, the abdominal channel sometimes not much developed. Precostal 
nervure simple. Discoidal nervure appearing to be a third subcostal nervule. 
" Lee/s rather slender. Claws very 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, slightly keeled down the 
back ; the segments of the abdomen not movable. 
" AntJtocharis is easily disliuguished from Pieris by its palpi, which have the last joint very short, 
and also by the very different form of the pupa. 
'• The habits of this genus much resemble those of Pieris, but the flight of the European species is 
stronger and more rajiid. 
'•The Larvoe, as far as known, live on various cruciferous plants, and are more slender than those 
of the Pieridcie. 
" The Pupae are remarkable for their elongate form, pointed at each extremity, and dififer from 
those of Pieris in not being tuberculate at the sides, and in having the abdominal segments 
immovable.'' (Douhhdaij, I. c.) 
Anthocharis cardamines. 
PapUio cardamines, Liniiieus, Syst. Nat. i. '2, p. 761 (17G7). 
Euchlo'e cardamines, Lang, Butt. Eiir. p. 39, pi. \\. fig. 1 (1884). 
Antlwcliaris cardamines, var. thibetana, Oberthiir, Etad. d'Entom. xi. p. 16 (1886). 
" Expands from 1-50 to 2-00 in. Wings white, rounded. The male has the fore wings white, 
with a black tip 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 the pattern of the underside. Underside : — Fore wings white, 
yellowish at the base, and having the orange patch tipped with greenish grey and white. 
Hind wings white, marbled with irregular patches of yellow and black scales so mixed as to 
produce the effect of a beautiful green ; these patches follow more or less the course of the 
nervures. Female similar to the male, but without the orange patch, and the tips of the 
wings are marked more strongly with black. 
" Larva. Green, finely speckled with black, with a white lateral stripe less clearly defined at its 
dorsal than at its ventral edge. It feeds on various field Cruciferae, including Cardamine 
prutcnsis, the pods generally forming its principal food. 
