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EARLY WHITE CABBAGE BUTTERFLY". 
Pontia Chariclea. 
PLATE VIII. Fig. 1— Male. 
Stephen's Ulus. Haust. i. PI. 3, fig. 1. <J , fig. 2. J 
This insect is in general considerably less than the 
preceding species ; the anterior wings have a similar 
patch on the tip, but it is of a light brown, approach- 
ing to ash-colour, clouded with black internally, espe- 
cially in the female, and having no strongly marked 
indentations on its inner side ; the fringe yellowish- 
white. On the underside, the tip of the primary 
wings is yellow, and the secondary pair entirely 
deep yellow, very thickly sprinkled with minute black 
points ; in other respects there is no appreciable dif 
ference from P. Brassfcw. 
Said to occur in the beginning of May, and again 
in the end of June. It has hitherto been observed 
chiefly in Hertford and Derbyshires ; and Mr Wailes 
thinks that he has seen it in the neighbourhood of 
Newcastle. 
