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Genus ANTHOCHARIS. 
A section of Pieris has lately been established as a 
genus under the above name, founded, however, on 
characters not of a very decided description. The 
most important one perhaps is the shape of the chry- 
salis, which is boat-shaped, or equally attenuated to 
both extremities, somewhat arched, and without late- 
ral points. The antennae of the perfect insect are 
short, with the articulations distinctly marked, the 
club rather abrupt and forming an ovoid compressed 
mass. The common British species Mwncipium 
Cardamines is referred to it, and this insect may be 
regarded as a characteristic example of the kinds 
which it includes. Like the Orange-lip , the ma- 
jority have a patch of bright red on the tips of. the 
anterior wings, and the under side of the posterior 
is often beautifully marked with green and pearl 
white. Several other species, besides that just 
mentioned, are natives of Europe, but their principal 
resort seems to be the intertropical countries of 
Africa. 
