ANTHOCARIS I. 
ANTHOCAEIS EEAKIETII. 1—4. 
Anthocaris ReaMrtii, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1869. 
Male. Expands 1.3 to 1.5 inch. 
Upper side soiled white, blackish at base ; primaries have a large bright or- 
ange apical patch, as in Sara, edged on the apex by black as in that species, with 
serrated black spots also upon the hind margin ; a narrow bar, straight, slightly 
irregular on its edges and of nearly uniform intensity of black, crosses the wing 
from middle of costa to inner angle ; costal edge much specked with black scales ; 
fringe alternate white and black. 
Secondaries have three or four patches of black at tips of upper nervules ; 
fringe white, black at ends of nervules. 
Under side white ; the orange spots reduced and paler ; costa of primaries and 
the whole space on apex and margin outside the orange, densely covered with green 
patches ; on the arc a bent bar ; secondaries densely and uniformly covered from 
base to margin by large green patches. 
Female. Expands 1.7 inch. Same color as male ; costal margin slightly 
specked ; the orange spots paler and narrower, reaching from costa to hind margin, 
not edged by black on inner side, but on outer by a sinuous band, between which 
and the apical border is a series of serrated spots, often confluent ; the band con- 
nected with the triangular marginal spots by black nervures ; on the arc a bent 
bar, starting from costal edge; beneath as in the male, except that costa, margins 
and secondaries are much less spotted with green. 
California. Vicinity of San Francisco. From specimens in my own collec- 
tion and those of Messrs. Reakirt and Henry Edwards, and Dr. Behr. 
The distinctness of the present species from Sara was first pointed out to me 
by Mr. Reakirt and I have since learned that our Californian lepidopterists had 
assured themselves of the same thing. But I am not at all certain that this is not 
the species intended to be described by Dr. Boisduval. His description applies 
equally well to either form, but as our collectors have agreed in calling the larger 
Sara, I have no hesitation in following them. 
The males of the two species much resemble each other on the upper side ex- 
cept in size, Sara expanding more by three or four tenths. In Sara $ the black 
discal band is waved and of faint color. In Sara ? the discal bar is separated from 
the costa-. In ReaMrtii $ the costal margin of primaries is always irrorated, and the 
margin of secondaries is never without black spots. On the under side it is much 
