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PIEIUDjE. 
white, with a black discoidal spot ; tips greenish yellow, rather 
inclining to orange about the centre, and having two small dark 
spots on a whitish ground on the costa. Hind wings green, mixed 
with yellow, with five or six white spots rather large and arranged 
along the margins of the wings, the result being a pattern some- 
what similar to the under-side hind wings of E. Euphenoides. 
Thorax and abdomen black above and covered with white down ; 
beneath they are light yellow, as well as the legs. The antennge 
are white above and black beneath, with white clubs. The female 
has the tips of the wings lighter, the orange blotch smaller, and 
the white spot above it larger. PI. X., 2. 
Times of Appearance. — April and May. 
Habitat. — Plains and waste places in the South-East of 
Kiissia, including the Crimea and other places in the district 
bordering on the Black Sea. 
Larva yellow, with a lateral white band and large black 
points arraEged in threes on the lateral portions of each segment 
(Eambiir). It feeds in fields on Sinapis incana. 
The Chrysalis is whitish, and not boat-shaped as in the last 
genus. The insect hybernates in this state. 
Obs. — Zcpris EuplicDie is usually considered a rare species, and 
is no doubt very local; but tliongh the continental dealers put 
rather a high price upon it, they seem generally to have a good 
stock of specimens, which would rather lead one to suppose that it 
is common where it occurs. 
2. Z. Menestho, Men. Cat. Eais. p. 245 ; Boisd. Sp. G6n. 555. 
— Z. Eupdeiiic var. Meridioncdis, Ld. V. Zool. Bot. p. 30, 
1852 ; Staiidinger, Cat. p. 4. 
Hitfers from Z. EupJicine in not having any white spot above 
the orange at the apex of the fore wings. The ground colour of 
the hind wings on their under side is white instead of yellow. I 
believe I am right in considering the specimens that answer to this 
description as belonging to Z. Moicstho of Meiietrics. I must 
express my conviction that they are possibly merely local varieties 
of the foregoing species. 
I have not seen any description of the larva or pupa. 
