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freckled with black. Forward of the middle a very distinct blackish brown line 
■extends obliquely across these wings, which is gently curved, and near its outer end 
is abruptly bent forward at a right angle, and is slightly thicker at this end. Beyond 
the middle is a similar line, parallel with the first, and near its outer end slightly 
waved and perceptibly thickened, this line‘separating the yellowish brown anterior 
from the darker brown posterior part of the wing. Between these two lines, outside 
of the center of the wing, is an oval transverse black dot, formed of elevated scales. 
A faint dusky streak extends from a little inside of this dot to the inner margin, 
nearly parallel with the bluish brown lines. Beyond the posterior line the dark 
ground color is freckled with a few black atoms. Half way between this line and 
the hind edge is a small blackishspot near the inner margin, and a blackish transverse 
streak toward the outer margin, the hind edge of which is darker and more distinctly 
defined. Back of this streak a coffee brown cloud, having a silky grayish reflection, 
occupies the tip of the wing. The hind wings have their hind edge strongly rounded, 
forming almost a half circle, and deeply scalloped, both the projecting lobes and the 
intervening incisions being rounded. Their ground color is the same with that of 
the fore wings, but their fore part is less tinged with yellowish, and is sprinkled with 
a few black atoms. Forward of their middle they are crossed by a straight faint 
dusky brown band, which is continuous with the dusky streak inside of the black dot 
•of the fore wing9. Parallel with this band and crossing the wings a little beyond 
their middle is a very distinct blackish brown line, nearly straight, and in line with 
the blackish spot near the inner angle of the fore wings, all the space back of this 
line being a shade darker and without spots or clouds. The fringe is short, toward 
the tips of the fore wings very short, and is concolor with the wings, on the under 
side showing a darker brown line at its base. On the under side both pairs of the 
wings are alike in their colors and marks, the basal part being dull pale lemon yel¬ 
low, and the hind part darker, dull pale brown, the two colors separated by a slender 
gently waved blackish brown band which is placed slightly back of the middle, and is 
■curved and parallel with the hind margin, and forward of this is a broader brown 
band with its edges indefinite, Crossing the wings straight and oblique on the upper, 
curved on the lower pair, its outer end not attaining the costal edge, its inner end on 
the hind wings much narrowed, the subcentral black dot of the fore wings appearing 
as a short black streak upon the hind edge of this band, and a black crescent also on 
its hind edge in the middle of the hind wings. Both pairs are much freckled with 
brown and blackish dots and short transverse lines. The fore wings have their innor 
border broadly stained with brownish gray, and also show a blackish transverse 
cloud forward of their tips and a smaller one on their inner angles. The leg* are 
gray with a tinge of tarnished yellow, and are freckled with numerous brown dots. 
The tips of the anterior shanks are black, and the hind shanks are a third longer and 
beyond their middle a third thicker than the thighs. 
White Butterfly, Pterin oleracea, Harris. (Lepidoptera. Papi- 
lionidte.) 
Eating holes in the leaves of the cabbage, turnip and radish, a nearly cylindrical 
pale green worm having a darker streak along the middle of its back, and grow'ing to 
over an inch in length, its pupa naked, angular, white or pale, suspended by a thread 
around its middle, under a board or similarly dry situation and producing a white 
unspotted butterfly about two inches wide. 
One of the most interesting of our garden insects is the White 
Butterfly as it is currently named, which in July and August is daily 
