ANTHOCARIS II. 
ANTHOCARIS AUSONIDES, 5-8. 
Anthocaris Ausonides (Au-son'-ides), Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, 1852. Lep. de la Cal., 1869. 
Male. — Expands 1.5 to 1.9 inch. 
Upper side white, sometimes pure, but most often yellow-tinted, much sprinkled 
with black scales at bases of wings ; primaries have the apex gray or black, in¬ 
closing a white patch on costal margin, and white marginal rays in the discoidal 
and upper median interspaces; these rays sometimes expanding into oval or 
rounded spots, just within the margin, in which case, including the costal patch, 
there are three or four spots crossing the apex; costal edge slightly specked 
with black; a black spot on arc, reniform or lunate, or sometimes a sinuous 
bar, usually reaching the sub-costal nervure. 
Secondaries have a mottled appearance owing to their transparency ; fringe 
of primaries alternately black and white, of secondaries white, black at tips of 
nervules. 
Under side of primaries as above, except that the dark apex is wanting, or is 
represented only by small clusters of dull green scales, which are suffused with 
yellow, as is also all that portion which is dark on upper side, the white patch 
usually retaining its color; a white line on the arc within the discal spot. 
Secondaries mottled with dull green disposed in three ragged, transverse bands, 
and a demi-band on the inner side between the marginal and central; the mar¬ 
ginal band deeply scolloped ; all these usually suffused with yellow, and diversi¬ 
fied with points and patches where the absence of the green scales discloses the 
white ground ; the nervures of the disk yellow. Body above gray-black, be¬ 
neath yellow-white ; legs same ; palpi white with many gray hairs; antennae and 
club gray specked with black above, ochraceous beneath. 
Female. — Same size, and closely resembles the male ; frequently secondaries 
on upper side are suffused with a buff or ochraceous tint. 
Mature Larva. — Length 1 inch. Cylindrical, slender; head small, round, 
green specked with black; body entirely covered with black granules, from each 
of which springs a short hair; marked longitudinally by three lead-colored stripes, 
one dorsal, two lateral, the intervening spaces being yellow; the lateral stripes 
edged below with white that shades into yellow; legs black, pro-legs greenish- 
yellow. 
