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side, only faintly show on the upperside compared with the $. The $ has them very black and 
distinct on both sides and the marginal black spots on the upperside of the hindwing of the often 
large and almost coalescing, are sometimes almost obsolete in the 
Fig. 8, PI. XI is from a J taken in April, with the lower or marginal spot distinct on the 
forewing, but this is often very faint on the upperside. 
Egg, spindle-shaped, smooth but moulded longitudinally, yellow ; laid singly on the 
upperside of leaves of the foodplants of the larva—cabbage, lettuce, turnip, etc., and on 
mignonette, nasturtium and other plants. 
Larva, figured on PI. 3a, Fig. 25, pupa Fig. 26. The larvae rest on the upperside of the 
leaves, and are as abundant and voracious as those of the English “ Cabbage ” butterflies and 
skeletonise the leaves of the plants in the same manner. They have also the same disagreeable 
habit of appearing at the dinner-table in their special vegetables. 
Pieris (Ganoris) meleta, Me ne tries 
I have taken but one specimen of this insect, an extremely tattered individual unfit for 
figuring purposes. Apparently it much resembles, judging from what was left of the wings, a pale 
$ Ixias pyrene in colour and marking of the upperside. This was taken at Macao in September. 
Pieris (Huphina) nerissa, Fair. 
Also known as P. coronis , Cram. Probably quite as abundant as P. canidia , as it is also 
on the wing throughout the year and very numerous in the middle of summer, especially during 
June and July, at which period P. canidia greatly falls off in numbers. It is quite different in 
flight and habits from P canidia, being very swift in flight and often flying very high—much like 
a Catopsilia. It is, however, very fond of flowers, though it chiefly spends its time in rapid and 
erratic flight about foliage, whereas P. canidia stops at most flowers a considerable time, and then 
usually flies but a few yards to the next flower, being occupied much of its time in feeding. On 
the other hand P. nerissa , though exceedingly fond of Lantana, is a wandering butterfly. The 
seasonal forms differ considerably, much more so than in P. canidia; the dry forms are much 
paler than the wet, both on the upper and underside, contrary to what obtains in the former species. 
The $ in wet form is heavily marked on the upperside with dark brown, and the anal 
margin of the hindwing is often suffused with dark yellowish ; on the underside the neuration of 
the hindwings is broadly bordered with yellow and dark brown scales. In the dry form 
the underside of the hindwings is pale ochreous, the neuration only faintly bordered with 
slightly darker ochreous. 
The $ in wet form has the neuration of the upperside of the wings more or less outlined 
in black, the underside resembling the $ in wet form, but not so heavily or distinctly marked. In 
the dry form the neuration is not marked in black on the upperside and the underside becomes 
pale ochreous. 
