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Show 410 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [May 4, shiny, covered with minute yellow warts (dots); hairy over the feet and extreme segments ; soft, short, and whitish hairs. A broad yellowish-green dorsal band with a darker green pulsating dorsal stripe. A dark brown or blackish lateral band, in which the yellow dots are conspicuous, giving it a grey appearance. Spiracular stripe green, more or less dirty-looking. Head and thirteenth segment black with yellow dots. Belly and feet green. Posterior segments slightly attenuated. Head slightly larger (when crawling) than second segment, but about the same size as third segment." " Rokeran, end of June ; gregarious and abundant on a species of caper with shining green leaves and thorns, and fruit resembling a minute melon. "Pupa in June. Yellowish white, speckled with yellow and black dots." 20. SYNCHLOE DAPLIDICE (no. 9). Papilio daplidice, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 760. no. 77 (1767). "Frequents cultivated ground and gardens ; common in June." Major Roberts doubts the identity of this species with S. daplidice, because of its agility as compared with those which he has previously taken in India. He says, " It is not a sluggish insect, quite the reverse, as it settles suddenly on a flower and is as suddenly off again, and not nearly so easy to capture as no. 1." This, however, is precisely the habit of S. daplidice as I have seen it in the Rhone valley; I found it less easy to capture than Colias hyale, so that after a morning's hard work, I had only succeeded in boxing three specimens. 21. SYNCHLOE IRANICA (no. 23). (Plate XXXIX. fig. 7.) Pieris iranica, Bienert, Lep. Ergebn. p. 27 (1870). Pieris vipasa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 565. " Frequents the rocky uncultivated slopes of the hills where the food-plant of the larva grows. This species is common in June." "Larva 112. About 1" long. General colour pale green, with longitudinal yellow bands and black dots; thickest in the middle, slightly tapering at both ends ; has a rough appearance from being ribbed, and is covered with minute hairs. Dorsal and lateral bands dull green, the black dots giving it a blue appearance. Subdorsal band yellow. Spiracular band white, yellow at the junction of the segments. Head pale green with black dots; a yellow patch on each side, a whitish collar on second segment. Belly pale green. Feet pale green with a yellow mark above each. Spiracles indistinct. "Candahar, middle of May, June ; on a wild mignonette growing on the rocky hills and slopes. "Pupa attached to the stem or leaf of its food-plant by the tail and also by a thread over the back. A beak-like proboscis turned upwards and rather long." |