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LARGE WHITE.
PLATE VII.
Pontia brassica, FABRICIUS. OCHSENHEIMEE.
" " LEACH. CURTIS. STEPHENS. JERMYN.
Catophaga brassica, HUBNER.
Papilio brassica, LINNAEUS. DONOVAN. LEWIN. HAWOETH.
Gonoris brassica, DALMAN.
Pieris brassica, SCHRANK. LATEEILLE. BOISDUVAL.
" " ZETTERSTEBT.
THE Large White is very common throughout Europe, and
also, according to some authors, in the north-east of Africa, and
even in Eastern Asia and Japan.
It is a very abundant species in this country, and its cater­
pillar causes much damage in gardens in dry seasons, which are
favourable to their production.
The perfect insect occurs about the middle of May or earlier,
if what we may now call the "Queen's Own" days shine upon
it in its hidden existence. A second brood appears in July.
The eggs of the first brood are laid about the end of May,
and the caterpillars are hatched the beginning of June. They
turn into the chrysalis state at the end of that month, and the
fly emerges in about a week or a fortnight, according as the
season is less or more favorable to its development. The eggs
of the second brood produce caterpillars which turn into
chrysalides in the course of the autumn, and remain in that
state until the following May.
The caterpillar feeds on the common cabbage, (Brassica
oleracea.J
The expanse of the wings varies ordinarily in different in­
dividuals, from two inches and half to two and three quarters