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24 GREEN VEINED.<br />
edge of the wing: the hind wings are white. Underneath, the<br />
fore wings have two spots, as in the female on the upper sur<br />
face, and the nerves obscure black. The hind wings are pale<br />
yellowish, with the nerves broadly margined on each side with<br />
dusky greenish, widest on the inner part, and tapering off<br />
afterwards to the edge.<br />
The female is generally smaller than the male, and the wings<br />
are more rounded. They are of a light greenish white colour,<br />
veined with dusky black; the tips dusky black, and there are two<br />
spots of the same towards the outer margin of the wing; the lower<br />
one, at the lower edge, running into a wide streak, which runs<br />
up to the base of the wing. The hind wings are also streaked<br />
with dusky, but more faintly, and there is one spot on their<br />
upper edge, in a line with the two on the upper wings: under<br />
neath, the streaked nerves shew through, as also the spots.<br />
The hind wings are pale yellowish, the nerves streaked with<br />
dull greenish on both sides, widest above, and each running<br />
off to a point at the outer edge.<br />
The caterpillar is of a dull green colour on the back, the<br />
sides brighter, with red dots placed on yellow spots on each<br />
segment.<br />
The chrysalis is greyish or yellowish green with black spots.<br />
This is another very variable insect. One has been described<br />
as a separate species, under the names of 'Papilio napese' and<br />
'Pontia napese.' The male has the whole upper surface of the<br />
fore wings white, with the tip, a spot, and two or three trian<br />
gular-shaped markings on the hind margin, black; the hind<br />
wings white, with the nerves near the base widened and<br />
greenish. Underneath, the fore wings have the nerves rather<br />
widened into greenish streaks, with two ash-coloured spots<br />
placed transversely, and the tips yellowish; the hind wings pale<br />
yellowish with one deeper streak.<br />
The female has the fore wings, with the tips, and three spots,<br />
one of which is nearly triangular, dusky black; the hind wings<br />
clearer yellow. Underneath, the hind wings have the streaks<br />
on each side of the nerves more or less wide in different<br />
specimens.
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