. A manual of North American butterflies [microform]. Butterflies; Papillons. T 20 NORTH AMERICAN 13UTTERFUES. and the hind wings have a line of dusky, triangular spots on the outer border. Expands 2.;'jO to o.(Â¥). Habitat, Southern States. 31. PIERIS BECKERII Edw. Becker's "White Butterfly. size, small; wings, thin. Color, white, marked in male, on apex of upper side of fore wings with about eight spots of dusky in two rows, one marginal and the other within this. There is a spot in end of cen- tral cell, containing a dash of white. No markings on hind wings above. Beneath, the markings
. A manual of North American butterflies [microform]. Butterflies; Papillons. T 20 NORTH AMERICAN 13UTTERFUES. and the hind wings have a line of dusky, triangular spots on the outer border. Expands 2.;'jO to o.(Â¥). Habitat, Southern States. 31. PIERIS BECKERII Edw. Becker's "White Butterfly. size, small; wings, thin. Color, white, marked in male, on apex of upper side of fore wings with about eight spots of dusky in two rows, one marginal and the other within this. There is a spot in end of cen- tral cell, containing a dash of white. No markings on hind wings above. Beneath, the markings of fore wings are repeated but enlarged, and there is an extra spot an the middle of the lower margin. The veins of hind wings are broadly margined (less so on lower branch of upper vein) with dusky scales that are tmged with greenish and orange, and these show a tendency to become fused near the outer border, and form a sub-marginal band, Fig. 11, e. Female, similar but there are two extra spots on fore wings, one to each row, forming bands nearly across the wings. The dusky veinings on hind wings, seen below, show more faintly above, and there is a marginal, and a partial sub-marginal row of spots. Below, similar to male. Expands to Habitat, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, California, Washington Territory, Colorado, and Arizona. Fiu. Illustrivting the gemis Picris, a, rapae, tip of fore wing, u|iperside; h, napi 8ame;c, sisyiiila-i, lower side, hiiul wins ; £â > liecliorii, same; tl, inotodice, (female) upper side offore wing; f, ilaire, apex, upper side fore wing. 32. PIERIS SISYMBRIBi). California White Butterfly. Similar to P. beckerii but is si^nller, Avith the markings on upper side of fore wings more extended, and square or rectangular, not trian- gular ; the markings on the lower portion of hind wings are also darker, and the fused sub-marginal band is nearly black, forming arrow-shaped marks, Fig, 11, c. Expands to Habitat, California, Neva
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