. The butterflies of Maine .... Butterflies -- Maine. BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 27. Fig. 5. Pieris rapce, male (nat. size). Fig. 6. Pieris rapne, female (nat. size). 4. Pieris rap^e, L. Pi'-e-ris ra'-pce. Expanse of wings, about two inches. Upper side of the wings white, dusky at the base and on the apex of the fore wings. A bhick spot rests on the costa of the hind wing a little beyond the middle. Fore wing with a black spot a little beyond the middle, and in the female there is another below it. These dark markings are some- times quite faint. Under side of the fore wings white, yellowish toward
. The butterflies of Maine .... Butterflies -- Maine. BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 27. Fig. 5. Pieris rapce, male (nat. size). Fig. 6. Pieris rapne, female (nat. size). 4. Pieris rap^e, L. Pi'-e-ris ra'-pce. Expanse of wings, about two inches. Upper side of the wings white, dusky at the base and on the apex of the fore wings. A bhick spot rests on the costa of the hind wing a little beyond the middle. Fore wing with a black spot a little beyond the middle, and in the female there is another below it. These dark markings are some- times quite faint. Under side of the fore wings white, yellowish towards the apex, and with two black spots in both sexes corresponding to the two on the upper side of the female. Under side of the hind wings pale lemon yellow, without marks, but sprinkled more or less with dark atoms. Body, black above, white beneath. A male variety of this species, with the ground color of the wings sulphur yellow, has been described by Mr. Scudder, under the name novanglice. The larva of this insect feeds on the leaves of the cabbage, turnip, mignonette and some other plants, but is especially injurious to cabbages, boring into the interior of the head, beyond the reach of insecticides. The eiTffs are scattered here and there on the under side of the leaves of the food plant, but sometimes they are found on the upper side, or even on the leaf-stalk. They are some- what pear-shaped, flattened at the base, and the apex is cut squarely oft\ They are yellowish white in color, and marked with twelve longitudinal ribs with very fine cross lines be-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fernald, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1838-1921. Augusta [Me. ] : Sprague & Son
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