. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. INSECTS. 141 that only the chief veins of the leaf are left, and the margins are not spared. Bemedies: Collection of the little heaps of yeUow eggs and the young cater- pillars, which are blackish and live together in small companies; the planting of a few small hemp plants in the cabbage fields to be protected, by which the butterflies will be kept away. The Garden White, or Small White (Pieris rapce). Butterfly (Figs. 96 and 97) : Length rather less than an inch, span of wing two inches; very much like the cabbage white. Base and tip of the fore wing not of s
. Agricultural zoology. Zoology. INSECTS. 141 that only the chief veins of the leaf are left, and the margins are not spared. Bemedies: Collection of the little heaps of yeUow eggs and the young cater- pillars, which are blackish and live together in small companies; the planting of a few small hemp plants in the cabbage fields to be protected, by which the butterflies will be kept away. The Garden White, or Small White (Pieris rapce). Butterfly (Figs. 96 and 97) : Length rather less than an inch, span of wing two inches; very much like the cabbage white. Base and tip of the fore wing not of such a deep black colour; the black patch in the inner margin of the fore wing is usually. Fig. 96 The Garden White (Pieris Tap(B\ male. Fig. 97,—The Garden White (Pieris rapes), female, caterpillar. absent in the female. The male, however, very often has a black patch in the upper side of the fore wing. Caterpillar: Just over an; inch long. DuU green; fa longitudinal yellow line on the back; also the black stigmata are connected by a yellow line. Habits as in the preceding species; the female, however, lays her yellow eggs separately, and not in heaps, and the second generation of caterpillars usually become pupse somewhat later in the year. Collecting is more. 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 Bos, Jan Ritzema, 1850-1928; Ainsworth Davis, J. R. (James Richard), 1861-1934. London, Chapman & Hall, Ld.
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