Excerpt from The Natural History of British Insects, Vol. 4: Explaining Them in Their Several States, With the Periods of Their Transformations, Their Food, Oeconomy, &C., Together With the History of Such Minute Insects as Require Investigation by the Microscope; The Whole Illustrated by Coloured Figures
Fabricius and forne other entomological writers have very minutely defcribed the Larva and Pupa Rate of this rare butterfly; the Larva feed on the leaves of the turnip, cabbage, and other plants of the fame genus it is of a yellow colour, with (pots of brown, head pale green. The Pupa is yellow, (potted with brown alfo o_, and has two teeth, or {harp points in the fore part.
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