The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America (1914)
Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932, author · Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & Company · leaf 435
Genus Pieris the primaries is straight, the outer margin of the secondaries more or less evenly rounded. Egg. — The egg is spindle-shaped, with vertical raised ridges. Caterpillar.— Elongate, the head hemispherical, very slightly, if at all, larger in diameter than the body. The caterpillars feed… … Fig. i 41. — Neuration depicted in the plate, requires no comment. of the genus Pieris. On the under side the black marginal mark¬ ings of the primaries reappear as pale-brown markings. The hind wing is pale yellow or grayish-saffron, crossed by an ill-defined pale-brown transverse band of spots,…
Butterflies -- North America · Moths -- North America · Butterflies · Moths · North America
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