Small White Butterfly.
Eggs, natural size and enlarged; caterpillar and chrysalids.
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Pl. 9.
Large White Butterfly (Summer Brood).
1, 2 male; 3, 4 female.
The strongly-marked specimens (Plate [14]) are from Ireland, and are of the first or spring brood. The seasonal variation in this species is not so well defined in Ireland as in England.