The identification of this species with N. felicia, Poey, which is found in Cuba, is doubtfully correct. The two species are very closely allied, but, nevertheless, distinct from each other.
Genus EUCHLOË, Hübner
(Anthocharis of authors)
(The Orange-tips)
"When daffodils begin to peer, With, heigh! the doxy over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale."
Shakespeare.
Butterfly.—Small butterflies, white in color, with the apical region of the primaries dark brown, marked with spots and bands of yellowish-orange or crimson. On the under side the wings are generally more or less profusely mottled with green spots and striæ.
[a]Fig. 143.]—Neuration of the genus Euchloë.
Egg.—Spindle-shaped (see p. 4, Fig. 6), laterally marked with raised vertical ridges, between which are finer cross-lines.
Caterpillar.—The caterpillar, in its mature stage, is relatively long, with the head small.