CHAPTER II


 FAMILY PIERIDAE
Genus :
I. PIERIS MONUSTE (Linn).
 This common butterfly occurs throughout the
year in all parts of the Colony. I have found
the larve on cultivated cabbage and mustard
plants. It is almost always seen in the gardens
of towns and villages but not very frequently in
the woods. The white Pierid which is seen in
the forest is almost sure to be Pieris viardi (Bois).
2. PIERIS VIARDI (Bois).
 This insect is only met with in the forest,
differing in this respect from the preceding
butterfly, which is comparatively rarely encoun-
tered there. The females are black and yellow
banded, totally unlike the white males, and when
flying resemble very closely the butterfly Heli-
conius charithonia (Linn).
 The butterfly is rather local, but where it does
occur the males are fairly abundant but the
females are seldom seen. It is a very rapid flyer
and for that reason difficult to capture on the