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Pine White

Neophasia menapia

Plate XXXIV — Pine White is Fig. 7
Plate XXXIV — Pine White is Fig. 7
Pine White (detail)
Pine White (detail)

Butterfly.--The insect on the under side sometimes has the outer margin of the secondaries marked with spots of bright pinkish-red, resembling in this style of coloration certain species of the genus Delias of the Indo-Malayan fauna.

Early Stages.--These have been thoroughly described by Edwards in his third volume. The caterpillar infests the pine-trees and firs of the northern Pacific States. The larva lets itself down by a silken thread, often a hundred feet in length, and pupates on the ferns and shrubbery at the foot of the trees. It sometimes works great damage to the pine woods.