TAB, III. 



PAP I LI O PHILENOR. 



SNAKE-ROOT BLACK SWALLOW-TAIL BUTTERFLY. 



AKISTO LOCHIA SEItPESTJIUJ. /JAW. 



SLACK &NAK L-llUUT* 



P. E. T. ititCJudalitnigrit; pofiicii tircfccnli mlidi*; (ubtui nuculU Jfptcm rubm fubo- 



cclhnbu* bjG purvfto lulclccntc. 



One of thdc caterpillar* was found feeding on (he black fnake-root, striftolocJiia 

 fcrp&ttarla, and atlaclwd itfelf to the branch by ii» tail, llnr 24ti of A|iriL Two 

 days afterward* it changed to a chry talis and the tly appeared May -iih- An- 

 other fpun itfelf up June soth, changed 21 ft, and the tly came out on the 5th 

 of July. 



Thi5 is one of the moll common butterflies frequently fern on the hlonoms 

 of the peach and other trees in the fpring. and U no left plentiful in Virginia. 

 Tl» retractile horns of tin* caterpillar fcem appropriated to (he fwallow-tail 

 tribe. 



Inhere it no difficulty in determining iliu (jioric*, though the female In* much Icfi of the 

 green hue, except in forne particular hgbti, than the male- 



