TAB. IV. 



PAPILIO AJAX. 

 BLACK-BARRKU SWALLOW-TAIL Bl'TTTRFLY. 



ANNONA FJLUSTRiS, LINK 



SWAMP l*A PAW. 



I.* E^UITES ACUirt. 



P* I A alis caudati* conctilorihui flavriccntilKis tafcii* irigri* geminau*; pouicU fuV.u-« 

 flrigi diffract* ingulocjuc ani fanguincis. 



frliluAjiL Irtf-V-^?*^ Jj**, £■#■■*. ™-*-l r, 4. **» 



The catcq>illar feed* on the highland as well as the Iwanip papaw: and having 

 tied itfclf up (he i*2ti of May. changed to a chry&lis ihc 21th* The fly came out 

 June iGlh, It continue* breeding all llw fiimmer. One that underwent it* clungc 

 in autumn, came out the toili of March following: This fpceiw i* not very com- 

 mon in Georgia, though mucti more io than in Virginia* Jt (lie* very fwift t 

 hovering about the bloftbrn* of fruit-tree*, and often fucks damp places in yards, 

 when it may be calily taken. 



There i* tlie- grtatcrt affinity between thi* fly and ihc European I\ rthhfrnu, infomucli 

 thai it is very difficult to make a fpecific dimeter whkh lhall dulinguiJh them. It nill 

 readily 1)c perceived for what reafuns we luvc diffented front thofe given by preceding u- 

 ihot*. Tlte character of VtJjhnw too will require correction i for the line on the under* 

 fide of its hind wings and tin- topJm ani, are orange-coloured, rather than frnguincout. 



In the caterpillar (late theJe two infect* differ coiufidcrably, tlut of F<Jj!triui not having 

 either like liurm of our*, nor the tranfverfc black, blue, and yellow ilnj^ 'Jtiere is inoiher 

 fpceiea *cry tike both the above in the lail flair, i\ PrtfrfiUw * but Hi form U deftribed as 

 being black and fpiooua. 



